PSPgo: £224.99
Sony confirm the PSPgo's UK price.Published 19/08/2009 at 13:30 by Watchful
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Sony have confirmed to GI.biz that the UK pricing of the PSPgo when it is released on 1st October will be £224.99. The US and Europe paying exactly the same as they did at the PSPs original launch in 2005, $249 and €249 respectively.
It is just the UK paying a higher price at launch for the PSPgo as the original PSP cost £179 when we first got our hands on it. Much of the blame for the rise will be put on the weakness of the pound on international money markets but it will be interesting to see if the pound continues to strengthen as it has been doing recently whether the price will be dropped.
Those who snagged a pre-order price of just £180 when GAME made a mistake with their listing, that they have said they will honour, have indeed got themselves a bargain.
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Bilbo_bobbins | 19/08/2009 13:35
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That price is indeed, shocking IMO. Why pay for a new product that has a smaller screen, looks gross and makes you buy new memory. Plus you can’t play your old games on it, until Sony sort out the digital copies available.
BalramRules | 19/08/2009 13:41
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Nice, Sony’s gettin a lotta money = P, woo hoo Sony, they’re the most successful company in the WORLD!! Well that I no off = )
Bilbo_bobbins | 19/08/2009 14:02
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Sorry, not quite sure what you are saying. Sony aren’t actually the most successful company in the world. Infact going on this years figures, probably one of the worlds worst.
BalramRules | 19/08/2009 17:30
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errm no, they have Sony Pictures Columbia, Sony Erricson, Sony PlayStation, Sony VAIO, Sony Vegas, Sony Online Entertainments, Sony TV Asia, SAB (Another Sony Channel), Sony Bravia, Sony Walkman, Sony EVERYTHING and a LOT more, so your comment is kinda useless n dull = )
Shlomi1995 | 19/08/2009 21:14
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Bilbo Bobbins is 100% right. SONY stocks keep dropping.
citizeninsane45 | 19/08/2009 13:36
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Way too much in my opinion. You can bag yourself an elite 360 with 2 games or a PS3 for that price. I will definately be sticking with my PSP-1000
rSp8 | 19/08/2009 13:40
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I’ve been thinking of getting another PSP, sold my jap import PSP-1000 ages ago but Sony seem to have bucked their ideas about the system recently. Needless to say, if I do, I will be getting a PSP-3000 & paying £115 less for a machine with more features (basically- the ability to play UMD games). Very bizarre pricing!
jimmy-google | 19/08/2009 13:57
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psp 3000 RRP is £140 the pspgo RRP is £225 – thats a difference of £85 rather than £115. Its up to retailers to frop the price below the RRP. Plus if you wanted gt for the psp than thats another 15-20 saved.
iBirch | 19/08/2009 13:42
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Madness! You could buy a PS3 Slim for a little more. Defo turning to the PSP-3000 now.
jimmy-google | 19/08/2009 13:47
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I’d get one if I didn’t already have a psp. I want the hard drive and to lose the UMD but I like teh bigger screen – I’d also like it to fit in my pocket though. At £225 it sounds a lot but I’d rather pay that for a 16gb pspgo than £215 for a 16gb itouch.
tom_lord | 19/08/2009 15:26
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Couldn’t agree more
deadwelsh | 19/08/2009 19:44
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why does everyone keep going on about it fitting in your pocket, of all the jeans/trousers/shorts/jackets i own, there is probably one item i couldn’t actually comfortably fit my psp3000 into a pocket.
PSP-Go looks slick, but i think is a massive fail, especially with the pricing of the ps3 slim to compare it with, plus all the 360 options.
stefhutch20 | 19/08/2009 13:52
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I realise I’m probably alone in saying this, but If I’m honest I was half-expecting Sony to announce it as £249.99, so this is actually quite a nice surprise. And when you take into account that you get GT PSP for free (which I was going to get anyway), in my opinion it isn’t that bad.
citizeninsane45 | 19/08/2009 14:07
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I believe its only free within a certain period from launch, around 10-14 days?
stefhutch20 | 19/08/2009 14:11
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True, but if you’re planning on getting it in that time frame anyway (like I am), then it’s a pretty nice bonus.
benny boy | 19/08/2009 14:51
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Idon’t see why they would price the PSP the same as the PS3. That would just be ridiculous/.
mackenzieblu | 19/08/2009 13:59
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I think its a case of they had to give us something free for what is an over-priced console. That said I am getting one on release but the pricing seems bizzare especially when you consider the PS3 new price tag.
I think sony will struggle to do well with the console. Which is a shame as it could go far.
cc_star | 19/08/2009 14:08
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Elite + 2 games would be higher up my list than that…
BoyDay | 19/08/2009 14:10
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It’s expensive but I still want one (despite having a PSP-1000). I just need to find one of those job things I keep hearing about now! I had one until the middle of January but got made redundant.
Roynaldo | 19/08/2009 14:16
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The price is out of this world really for such a limited console.
I would sooner buy myself a 360 with a handful of games for that amount of money.
bajere | 19/08/2009 14:24
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HAHAHA good luck with that one sony!
they expect people to fork out that sort of money when they could get another console, even a PS3 for a little more!
mark w. | 19/08/2009 14:47
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It’s way tooo much for a portable console.
tom_lord | 19/08/2009 15:25
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I know I’m completely on my own here, but I think it’s reasonable!
stefhutch20 | 19/08/2009 17:42
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You’re not on your own – I thought I was the only one! lol
legalisemurder | 19/08/2009 20:33
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I think its a fair price.I’ll get one but my PS3 is about out of memory so i’ll get a slim first.It looks sweet!
haza103 | 19/08/2009 15:31
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I would get one if it wasn’t so expensive. I asked for a trade in price for my DS Lite in game today and i’d get £30 quid for it. Considering i paid past £100 or it there’s no way i’m getting rid of it. At least CEX would but it for around £55, but then i can’t get a PSP Go… Besides theres loads of games coming out lated this year that will be worth buying. Notably MW2, Assassins creed 2, GT5 and Uncharted 2.
funkyellowmonkey(ps3 id) | 19/08/2009 15:47
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£225 is too much for a PSP which has the same tech but now with a smaller screen. Should of concentrated R&D on PSP2 instead!