Mistakes, Sony's made a few. At least, it has with the PSP Go, by the admission of Sony's Worldwide Studio boss Shuhei Yoshida.
"I could spend 30 minutes talking about what was wrong with PSPgo," lamented the executive when speaking with OPM (via CVG). "There are lots of lessons we learned from the PSPgo. Definitely we didn't do something right with it.
"So there are lots of things like the hardware didn't have the compatibility with the UMD library and not all the PSP games were sold on the PSN store." It was reported that Yoshida had no regrets in regards to the launch price of the device, which stung potential buyers with a £225 tag.
A lack of downloadable titles and a high price for both the portable itself and the games on offer via the PlayStation Store effectively killed interest in the platform for keen tech-heads. Sony is keen to avoid a similar fate befalling its upcoming Next Generation Portable.
"I could spend 30 minutes talking about what was wrong with PSPgo," lamented the executive when speaking with OPM (via CVG). "There are lots of lessons we learned from the PSPgo. Definitely we didn't do something right with it.
"So there are lots of things like the hardware didn't have the compatibility with the UMD library and not all the PSP games were sold on the PSN store." It was reported that Yoshida had no regrets in regards to the launch price of the device, which stung potential buyers with a £225 tag.
A lack of downloadable titles and a high price for both the portable itself and the games on offer via the PlayStation Store effectively killed interest in the platform for keen tech-heads. Sony is keen to avoid a similar fate befalling its upcoming Next Generation Portable.
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PaulRayment 3 Jun 2011 09:29
1/3
When we they realise that people won't pay full price for download? Biggest kicker is when the likes of MS charge £40 for a game that can be bought second hand for a tenner.
gingineer 3 Jun 2011 17:23
2/3
totally agreed. Steam has succeeded through a very fair price policy. MS and sony need to appreciate this.
giovanni 4 Jun 2011 11:28
3/3
does sony still make psp go was goin to buy one please dont quit