The PSP-3000.
The entry of Sony's PSP-3000 to the enormous Indonesian market has lead to one of those strange price fluctuations only understood by analysts - usually after they've happened.
According to The Jakarta Globe, "Since no one has yet managed to modify the PSP-3000 to play pirated games, the price of secondhand first and second generation PSPs, which can still be modified, has soared. The regular price for used or refurbished second generation PSPs is around Rp (Ruphia) 3 million (£174) in Jakarta now, while the newer version, PSP-3000, only sells for around Rp 1.8 million (£104)."
Sony was wise to this, apparently cutting "the production of the second generation PSP, so the PSP-3000 is their only available new game device on the market now."
This hasn't stopped the retailers from going after bigger margins, with several apparently, "dispatching their agents to buy refurbished units from PSP factories overseas in Hong Kong, Korea and Japan."
So, a piracy protected device is leading to fewer units being sold. There's a turn-up for the books.
According to The Jakarta Globe, "Since no one has yet managed to modify the PSP-3000 to play pirated games, the price of secondhand first and second generation PSPs, which can still be modified, has soared. The regular price for used or refurbished second generation PSPs is around Rp (Ruphia) 3 million (£174) in Jakarta now, while the newer version, PSP-3000, only sells for around Rp 1.8 million (£104)."
Sony was wise to this, apparently cutting "the production of the second generation PSP, so the PSP-3000 is their only available new game device on the market now."
This hasn't stopped the retailers from going after bigger margins, with several apparently, "dispatching their agents to buy refurbished units from PSP factories overseas in Hong Kong, Korea and Japan."
So, a piracy protected device is leading to fewer units being sold. There's a turn-up for the books.
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deleted 9 Feb 2009 13:11
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Sony are only here because of piracy anyone who links FF7 or such to PSone`s Success is a rube, PSone sold s**t loads because you could buy the game sofr a fiver on any carboot or school yard.
Bob 9 Feb 2009 16:22
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Apparently the PSP-3000 can be hacked with a backdoor in the game Grip Shift, apparently that game shot up in price in Hong Kong after that discovery.
http://www.gamenews.com.hk/jan09.htm
http://www.gamenews.com.hk/jan09.htm