Slashdot Games :. PSP Still Struggling For Notice

Gizmo · 08-December-05, 05:45 AM

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Rob · 08-December-05, 06:12 AM

There are three big reasons for this...

1. A basic PSP will run you $250 (before taxes). A new PS2 cost you $150 (before taxes). You do the match.

2. All the games for the PSP cost $40, even the crappy ones. Get some $20 value games in there and we might start buying some.

3. Watch movies? Errnt! The movies cost just as much (if not more, sometimes) than the DVD. You can buy a portable DVD player now for less than $100. Also, only the PSP can play those small discs. I'm not going to buy the DVD for $20, then pay $20 to get it on a really small DVD, too. Nope, I'm going to use my portable DVD player.

I'm really failing to see how Sony can't make the connection here. I only gave three reasons as directly related to the PSP and not with comparable portable game units. Those three reasons alone kept me from buying one until I snagged one from a friend of mine for a good price.

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08-December-05, 06:12 AM		#2 (permalink)
Rob Advocatus Diaboli	There are three big reasons for this... 1. A basic PSP will run you $250 (before taxes). A new PS2 cost you $150 (before taxes). You do the match. 2. All the games for the PSP cost $40, even the crappy ones. Get some $20 value games in there and we might start buying some. 3. Watch movies? Errnt! The movies cost just as much (if not more, sometimes) than the DVD. You can buy a portable DVD player now for less than $100. Also, only the PSP can play those small discs. I'm not going to buy the DVD for $20, then pay $20 to get it on a really small DVD, too. Nope, I'm going to use my portable DVD player. I'm really failing to see how Sony can't make the connection here. I only gave three reasons as directly related to the PSP and not with comparable portable game units. Those three reasons alone kept me from buying one until I snagged one from a friend of mine for a good price.