The PSPGo, is supposed to be the next big thing in handheld gaming, but is it? It isn’t much of a step up really from the PSP3000 and has all the same features, the only additions being 16gb of onboard memory and integrated bluetooth! Which is okay, in terms of upgrades, but the problem is honestly the price range. With production costs being as low as they are with this machine, and almost no development, you have to wonder why it commands a price of $24, which is basically what the PSP1000 cost when the whole idea was entirely brand new.
Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan Securities says the game really isn’t much of anything. Thougg its forty percent lighter and fifty percent smaller than the PSP3000 its hard to justify the price, cause a lighter, smaller machine should cost less. He also mentioned that development costs for the PSPGo had been slashed by 80%. He says that producing the PSP3000 is cheaper than the PSPGo, and hence it should cost less? In his opinion the Go is priced to high to entice early adopters and then the price will later be slashed when demand dries up. This sort of an underhand tactic will earn Sony millions.
Well I cant really comment on whether or not the price is justified, and even if it is, I wont be buying it! Quite happily, more than half the time for me, the question of value for money, in the case of many gadgets is just academic…
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