Retailers start PSP Go price war
Handheld's price slashed after just one week
The PlayStation Portable Go only launched in the UK last week, but Blighty's retailers have already kicked off a PSP price war.
Sony’s RRP for the PSP Go is £225 ($360/€244), but Amazon’s UK arm has already slashed its asking price for the console to £200 – a £25 saving.
HMV and Game have followed suit. But Currys is refusing to budge, with its website is stilling listing the handheld at full price.
Amazon has also gone one better than the likes of HMV and Game, by slashing the price of official PSP Go accessories.
The online retail giant has, for example, cut its asking price for the PSP Go Explore pack – which turns the system into a GPS navigator – down from £105 to just under £97.
Amazon has also cut the cost of the PSP Go official leather slip case by 15 per cent, down from £20. ®
COMMENTS
@PIB
I know Sony has been criticised about UMD's for years I actually kinda liked the unbelievable magic disks. I guess the UMD debate comes down to personal opinion.
I like the freedom a UMD gives me, playing on a friends PSP, selling / buying games. The downside was the battery life wasn't so great but you could plan around that.
You can't sell a download, you can't lend a download to your friend can you?
"So why not? Is it too much effort for you? Poor soul... my heart bleeds... Progress means that things move on and many manufacturers don't even give it a second thought. I'm waiting on my new Dell £2000.00 costing, PC being delivered, yet a visit to their web-site shows theyve already tweaked the same package. This is accepted as normal in PC buying and selling. At least Sony try to ensure backwards compatibility or some form of recompense."
It sounds like you've got more money than sense. I know everything progresses and nothing quicker than a PC.
Sony aren't offering any backward compatibility since they announced that they were abandoning the UMD transfer program.
Why would I buy another PSP that limits what I can do with my games?, limits how I can get games? and why would I buy a PSP Go when it's fundamentally the same machine?
sony hate the 2nd hand market
Sony don`t want you to sell your old games on, so here we are - the first ever games machine that stops you doing just that. Its the first step towards killing the second hand games market.
Don`t let them do it - don`t buy one of these satanic machines.
and to PIB - UMD`s were only criticised because sony was trying to force yet another movie format on us - there was never any criticism of UMD as a medium to store games on.
Yep, Sony haters...
"but that thing is the aborted child of a brilliant idea"
Have you even seen one up close? The build quality is superb along with the other features. It's much improved on the previous PSP builds. I should know... I've owned all of them.
"I don't hate Sony and I think the PS3 is a good machine but I object to Sony limiting me to downloads"
But Sony have been criticised about UMD's for years. What do you suggest? I guess they can't win.
"or having to use two different PSPs."
So why not? Is it too much effort for you? Poor soul... my heart bleeds... Progress means that things move on and many manufacturers don't even give it a second thought. I'm waiting on my new Dell £2000.00 costing, PC being delivered, yet a visit to their web-site shows theyve already tweaked the same package. This is accepted as normal in PC buying and selling. At least Sony try to ensure backwards compatibility or some form of recompense.
Is this because...
...it's an overpriced piece of shit with no drive?
What? AC can call me a "Sony hating retard" if he likes - I've owned every Playstation up to this one, so it might not stick - but that thing is the aborted child of a brilliant idea. Why the hell would you buy one of these at a premium and then buy all your games at a premium when you can you can get a PSP Slim for a little over half the price, then buy all your games dirt cheap?
@Anonymous Coward
I don't hate Sony and I think the PS3 is a good machine but I object to Sony limiting me to downloads only. Being a PSP 2000 owner I object to potentially having to buy my games again for the new PSP or having to use two different PSPs.
