Tobor said:
All I'm saying is, I'm tired of people saying the UMD is a valuable feature all the time for every user
Amazingly, I didn't say that. I just said the PSP-3000 has more features -- including as it does the ability to play rented, borrowed, or purchased physical media games, rather than solely games purchased through the single chokepoint of Sony's PSN.
I'm not against the entire concept of the PSP Go inherently, but I do think it's very important to maintain awareness of what actual tradeoffs involved. Sony is producing a cheaper device by removing the UMD hardware -- an extremely major hardware feature even if it does happen to be one that is of differing value to different users -- and instead of passing along savings to the consumer, they're actually asking them to pay a premium, and passing the extra profits along to themselves and to retailers. I don't think that (or Nintendo's similar DSi strategy) is to be commended.
Kulock said:
They won't really co-exist no matter what they say, whichever model performs better, they phase out the other one.
This is also a good point. I have yet to see anyone treat the "co-exist" strategy seriously this generation, so I don't think accepting a hardware manufacturer's word on this is necessarily wise.
gofreak said:
I don't think you can read anything into comments about pricing before it happens.
Yup. Before a price cut and before no price cut, the official line is always going to be "we aren't cutting the price."
I really would be surprised to not see a PS3 cut this year, but it's not like all three mfrs. haven't surprised me with their stinginess this generation to date, so.