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Sony will shortly announce a brand new incentive scheme to encourage sales of the digital-only PSPgo, MCV can exclusively reveal. The offer will entitle anyone who registered their PSPgo after April 1st 2010 to ten full game downloads. Titles in the deal include Gran Turismo, LittleBigPlanet, 2010 FIFA World Cup …
Read More »Success to be had in PSPgo market
The PSPgo market may be more profitable than first thought – Slitherine claims the Sony handheld is one of its most lucrative platforms. MCV spoke to the publisher about its digital strategy following news of its merger with US firm, Matrix Games. And the company says that despite slow sales of …
Read More »$99 PSPgo would be a sell out
Precise sales figures for the PSPgo in the UK have never been released by Sony. That in itself should tell you something, and now analyst Michael Pachter is claiming that Sony must drastically slash the machine’s $249 RRP if it wants to give it any hope in the marketplace. I’m …
Read More »Sony gives PSPgo an Easter boost
A routine Bank Holiday sale or an effort to encourage struggling hardware sales – call it what you want, but PSPgo owners old and new will be greeted with some significant discounts the next time they log into the PSN Store. Several high-profile titles have seen their prices slashed on …
Read More »Sony cuts Minis prices
From tomorrow a number of PlayStation Minis titles will go on sale for two weeks, with savings of between 50p and 1.50. The cuts come as part of what Sony is calling ‘Minis Month’. All the details are over on CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »Mixed fortunes for PSP
Sony’s PSP surged to the top of the weekly hardware charts in Japan this week, but Media Create’s official figures show that the picture is far from rosy for Sony’s enduring handheld in its homeland. The PSP-3000, complete with UMD drive, shifted 71,186 units last week – beating the Wii …
Read More »Sony extends PSPgo promotion
SCEE has announced that it has extended its free game promotion for new owners of the digital-only PSPgo. Originally set to expire on January 10th, the deal will now run until January 31st and allows those who buy a new machine the chance to download one of either Gran Turismo, …
Read More »PSPgo sales ahead of Sonys forecasts
Despite its controversial decision to ditch UMD functionality with the recently released PSPgo, Sony has claimed that the device has sold more than it had expected at this early stage in its lifecycle. We are over-forecast on what we thought we’d be selling on PSP Go, so we’ve been very …
Read More »PSPgo UMD attachment rumoured
Consumer website CVG is reporting that leading peripheral manufacturer Logitech has plans to launch a UMD drive attachment for the PSPgo that will allow users to play their existing catalogue of disc-based titles. CVG offers no price or date for the peripheral which, if real, will most likely work by …
Read More »PSPgo ‘will die without price cuts
Sony’s handheld ‘for the digital lifestyle’ will die out if its downloadable software keeps to UMD prices, according to Traveller’s Tales director Jon Burton. I’m betting on Sony making PSPgo games much cheaper than the UMD versions, or the PSPgo will die,” he told Develop. He went on to describe …
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