Biggest Dutch Retailer Rejects PSPgo
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Meh. I don't really care about this. The old PSP was still better, so I can see where they're coming from.
Still, they're being big babies, not wanting to stock on something because they think it sucks. They're a big retailer, they should stock up on any products that have potential, regardless of if they don't support UMDs.
Still, they're being big babies, not wanting to stock on something because they think it sucks. They're a big retailer, they should stock up on any products that have potential, regardless of if they don't support UMDs.
There right too, while the thought of sony actually doing something with the psp was pleasing, the PSPgo wasnt, its just one big cash in for sony, who will profit from its inflated price AND from the monopoly on digital downloads. There even sitting on the fence with it too by keeping umds and the 3000 going. It would be pretty funny to see a mass boycott of the psp go by retailers, as unlikey as that is. ultimately though, if your buying a digital downloads then your probably going to buy the console online. It begs the question though, how is a kid supposed to get there psp games off the internet, aside from nagging mom for the credit card, which she maybe reluctant to tie to a psp account so little timmy can buy everything.
I think the problem here is more that they can't see themselves making a profit from this, since they won't be selling any copies of the games. In effect what Sony has done is removed the middleman from the equation, at least as far as the PSP is concerned. Whether or not that will work remains to be seen. But they basically consider that they could probably use shelf space on something that they can profit from. The economy isn't exactly in the greatest of shape after all.Pendragon9 said:
Plus considering that the exchange rate puts it as more expensive than a PS3 in the States, it's hard to see people spending their hard-earned Euros on it.
Then again I have no clue what the standard amount of income for someone in the Netherlands is.
I wouldn't want them in my store if there was a terrible profit margin and no games to sell with it. It would encourage my customers to spend a lot of money that I would see very little of. I'd rather they spend the same amount of money on things that actually earn a reasonable profit for me so I can enjoy the finer things, such as food, shelter, and all that jazz.
Honestly, I don't blame nedgame for boycotting the PSPgo, it's really hard to find fault but since I don't live in Holland, I can't comment on the videogame retailer stuff, and also this could start a frenzy where the only people supplying PSPgo's could most likely be the usual suspect of Amazon
This is a good call on their part, actually.
You see, without the sales of UMDs, the reason for them to even CARRY UMDs drops dramatically, and then there goes all their PSP profits, which means they might have to drop the PSP. Meanwhile, Sony rakes in the moolah with their digital distribution.
It's a rather pessimistic viewpoint that assumes a lot of people would move over to the Go, but I can't blame them for thinking that.
You see, without the sales of UMDs, the reason for them to even CARRY UMDs drops dramatically, and then there goes all their PSP profits, which means they might have to drop the PSP. Meanwhile, Sony rakes in the moolah with their digital distribution.
It's a rather pessimistic viewpoint that assumes a lot of people would move over to the Go, but I can't blame them for thinking that.
That's actually a good point.AceDiamond said:
Still, if this happens to Gamestop, I hope the PspGO sells more. I don't want to give those jerks anymore of my money.
Nedgame??? (Yes, I'm jumping on the bandwagon here.)
Thanks to my internet connection I know about GameStop and a bunch of other faraway companies, but I never heard of Nedgame; no way this is the Dutch equivalent.
I do appreciate their reasoning though, from what I understand the PSP Go is just a plain stupid idea from a consumer perspective.
It sounds like they're actually doing their customers a favour, even non-customers by being in the news and educating people that way.
Thanks to my internet connection I know about GameStop and a bunch of other faraway companies, but I never heard of Nedgame; no way this is the Dutch equivalent.
I do appreciate their reasoning though, from what I understand the PSP Go is just a plain stupid idea from a consumer perspective.
It sounds like they're actually doing their customers a favour, even non-customers by being in the news and educating people that way.
Well for one, there are people without internet access, and for another, there are people who can't buy online due to not being able to have a credit card nor paypal. Also if you're like me and stuck on dial up, you can't connect up your XBox, and so, you can't buy games online, nor could you download games on the PC due to dial-up limits.SgtFlaman said:
For me, it is £10 per 1Gigabite. A four gigabite game would cost forty pounds, as well as however much it actually costs )say, thirty pounds), that's about seventy pound for a game I could just go to the store and buy for thirty pounds.
Then as said, the people without internet access cannot go online and buy the games.
You have to think of the minority as well as the majority here, sure, thousands of people use wireless, however, hundreds are stuck on dial up for whatever reason, and hundreds of people haven't got a credit, or debt card, nor a paypal account.
Walking past my local GAME retailer in town today, they had a sign up saying "Tell us what you think of the PSPGo!" Which makes me think that perhaps GAME are currently on the fence on the whole thing. If a bunch of people express an interest than they might stock it, but if they don't get much response/get negative feedback it's more than possible that they may go the same was a Nedgame and simply not stock it.
At the current moment, Sony is not allowing already purchased games as downloads.Baby Tea said: