What Happened With The PSP Go?

[DrRipley]

I had already completely forgotten that the PSP Go had ever existed, until my friend brought it up a while ago. Then I looked it up online to see some stuff about it and it seems as though it tanked hard in the market. Why do you think this is? I think it might have been just because it was at the end of the PSP's life and not much more games were being developed on it, add to that equation the fact that pretty much everyone who would ever get one probably already had one or several versions of the PSP. And from what I've seen online, it mainly just plays the same games as the old PSPs. Am I missing something? Is it really that bad that even now you would rather buy a PSP Slim rather than a PSP Go, given the choice?

 

[themarksquared]

One of the major reasons on why it flopped was because of the fact that the improvements it offered from the previous versions of the PSP were not enough to convince PSP owners like me to migrate to the GO. I admit, the sliding screen was pretty cool and the fact that you can "tab-out" from your current game was nice, but it still was not enough to make me shell out my hard earned cash.

Another reason cited was that it was WAY too expensive when it was launched. Heck, if you add another $50, you could buy a PS3 console! Not good. The Guardian said that the pricing was one of the reasons for its failure.

In addition, one more reason why it failed was due to the lack of UMD-support. I buy my games physically since the PSN is not available in my country. If I bought the Go, most of my UMD-games would become bricks.

Just my two cents.

 

[lindbergh]

Oh, I thought that the PSP Go was some Chinese imitation of the PSP! Never thought that it was actually Sony who made that thing. I never even bothered to ask about the details at the local mall. Mark, you say that it would have cost as much as a PS3 if $50 was added? What a ripoff. Hmm, maybe Sony was trying to pull an Apple move on this one. Maybe they were like, "Hey, if there's an iPhone 3g and an iPhone 3GS, then we could probably release a PSP Go too!"

Fail!

 

[venomeye]

This thread has got me thinking, was it possible to put custom firmware on the PSPGO?
The reason I ask is my PSP 1000 has been playing up recently and I may have to change it but it has Custom firmware on it.
I liked the look of the Go, so if I can put that on there I will go for one as they should be quite cheap now.

 

[themarksquared]

Oh, I thought that the PSP Go was some Chinese imitation of the PSP! Never thought that it was actually Sony who made that thing.

HAHA! Honestly, this was actually my first impression when I saw the PSP GO for the first time, too. Aesthetically, it feels awesome and I found it to be very comfortable on my hands when I tried it. Unfortunately, for some reason, it felt very cheap. The sliding screen felt like it could break off any moment.

Mark, you say that it would have cost as much as a PS3 if $50 was added? What a ripoff. Hmm, maybe Sony was trying to pull an Apple move on this one. Maybe they were like, "Hey, if there's an iPhone 3g and an iPhone 3GS, then we could probably release a PSP Go too!"

I read that somewhere on Engadget. I, too, believed that it was such a ripoff. I could have just added a $50, and I would have a better gaming console! Yeah, I guess they tried to do an "Apple", but sadly (?), they failed.

 

[BlackSolaris]

It's already hard to play Monster Hunter in the normal PSP, so with the Go analog, it became even harder. I think that the only good thing that it has was the sliding screen, which was kinda cool, and the internal memory. Aside from that, 2000 and 3000 are the best PSP models.