PSP Go discontinued

[BoringSupreez]

I saw this coming like a runaway freight train. Thankfully I talked my brother out of getting one.

I did the exact same thing. He wanted it for the whole "don't have to carry around a bunch of games" thing, but I convinced him that paying full price for every game would stink.

[noiseredux]

I remember overhearing a conversation at the checkout at GameStop that went something like this:

Mother: Hi, I'd like to buy the new PSP for my son.

Employee: That would be the PSPGo. Here it is.

Mother: Great, I'll take it along with this PSP game.

Employee: The new PSP doesn't play PSP games.

Mother:

Employee:

[final fight cd]

wow. i am blown away!! i never knew that about the psp go. what the hell were they thinking when they released it?

[BoringSupreez]

I remember overhearing a conversation at the checkout at GameStop that went something like this:

Mother: Hi, I'd like to buy the new PSP for my son.

Employee: That would be the PSPGo. Here it is.

Mother: Great, I'll take it along with this PSP game.

Employee: The new PSP doesn't play PSP games.

Mother:

Employee:

When I went to buy my PSP at Gamestop, they didn't bother with pushing the Go. The cashier steered me directly towards the used 3000's, although I bought a new one. One could tell that the Go was failing, since a used 3000 is like $20 or $30 cheaper used than new, while a Go was $100 cheaper used.

[brunoafh]

Sony should use cartridges for portable systems, like Nintendo does.

NGP will.

[BoringSupreez]

Sony should use cartridges for portable systems, like Nintendo does.

NGP will.

One of the NGP's biggest improvements over the PSP.

[noiseredux]

Sony should use cartridges for portable systems, like Nintendo does.

NGP will.

yeah, they're going to use some proprietary memory card for physical game releases, right?

[Inazuma]

Sony should use cartridges for portable systems, like Nintendo does.

NGP will.

Not quite. The NGP will stop being portable when the battery stops holding a charge. Sony isn't letting us change the battery. Don't be fooled.

NGP = Not a Genuine Portable

[brunoafh]

Not quite. The NGP will stop being portable when the battery stops holding a charge. Sony isn't letting us change the battery. Don't be fooled.

NGP = Not a Genuine Portable

What does the battery life have to do with the system's physical media format?

yeah, they're going to use some proprietary memory card for physical game releases, right?

I guess you could call it that, they've announced that the games will come on a cartridge with it's own storage.

[noiseredux]

NGP = Not a Genuine Portable

oh good, I was worried you hadn't come up with a name for this one yet.