PSP Go Not So Dead...Yet

Turns out that the PSP Go isn't officially dead just yet. IGN has spoken to a Sony representative after the confirmation about Japan not doing anymore shipments for the 'failure at launch' handheld.

"We are continuing production of PSP Go for North America," says the Sony Computer Entertainment of America representative. Don't know what's going on to be honest, but hey, if more of them are still being manufactured, I guess, apparently, there's a small fanbase, heh!

Goodbye, PSP Go

According to an employee blog post from Sony's Japanese Sony Style site, shipments of PSP Go systems have ceased. The very underappreciated handheld system finally stopped being manufactured in favor of the current PSP-3000 and the upcoming NGP, which is said to be as powerful as the PS3.

Unfortunately, the PSP Go had not sold very well, in my opinion, due to the fact that it had it's "download only" games set-up. For me at least, if you bought a game digitially, didn't like it, there goes your money - that was such a total bummer. The other PSP on the other hand, you could possibly borrow a UMD game from a buddy of yours, see if you like it and not take up that much space on your memory stick, which the PSP Go had internally - 16GB. Even with the amount of space, it was a very unsatifactory way of getting games sold, especially with handhelds.

Either way, with things shaping up for the NGP, Sony gets credit for handheld gaming with the PSP.

PSP Go Price Cut is not $150

Last week, we reported that the PSP Go had gotten a price cut, making the handheld $150. Looks like it's not the case now, since Sony updated their own site with a newer price tag.

Who knows what happened, but the new price tag for Sony's handheld is now $199.99, taking only $50 off the original MSRP; $250. No wonder the original updated price didn't get sent out to retailers. Maybe it was a mistake, but honestly, the new $199.99 MSRP is not gonna be helping Sony since sales for the system aren't too good to begin with.

PSP Go drops to $150

Well, it was pretty inevitable that this would happen: The PSP Go drops to $150. When the PSP-3000 dropped, it just had to happen. There's no way that people would continue to buy the PSP Go at a $249.99 price point. Especially since people say that it was a failure to begin with and proved that people would still buy their products physically.

I mean, purchasing digitally has become the norm, especially with Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Network, but handheld gaming was not the way to go, not yet at least, in my opinion.

Although the price cut is official on Sony's website, it still hasn't taken effect in retailers just yet.

Sony PSP is now $129.99

This morning, Sony's Official Playstation Blog has announced that the PSP has gotten a new price drop, sporting at a $129.99 price tag. Along with that, they have rounded up some of the best PSP games under the "Greatest Hits" labels, such as Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, LittleBigPlanet, Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, Resistance: Retribution, and Toy Story 3; all for $19.99

They also lined up some new PSP "Favorites" as well, like Daxter, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, Killzone: Liberation, SOCOM: US Navy Seals Fire Team Bravo, and Tomb Raider Anniversary; all for $9.99.

With that, Sony has launched a new "Thank You" ad campaign to promote the handheld's new price. However,  the Sony PSPGo will stay at $199.99. Guess they still want to try out digital distribution.

Looking at this new price, I'm thinking that they're already prepping for the NGP