edge-online.com - 6/25/2009
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Independent UK games retailers Chips and Grainger Games are downbeat about Sony’s PSP Go release plans.
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news.cnet.com - 6/25/2009
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news.cnet.com —
Sony's got an early demo unit of the
PSP Go floating around New York, and we got...
to spend a little time with it--and Sony PlayStation team rep Al De Leon. We don't have anything new or earth-shattering to report other than to say we like the smaller ...
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Sony PSP Go: First Look video | Crave
joystiq.com - 6/25/2009
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joystiq.com —
Michael Pachter retracted one of the most correct
statements he's ever made: the PSP Go is a...
" rip off " for consumers. The PSP Go takes away the expensive-to-manufacture UMD drive and replaces it with cheap flash memory -- and yet it still costs ...
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SCEE: PSP Go takes advantage of early adopter 'premium'
playstationlifestyle.net - 6/24/2009
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PSP Go: a retail failure in the making?
Sarcastic Gamer —
... There’s an interesting feature over on Edge Online about independent retailers and their thoughts on the PSP Go and the simple fact of the matter is that they’re worried. They’re worried that the relatively small - but stable - stream of income that the handheld currently supplies will vanish when the digital-only console hits the shelves in October. ...
Retailer: 'No justification' for stocking the PSPgo
Destructoid —
... "From my point of view I've got to think, 'Do I want to stock this?' Right now I can't see any justification for stocking it," says ...
British Retailers Down On The PSPgo [Sony]
Kotaku —
... we're putting them out at, and they're not selling through at that. We're trying to do some bundles just to push them through and the PSP just seems to have died as a format really… Nothing sells at the minute on PSP." Interesting! Sure, these are two of the smaller retail chains (they're no GAME), but then, it's only these smaller chains that ever have the ability to speak out on this sort of thing. Wonder how the folks at GameStop/GAME feel about the new handheld? UK Indie Retailers Downbeat On PSP Go [Edge]
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UK retailers lament PSP Go pre-orders, demand PSN cards
Joystiq —
... The sticker shock may be scaring off customers, as independent shops are telling Edge some frightening pre-order stories. "I don't have a single pre-order for PSP Go at the moment," Chips' Don McCabe told the outlet. "We haven't got any [PSP Go pre-orders] at all," repeated Grainger Games' Chris Harwood. While the head of SCEE believes consumers will pay an ...
Europe, U.K. Retailers Hint At PSP Go Price
Siliconera —
... — approximately comes to $380. At this price it’s not hard to see why some retailers are wary of stocking the device. Speaking with Edge-Online, some smaller U.K. retailers are reporting zero pre-orders for the PSP Go with just three months to go until launch. “From my point of view I’ve got to think, ‘Do I want to stock this?’ Right now I can’t see any justification for stocking it,” Chips’ joint MD Don McCabe told us. “Certainly I’m not getting the response from consumers.” “I don’t have a single pre-order for PSP Go at the moment.” While smaller retailers in the U.K. are ...
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