Mon, Oct 25, 2010 | 16:59 BST
SCEJ confirms global PSP go price-drop
Sony’s has dropped the price of PSP go in Japan, the US and Europe, beginning from tomorrow.
The new price for the digital-only handheld is now ¥16,800 ($200/£132) in Japan.
The American price has been reduced to $199, down from $249.
The European SKU has been cut to £159.99, down from £199.99.
The Japanese press release is here.
PSP go launched just last October in the west, but has done miserably in terms of sales.
In Japan, it comes out bottom of the hardware charts while its older brother, the disc-based PSP-3000, is a top-seller in the country.
These cuts come in the face of accelerating rumour regarding PSP2, which was only today reported to have an HD screen.
12 comments
#1
chronoss2
25/10/10, 8:21 am
OMG! Even with this price drop they are not gonna sell more. The 3000 is much cheaper and way better. for 100$ I will think, but right now the Go is still too expensive for what it is, even if i really like the design and the size of it.
#2
Johnny Cullen
25/10/10, 8:57 am
Update. US has given it a price-cut as well, apparently.
#3
polygem
25/10/10, 9:11 am
psp was so cool at launch with the awesome medievil, ridge racer….then killzone liberation DAXTER!!!!, ratchet and clank librty city…then a lot of the same and a lot of crap – then 1 good game in a year – today – no games – system looks and feels old – go is a joke – still not enough games in the psn – psn looks horrible from a designers perspective – too expensive as well…as much as i loved my launch psp, they kind of missed the train or took the wrong one…
#4
chronoss2
25/10/10, 9:18 am
that’s right! retail games are even cheaper than the digital ones on the PSN, and the mini games are free on ipod and 5$ on PSN. That’s rubbish..
#5
2plus2equals5
25/10/10, 12:53 pm
I see pspgos for 189€, with 10 games is a great price.
Kotaku has a new rumour about the psp2;)
http://kotaku.com/5672410/psp2-will-be-bigger-out-fall-2011-currently-overheating
#6
Razor
25/10/10, 3:04 pm
Only about 12 months late.
#7
Patrick Garratt
25/10/10, 4:57 pm
Updated. It’s been cut in Europe as well.
#8
Syrok
25/10/10, 5:01 pm
What’s that in European money? There are over 300.000 million people in the Eurozone feeling discriminated against right now.
#9
Happy Hardon Harry
25/10/10, 5:06 pm
The games available for the handheld on the PSN store is a fucking joke. Games that have been out on UMD for ages still aren’t available to download digitally.
Sony should be giving the handheld away now, free, with Corn Flakes as that’s how useless the system is.
If there is any example how not to manage digital content, then this is it.
Sony are such brainless cunts…it makes you wonder how the firm still makes money/or still exists today.
#10
choochoo
25/10/10, 5:17 pm
lol no surprise here after all its Sony made. Give up Sony and for once do everyone a favour just leave the gaming industry for good.
#11
2plus2equals5
25/10/10, 5:23 pm
@8: you’re right, i feel discriminated! XD
@10: sorry but i’m really happy with my psp and ps3, and i can’t wait for the psp2
#12
Blerk
26/10/10, 8:35 am
£160 is still ‘rather steep’ for a system that’s all-but dead.