How will retail handle the new PSP?

Respect gaming business/trading news website, MCV UK seems to confirm all the rumours of the PSP Go!

"UK outlets debate merits of download-centric redesign; New model will be announced at E3 early next month"

[jakinov]

should be Respected not Respect

[-x.Red.x-]

i really didn't see it!

+1

[Elimin8]

Well you did... btw so did I.

[TheColbertinator]

I don't feel to confident on the PSP GO.It just seems to be rushed with no intention of real support from Sony

[D4RkNIKON]

I hope you are wrong, but I bet you do too.. Nice avatar btw!

[DARKDRAGON254]

please explain how you know this is rushed? do you know how long they worked on it? better yet, we dont even know if it exist and what it really is. wait until there is something announced before commenting on its merits

[TheColbertinator]

Its pretty much confirmed that PSP Go will show up.1up,MCVUK,Kotaku,and Sev from PS Lifestyle all confirm it.I'm just hoping for the second analog stick

[D4RkNIKON]

I would shed a tear of joy if they add the second analog stick!!! They are worried about segregating the PSP community because the new control scheme would not work on the older models. IMHO who cares? Call it a Next Gen PSP. The single analog stick holds gameplay back soooo badly. They need to stop thinking about things like that and start making the best hardware device they can possibly deliver.

[PirateThom]

Retail will probably sell download cards, like Patapon 2, along side the games.

[BattleAxe]

I'm not sure that people will equate a purchase code in a case with the same value as a UMD in a case. I think its a bad idea.

I hope that Sony is kind enough to release a UMD add-on or adaptor so people can play their UMD games on the new PSP.

[Sev]

There will be a PSP Go at E3. I have seen it.

[D4RkNIKON]

Nice! I hope it really steps things up, and strikes a strong competition with the iphone. Not so much the touch aspect, but I would like to see a psp phone strictly for 3g internet on the psp. Wifi hotspots are so lame. That is why I don't own an ipod touch, only hotspot internet access.

[-x.Red.x-]

you'll think it will be cheaper then the current psp?

[D4RkNIKON]

"you'll think it will be cheaper then the current psp?"

No, why would it be? It will most likely retail for $199 bundled with some game, and the current models will get a price cut. I would gladly pay, $299 if it had 3G internet, two analog sticks, decent built in HDD and bluetooth for pairing with other wireless devices including headsets.

[hotrider12]

I dont this will catch on to well. not everyone has high speed internet even if they did would not know how to download

[D4RkNIKON]

If it turns out to be the long rumored PSPphone, and has 3g internet.. It would not only help with that problem, but I would have to buy it DAY ONE!

[Revvin]

I'd like to see built in GPS and Bluetooth, as for how retail handle it well they can still play a part. Work with Sony and get internet connected booths in your stores. A booth could hold cached copies of the games that users could connect to via USB, log into their account and download straight from the booth instead of using up their bandwidth caps, similar booths could be found at airports etc so users could conveniently and quickly get new games. Stores could buy X ammount of licenses and buying at bulk would mean a discount so gamers get a better deal so the stores still get their piece of the pie. Just a thought on how it could work anyway.

[-EvoAnubis-]

Or they could just do exactly what they were testing with Patapon 2.

Why do you think they did it in the first place? For the PSP Go.