Downloaded it earlier this week. One thing that bothers me is that some of my songs it will not play because it cannot find the original album or some crap. These are for mp3 singles I purchased off Amazon or iTunes. Oh well. I use my iPhone as my player and my PSP is strictly video and games.
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Downloaded it earlier this week. One thing that bothers me is that some of my songs it will not play because it cannot find the original album or some crap. These are for mp3 singles I purchased off Amazon or iTunes. Oh well. I use my iPhone as my player and my PSP is strictly video and games.
Can i use this to access the PSN store? Can i download HD movie trailes from there for example?
[i wanna download sony's e3 pressconf in HD]
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Yes, you can access the PSN store but I can't answer you confidently on the other. Through the software, it is still the PS Store for PSP. I did go through and download some demos and some Pulse videos and I did see an E3 section but I don't know if it's filtered just for the PSP. I had already downloaded E3 stuff on my PS3 so I didn't need to investigate. I did access the Video store as well but didn't investigate further. I almost never visit the video store due to pricing of rental content and I can watch tv shows on Hulu.
I guess now I need a larger memory card because my PSP will be getting a lot more action this year. And while I dislike the price and smaller screen of the Go, that bluetooth and tethering is looking mighty nice if it allows me to access the Store anytime.
the psp blows when it comes to music playing
Sony really needs some new product managers. At the minimum, the psp needs a way to utilize playlists. They should just copy the ipod or zune UI.
I 've downloaded the media go software and it seems the psp now supports playlists, but I can't seem to get it working. So, i'm guessing this support will come with a future firmware update.
Sony really needs some new product managers. At the minimum, the psp needs a way to utilize playlists. They should just copy the ipod or zune UI.
I 've downloaded the media go software and it seems the psp now supports playlists, but I can't seem to get it working. So, i'm guessing this support will come with a future firmware update.
Yes, E3 press conference is available but no HD content is available through Media Go. All of the content is SD.
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/09/pachter-says-sony-is-ripping-off-consumers-with-psp-go/
Interesting. Dunno if he's right or not, but interesting.
Interesting. Dunno if he's right or not, but interesting.
Neither, he's stupid. I'm going to echo GAFfers here, so god spare my soul, but actually selling hardware at a profit is not ripping anyone off. It's what most of the world does. The (still unconfirmed) theory is that the added markup to the PSP Go is so that, in a wild twist for the gaming industry, even retailers will see appreciable margins when they sell the PSP.
Now, why it looks like Sony's going to charge 229-250 GBP for the PSP Go in the UK is possibly a different story.
How are they ripping off consumers? If the price is too high it won't sell, simple as that. People will buy a PSP3000 for £140 instead. It's up to them to set a price they think will work, and UK consumers are historically prepared to pay over the odds. As I speak the PSP Go is appearing on pre-order charts at online stores selling it for £249, even though at Amazon it is £229. UK consumers don't even bother shopping around online, it seems.
UK pricing does not obey any kind of logic. It's typical for RRPs to assume a 1:1 GBP:EUR exchange rate - the DSi was exactly the same as the PSP Go in this respect. It's also typical for UK to have a premium of 20-30% over the US, which is "explained" by VAT being included in the price, even though VAT is currently 15%. But like I said, UK consumers are generally prepared to pay it.
UK pricing does not obey any kind of logic. It's typical for RRPs to assume a 1:1 GBP:EUR exchange rate - the DSi was exactly the same as the PSP Go in this respect. It's also typical for UK to have a premium of 20-30% over the US, which is "explained" by VAT being included in the price, even though VAT is currently 15%. But like I said, UK consumers are generally prepared to pay it.
I used to think like that as well when watching sales charts at different onlines stores here in Sweden, but I´ve learnt that many of those stores have discount programs for regular customers, so many of those sales may not be done to the price you see.
Sure, maybe, but Game lists a PS3 for 299GBP, and those are known to be pricy. 250GBP for PSP might just be SCEE's way of saying 'UK consumers don't know the value of their money'. Which, as you say, may just be the attitude of all UK retailers.
Well, it's £250 for PSP Go, PSP3000 is still £147.
The DS Lite was retailing (as in, RRP) at £97 before the DSi was released at €149, which unsurprisingly translated to... £149.
Sure, but my point is that, just because everyone rips UKers off, it doesn't make it any less of a ripoff. For something (probably) region-free like the PSP, can't you just hop to the mainland?
The "missing" UMD assembly is only part of the picture. Sony needs to recover $$$ from the initial PSP Go production setup cost. They may also need to fund the additional network support cost for a "no UMD" system, plus recoop some back on behalf of PS3 (while they are at it).
If the actual unit feels cheap, the games s*ck, and they price high, then the consumers may feel cheated. Otherwise, it's business as usual.
If the actual unit feels cheap, the games s*ck, and they price high, then the consumers may feel cheated. Otherwise, it's business as usual.
The unit itself looked and felt real nice. It definitely seemed nicer to me in person compared to in pictures. The only bummer compared to the regular PSP was that the screen seemed a smidgen smaller. I think they can get away with it's high $250 price though since it's not going to replace existing PSP models, it will co-exist along side the PSP Slim. The €250 Euro price does seem kinda unfair, but Europeans are used to getting jacked on prices anyways, so nothing out of the ordinary there.
I think we're seeing high prices at launch as retailers expect higher demand than supply. Remember the 1k may have had a similar RRP at launch, but noone could buy a unit at that price initially. I know because I was there. 
A few months later prices were back to normal.
And yes of course the PSP should become a touch screen phone eventually. But that will very likely be the PSP2 eventually. No need to split the userbase yet.
A few months later prices were back to normal.And yes of course the PSP should become a touch screen phone eventually. But that will very likely be the PSP2 eventually. No need to split the userbase yet.
I was just reading about the specs of the new iPhone I can't believe how much RAM they are packing in that thing.
http://gear.ign.com/articles/993/993568p1.html
http://gear.ign.com/articles/993/993568p1.html
The new iPhone also gets a nice PowerVR SGX GPU with pixel and vertex shaders.
iPhone 3GS will own all portables.
The new iPhone also gets a nice PowerVR SGX GPU with pixel and vertex shaders.
iPhone 3GS will own all portables.
Yeah, I'm guessing game publishers are thrilled at how the spec changes -- ngmoco went on record saying that there will be no 3GS-exclusive games and that guy thinks the iPhone changes everything.
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