Now, understand that I don't have any interest in these items besides a morbid curiosity. When I was a child, I had a few knock-off Transformers, and while pretty decent for toys (and surely a lot cheaper) you could tell the difference between the real transformers and the "fake" ones.
Anyway, when I couldn't sleep last night, I started thinking about a "fake" PSP pic that I saw awhile back. I thought about what it would take to make a knock-off item like that and still make money and came to only one conclusion. The screen must be horrible (ok that was pretty obvious). The subtle part of the equation is that the fake PSP must be able to play either/or legit games or copies of legit games. Surely the makers behind these machines dont make a whole library of games to play on the knockoff PSP.
That leaves the following question. Where else are they saving money? If a legit PSP is $250, then a fake could surely fetch no more than $150 right? I would imagine the price differential is a lot greater in the Asian countries that these things populate. How bad are the screens on these items? Are they more prone to breaking?
And if the screen IS the main way these people are saving on manufacturing costs, how did they do it in the era of knock-off NES systems?
Just some thoughts, hope no one takes the thread the wrong way.
Anyway, when I couldn't sleep last night, I started thinking about a "fake" PSP pic that I saw awhile back. I thought about what it would take to make a knock-off item like that and still make money and came to only one conclusion. The screen must be horrible (ok that was pretty obvious). The subtle part of the equation is that the fake PSP must be able to play either/or legit games or copies of legit games. Surely the makers behind these machines dont make a whole library of games to play on the knockoff PSP.
That leaves the following question. Where else are they saving money? If a legit PSP is $250, then a fake could surely fetch no more than $150 right? I would imagine the price differential is a lot greater in the Asian countries that these things populate. How bad are the screens on these items? Are they more prone to breaking?
And if the screen IS the main way these people are saving on manufacturing costs, how did they do it in the era of knock-off NES systems?
Just some thoughts, hope no one takes the thread the wrong way.
