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Kotaku steals story idea from Gamerblahhhg!

So, the previous post here on relative pricing between UMD and downloaded games for the PSP was really my first attempt at an original news story. I thought the results of my quick research were interesting so I emailed a link to a bunch of different news blogs. The story got some nice traffic from a [...]

Exhibit A: Are you being “gouged”?

This week the new download-only PSPgo was released to a surprising amount of rancor across the web. Certain sites have published ill-considered, extremely negative reviews of the device citing things like a high price and no upgrade path for existing PSP owners. Of course, if you take existing owners out of the equation, and you really should (there’s [...]

Furious PSP-3000 attacks Tokyo!

A glimpse of the beast seconds before it swooped down, crushing dozens.

Lost in the torrent of news coming out of the Tokyo Game Show last week, perhaps the biggest story was an attack on the city’s populous by an enormous, enraged PSP-3000.

36 people attending the convention were killed in the rampage that lasted over two [...]

Did the PSP Go bang Jim Sterling’s mom?

Cause that’s kinda the impression I’m getting after like 14 negative stories he has written about the new device in the last two days over at Destructoid.

He’s bitching about the price, about the lack of packed in accessories and now about the lack of an upgrade program for people who already own a bunch of UMD games. [...]

Pricing strategies are HARD!

Reporting on a Destructoid interview with SCEA’s Eric Lempel, Joystiq chose to discuss the expected ‘pricing parity’ for downloadable PSP games compared to retail versions. From Andrew Yoon’s commentary:

While the PlayStation Store is simply offering games at normal retail price, many retailers engage in price wars to gain the loyalty (and dollars) of consumers. Unfortunately, owners of [...]

GASP! Tiny Chain in Tiny Country boycotts Tiny Playstation!

Retailers' Bane

PlayStation LifeStyle is actually on the tail end of this story about Dutch retailer Nedgames announcing they will not carry the PSP Go this fall. It’s been burning up the other blogs like these sensational stories do. The first thing to note is that Nedgame is a very small chain. They have only 8 locations. That [...]