We were slightly miffed when Sony
announced the PSP Go! the other day. Not because of any great disappointment at the hardware - we knew all about that
prior to the official announcement. Rather, we were annoyed at the lack of a UK price for the unit.
We discovered that the US and European PSP Go! will retail at 250 Dollars and Euros respectively, and the fear was that the ‘250’ policy would extend to Sterling, too.
Interestingly, a sneaky peek over at two of the largest video game retailers in the UK,
Game and
GameStation, shows that the PSP Go! can be preordered for the sum of £229.99. Earlier today, it was listed as £179.99, which would have made it the same price as the original PSP when it was released back in 2005.
So, educated punt? Or do they know something we don’t?
Anonymous | 14:28 - 4 June 2009
So how can they justify charging more for a device that has less mechanical parts than the original. Surely dropping the UMD should have saved them a fair bit on cost, and all the other additions are just memory chips and stuff which probably cost pennies.
Not impressed SONY, get your act together
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Damien McFerran | 13:51 - 4 June 2009
Erm, nicely put, David.
Now locate a bar of soap and insert it into your mouth.
Anonymous | 13:25 - 4 June 2009
Message to Sony go f*ck yourselves out of the handheld games market with this pile of crap called a psp go at 229 no one will by it over a psp 3000 at 139 pounds thats just a f*cking rip off f*ck off sony and for the love of god quit the handheld market you do not belong here
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Mr Hearn | 09:58 - 4 June 2009
Damn them.
Thanks for the heads up, MattyLion
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MattyLion | 09:45 - 4 June 2009
Haha when I click it says £229... Is that just cos I keep saying that figure on here though?!
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