Rumor: PSP Go drops price to $200 this Friday in North America

[V_Ben]

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/12/rumor-psp-go-drops-price-to-200-this-friday-in-north-america/

Due to our strict silk pants-only policy, the PSP Go (and, really, any other handheld) has been a hard sell -- sure, the $250 asking price isn't helping, but that may be changing in the near future. A dutiful tipster sent us the above image from his AAFES-based store of employment, indicating a $50 North American price drop to $200 for the digital-only handheld. Oddly, Sony has kept mum on the possibility, not even offering a "We don't comment on rumor and speculation" to our repeated attempts at contact.

Took them a while, but maybe this will help them sell the units they have left. Who knows really.

 

[Shig]

Still $70 too expensive.

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

Still $70 too expensive.

game, set, match

 

[KZObsessed]

I'm sure they'll just fly off the shelves.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Took them a while, but maybe this will help them sell the units they have left. Who knows really.

Heh.

If it's anything like Japan, perhaps they're still trying to shift the first shipment...

 

[FoneBone]

this is sure to affect

 

[elrechazado]

Yeah, that won't help.

 

[mj1108]

Still $200 too expensive.

Fixed it for ya.

 

[Gravijah]

Hasn't it already been 200 at wal mart for months?

 

[V_Ben]

I'm sure they'll just fly off the shelves.

You never know, they might sell one more

 

[dr3upmushroom]

They've been available for right around $200 on Amazon for a quite awhile.

 

[Mooreberg]

Still amazing how little the overall cost of this thing has gone down in nearly six years. (not a good sort of amazing, to clarify)

 

[Combichristoffersen]

Still $270 too expensive.

Fixed

 

[Victrix]

Needs to drop off a cliff

 

[AceBandage]

Hasn't it already been 200 at wal mart for months?

Most retail chains it has been, I believe.

 

[Lebron]

They just need to drop it all together

 

[Kadey]

It could be $99 and it still wouldn't matter when the thing doesn't even have half the library of the previous models. Amount of and quality of software > pricing of hardware.

 

[LQX]

If they really want to spur sales they should have dropped it to $149, that $200 price drop hardly seems like one.

 

[ZealousD]

So when's the regular PSP getting a price drop?

 

[dankir]

Come on Sony... still 200 dollars really?

Everybody should be really scared at the PSP2 price then.

 

[Mooreberg]

Come on Sony... still 200 dollars really?

Everybody should be really scared at the PSP2 price then.

If Nintendo launches a handheld here at $249 or higher than you can probably guess Sony's next device will have an awful price.

 

[entremet]

C'mon, Sony. Fire sale this thing a la Virtual Boy style. I would love to pick up a second one.

 

[TheSeks]

Still $70 too expensive.

You mean still $100 too expensive.

Damn thing doesn't even have games to where it being a virtual MP3 player is too expensive compared to an older iPod. :/

 

[Persona7]

I would get one for 99 bucks.

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

This better mean we get a PSP2 announcement soon.

 

[Nemo]

I got mine for 160 new a few months ago. Euros though

 

[loosus]

Wow, for some reason, I was thinking they had stopped making these and went back to only the original PSPs. Shows how much I keep up. :lol

 

[Forearm Star]

should of happened at last years E3.. Along with 3 games! (even then it would still be a dumb purchase)

I'm bitter, still haven't played BBS!

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

ONLY 200$!!!!!

 

[MoogPaul]

ohhhhh. 200. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, our new psp masters.

 

[Jonnyboy117]

I would like to have a PSP Go. However, I wouldn't consider it for more than $150 and not until Sony fixes the game selection.

 

[Amory]

$99 is the sweet spot. Till then, I'm not interested.

 

[Phaethon0017]

They really need to stop using the Resident Evil 4 shopkeeper as their focus group.

"Ahh, I'll buy it at a high price!"

 

[Brannon]

It's okay Sony, you'll get handhelds right one day. Keep fucking that chicken.

 

[rollingstart]

Price has never been the issue for me. Well, not hardware price, anyway. I want to play my UMD games on it because they're cheaper and not all available on PSN...and I already own a bunch of them, yeah.

 

[entremet]

I would like to have a PSP Go. However, I wouldn't consider it for more than $150 and not until Sony fixes the game selection.

Not happening.

 

[LiK]

still a no Go for me

 

[Psychotext]

Should be interesting to see the effect this has on NPD sal... ohwait. :lol

 

[Kusagari]

The PSP Go was over $200?


:lol

 

[demigod]

So it went from $196.98 -> 199.95? Where's the price drop? Hopefully Amazon will drop it further.

 

[LevityNYC]

http://www.amazon.com/PSPgo-Piano-B...C55M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1286923565&sr=8-1

199.00 at Amazon.com

 

[Jim Stark]

Is there any site I can go to to check what new releases are coming to the PSN store in the US? I've been thinking about getting a Go but I want to make sure they are going to release more than 1 or 2 games a year for the online store. $200 for 16GB internal storage, 3 games and the system? Not a popular opinion but that seems okay to me. Most of the games I want to play are on the store already.

 

[Megadragon15]

Year of the PSP Go. :lol

 

[Wario64]

Funny, I thought it was already $200

 

[V_Ben]

Is there any site I can go to to check what new releases are coming to the PSN store in the US? I've been thinking about getting a Go but I want to make sure they are going to release more than 1 or 2 games a year for the online store. $200 for 16GB internal storage, 3 games and the system? Not a popular opinion but that seems okay to me. Most of the games I want to play are on the store already.

...

http://www.psnstores.com/

We consolidate all that info about PSN stuff for easy reading. So, feel free to give us a look

 

[Takao]

It's okay Sony, you'll get handhelds right one day. Keep fucking that chicken.

If every third party renegeotiated rights, and put their shit on PSN, the Go would be an amazing handheld. Nothing's wrong on the hardware side.

 

[Infinite Justice]

Should be interesting to see the effect this has on NPD sal... ohwait. :lol

:lol

 

[ismaboof]

Who cares?

 

[Vanillalite]

So when's the regular PSP getting a price drop?

This! Gosh damn. I'd easily buy a regular PSP if it wasn't still $170. Price drop that bitch to $99 and just make it barebones.

 

[Giolon]

It's been $199 at Fry's for at least the last two weeks. Still not cheap enough. Get it to $150 then I'll think about it (most of my PSP library is digital anyway).