Ned Games Refuses to sell PSP go for...
 

A reason that could lead to Stores like Game Stop and Game Crazy also refusing to sell PSP go.

http://gamerlimit.com/2009/09/nedgam...oes-it-matter/

According to Ned Games, The PSP go is not only too expensive for there consumers, can't play import games (without hacking it), and limits the consumers choice for physical and digital software. The system threatens there used game market and Ned games won't get much of any money selling it. Why should anyone care? Because that last line is the only reason Stores like Game Stop and Game Crazy need to say no to PSP go. Will this hurt Sony? IMO not one bit because there are still a lot of stores that will sell there new baby.

You have it all right there. Gamestop will probably follow suit and not sell it either. With homebrew, the PSPgo will still be hacked at launch and people will find ways to get the games easily, perhaps even better than what they had to deal with on umd.

Sony might still lose money on it anyway.

I still think the next generation of gaming is going to be all digital anyway with the less focus on an actual medium, and the ones that might take that route in the future will most likely be nintendo and microsoft so they don't have to deal with blue ray.

I'm pretty sure Ned's games only actual reason is the last one. Because the other ones are there for the PR spin that they're doing it for the consumers.

I don't think it will negatively hurt sony that much. EBgames has stopped selling any pc game that is not mainstream because of digital distribution but it doesn't seem to hurt pc game sales at all. I think in the end it will end up hurting the stores then anything. You stop selling one product, sony can go, well you're really minor so we wont send anything new to sell. There are enough other stores selling games that it will hardly hurt sony's bottom line.

Considering Sony's usual business tactics. I wouldn't be surprised if they did just that.

It would make sense. Sony's still a pretty big company. They can always do their own PR spin on why they stop supporting smaller businesses, but knowing them.....they'll somehow alienate all their fans. Again.


it'd be really nice actually to see no major store support the Go. it'd be a good kick in the pants to Sony, maybe have them wake up some.

Am I the only person who doesn't hate the Go? Yeah, it's overpriced and you can't get used games, but there is a market for smaller, because people want smaller. You don't want it, don't buy it. It isn't like the DSi where they're coming out with Go exclusive games or anything.

I didn't mention anything about hating the go. I plan on buying one after Sony's announced price drop set to happen a few months after go's release should things not go well. (pun not intended) or a few months after it's release (which ever happens first).

Don't hate the Go, either.....but I sure don't think it's the best idea the company could've done.

I guess it makes sense to have a hard drive, the base PSP models come with almost no space, for anything, which defeats the point of PSP being able to do many different things. At least this way newcomers don't have to buy a bigger memory stick, they just have to pay 150 bucks more than they should, for a while <___>

I especially don't like their statements so far about the backwards compatibility. I'll buy it only if you can somehow transfer your UMD games onto the hard drive.

Sony did mention something about working on some way to rip UMDs without it back firing on them a few months back. So fare though, they've haven't mention what they plan to do. If they still plan to anyway.

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