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Sony PSP Go not dead after all

, Apr 22nd 2011 Discuss [0]

The Sony PSP Go was something that many people were excited about when it was first announced. The portable was the first new offering from Sony in a long time and early on the reports had the machine able to download existing games that PSP owners had to play on the Go that lacked any media drive or any sort. The reality when the PSP Go landed was that you could not play any games you already had and people stayed away in droves. Even the retailers were mad at Sony because there were no secondary software sales they could cash in on. Read The Full Story

Is Anyone Really Surprised the PSP Go Was A Failure?

, Apr 20th 2011 Discuss [21]

When Sony launched the PSP Go in 2009, it was expected to be the next big thing by some fans. They said that it would capitalize on the growing downloadable-content trend, and gamers wouldn’t even miss the UMD drive. More importantly, they said, with such future-focused features, it could justify its $250 price tag.

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Sony PSP Go production axed as focus shifts to NGP

, Apr 20th 2011 Discuss [0]

Farewell, sweet PSP Go, there's obviously only room for one gaming slider with PlayStation pretensions. Sony has apparently confirmed that production of the PSP Go has been stopped, telling AV Watch that its current stock will be the final units available. Read The Full Story

Sony PSP Go $200 price restored; No bargains yet

, Mar 7th 2011 Discuss [1]

Bad news if you were angling for a cut-price Sony PSP Go after the company apparently slashed pricing for the sliding console last week. After quietly cutting $50 from the RRP on Thursday, Sony has equally-quietly updated again to restore the price to its former $199.99. Read The Full Story

Sony PSP Go gets covert price cut

, Mar 3rd 2011 Discuss [1]

Sony's discount of the PSP-3000 is apparently not the only portable gaming price cut the company intends, with the official PlayStation site also suggesting the compact PSP Go will be discounted as well. According to the Sony spiel, "now you can enjoy the sleek, totally-digital PSP go system for $149.99 MSRP" in addition to the $129.99 PSP. Read The Full Story

PlayStation Phone leaks again & gets family reunion

, Jan 10th 2011 Discuss [0]

Sony Ericsson's PlayStation Phone - aka the XPERIA Play - has popped up in the wild again, this time staging a family renunion of sorts with a variety of Sony PlayStation portables and Sony Ericsson handsets. Android.tgbus spent some time with the PlayStation Phone and even managed to get a third-party gaming emulator running on the Android smartphone. Read The Full Story

Sony PSP plans could include touchscreen

, Dec 23rd 2010 Discuss [9]

Sony's PSP Go failed to ignite the mobile gaming market in the way that the company hoped it might, but that hasn't stopped Sony engineers and designers from pushing ahead with another PSP successor. According to Sony's gaming chief, Kazuo Hirai, the company has been looking to the next-gen handheld "since the day" the PlayStation was released, and might use both a touchscreen and traditional physical gaming controls. Meanwhile, Hirai believes there's still a segment of gamers for whom the popular - and cheap - iOS, Android and other mobile games aren't sufficient. Read The Full Story

PSP Go price cut confirmed by Sony Japan

, Oct 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

Remember the PSP Go that a lot of us were excited about when it was leaked ahead of E3 last year? The Go turned out to be a steaming pile of fail with consumers and many gamer sellers avoiding the Go like the plague. We reported earlier in the month that a leak was pointing to a price cut for the Go. Read The Full Story

Sony PSP Go Dropping to $200 October 15th, According to Leaked Image

, Oct 13th 2010 Discuss [8]

It was early September when Kaz Hirai, Sony Computer Entertainment President, blamed the pricing of the PSP Go for the abysmal sales of the device. While there were plenty of other factors in his reasoning, like the limited number of games available for download, it looks like pricing may indeed be the real reason why the PSP Go didn't take off. But, a new leak from an unnamed tipster suggests that Sony is getting ready to drop the price of the mobile gaming platform, and it could happen as soon as Friday. Read The Full Story

Gametech Bear Unveils Accessory to Add Dual Joysticks to the PSP Go

, Oct 5th 2010 Discuss [0]

If you are someone who's a fan of the PSP, then you've probably desired some kind of dual joystick set up for some time now. And, while we wait to see what Sony has in store for the world when they launch the PSP2, we're stuck with what we have. But, thankfully we've got a company like Gametech Bear out there, who have decided to make the desires of so many PSP owners out there finally come true: stick a PS3 controller onto your PSP Go, and bring the full controller happiness to your mobile gaming experience. Just, minus the mobile. Read The Full Story

Sony blames pricing for PSP Go shortcomings

, Sep 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai has blamed pricing for the slow sales of the PSP Go, telling MCV UK that the digital-only handheld suffered by virtue of being too different from the traditional PSP.  According to Hirai, "because of the cost reductions we’ve been able to do over the years, the traditional PSP has benefited. But the PSPgo is a completely different design, so the cost trend is different." Read The Full Story

Sony PSP Go suffering appalling Japanese sales?

, Mar 12th 2010 Discuss [4]

Rumors of a Sony PSP Go relaunch seem all the more believable this week, as the latest - unofficial - sales figures for the handheld are released in Japan.  According to market watchers Media Create, Sony sold a mere 1,275 PSP Go devices in the first week of March; contrast that with Sony's own PSP, which sold 64,808 devices in the same period. Read The Full Story
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