http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/ Engadget Comments for PSP Go refused by game retailer as Blockbuster fiddles http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
And when the day comes that ALL media (movies, music, games, books, software, etc) has moved to digital, ALL retail stores will have problems with selling the hardware that the systems run on for the same reason that blockbuster is facing now. (And I believe we're not too far away from this kind of reality)]]>Sep 16th 2009 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
- Sharply higher retail price, 249 euro instead of 169 euros.

- Only have to download games via Sony, this set (higher) prices and less choice. (Less Choice for now, but yes prices are higher)

- No possibility to swap games and / or sell. (Sorry but I dont care for trading or selling my games anyways)

- Never a cheap game scoring from budgetbak.(dunno what that is...lol)

- No possibility to import games.(ummm you can get games from signing up from Different PSN accounts, as long as they arent region locked)

- When selling the device your 'virtually' purchased games are almost worthless. (I'm not going to Sell my Handheld, and if I did it would be to get another one of which I can play my games on that one)]]>Sep 16th 2009 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
But I guess the people up top in this corporation aren't thinking...]]>Sep 16th 2009 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
That's the whole problem... there's no loyalty from SONY to the retailers. Like other posters said, hardware is a $10 profit "loss leader" .. except there's no revenue stream for the RETAILER to benefit from later. No game release day hype with tie-ins like books and accessories... all the sales and retail markup goes directly to SONY...Sony is competing directly with the retailer to sell games. ]]>Sep 16th 2009 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
No, you can't import. PSP is a 1 PSN account device.]]>Sep 16th 2009 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/1) There's no competition-you have one place to buy it from.
2) You can't resell your digital copy. In the old way when you got done with your game you could sell it to your buddy for a few bucks or trade it in somewhere. So if you finally got sick of Counter-Strike you could give your Half-Life CD to your buddy.
Get sick of that copy of HL2 you bought on Steam and well...it's locked to your account and all the other games you also bought so unless you're insane enough to make a new Steam account for every game.
3) You can't buy used versions of the game, not at the store, not on ebay, not at a garage sale...lowering competition and keeping the prices high.

Digital distribution would be great if there was actually competition (like when video game stores have sales on launch day) but without competition prices will become higher. Which is why the Orange Box is still $29.99 on Steam but the version that's resellable (the Xbox 360 disc version) is ~$10 on ebay (the PC versions are of coursed locked to you). And even if you wanted to buy it new the full price is $19.99 even though there's an Xbox 360 licensing fee, a retail store, and a lot of shipping involved.

I love the convenience as much as the next person but am definitely not a fan of the lack of competition and DRM-laden killing of resales.]]>Sep 17th 2009 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 17th 2009 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
dont likeit? I don't care....]]>Sep 16th 2009 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
@ ProfessorKaos - If "nobody really cares about his gamer tags" then why would you put all that effort to add him and "harass him then de-friend him." .................... 'SMRT']]>Sep 16th 2009 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
Pretty pitiful really.]]>Sep 16th 2009 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Since kids will always rule in the portable gaming market, not all of them will have access to a credit card to pay for the game downloads, so there will always be a tangible means of getting media.]]>Sep 16th 2009 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
It appears they my have done so:
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/10/psp-firmware-6-00-goes-live-hints-at-game-rentals/

This company is more angry they don't get a cut of the rentals.]]>Sep 16th 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
points cards are a low profit margin too.]]>Sep 16th 2009 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
Points dont account for people who dont have internet, with a psp 3000 or any other version besides go you can go to a store and buy the game and load it right after you hit the door.

if you dont have internet or can not access the internet at the time your sol. I fully support the kiosk idea that was stated above its a way for people to buy games that dont have internet or arent near a place where they have access to internet.]]>Sep 16th 2009 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 8:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
-Higher consumer price (249 euro vs 169 euro)
-Games only downloadable from Sony (thus higher price and less choice)
-No possibility of trading of selling games
-Never buying cheap games or budget games to lose stock
-No possibility playing import games
-When selling the device the "virtual" games will be almost worthless

I'm sticking with my PSP2000]]>Sep 16th 2009 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
I am borrowing a few Dreamcast games from a co-worker. This won't be possible in 10 years with the PSP Go.

Gamestop is big business. People will continue to trade 5 games to get a new release for cheap/ free. Gamestop isn't going to start trading downloads.

Vinyl records are becoming more popular even with iTunes being in business for 4.5 years now. CDs, DVDs, and blu-ray are still around.

Long live physical media! ]]>Sep 16th 2009 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
Why do these topics always attract people like you? When your memory card fries/breaks you download your games again for free or (if you own a pc) resync them from there.

Also if you want to lend your buddy a game, each purchase from PSN can live on five devices simultaneously so in fact you can lend your digital games and keep playing them, which your physical game can never do.

Don't write rants If you don't know anything about the topic.]]>Sep 16th 2009 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
If you honestly believe a big company can't suddenly go out of business or shut down, you haven't been paying attention the last few years. Or, what if the company just decides not to host the game you bought anymore - do you have any recourse? Nope.

So, don't totally cast aside those concerns just because you're naive.]]>Sep 16th 2009 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 2:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
I just think that if we are going to have direct-to-consumer downloads, there should still be a way to sell the games.]]>Sep 16th 2009 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 23rd 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
I got a notification saying that I bought "the last guy" which was 2 bucks I believe. The thing is, I didn't buy the game. Someone hacked into my account and download it. This game is definitely not on my machine. I called up Sony, you get their first level people and they're asshole about it, saying that I or someone else did it or it wouldn't be charged. Well hell I know for a fact I don't have the game that's good enough of evidence for me. So I ask to talk to higher ups. They investigate and determine that I didn't download it on my machine. The thing was, they won't refund my money back, they wouldn't give me credit back. They said that I must have let someone my use my ID and password to download the game. Why the hell I would do that??? Sony said that I could dispute the charges to get my money back but while I'm in dispute, my psn account would be disabled. If that happens I wouldn't be able to use that anymore and anything associated with that ID is gone with it. I wouldn't be able to download previous games that I purchased with that ID either. If the machine broke, I would have lost all previous downloaded games and cannot download it again.

My thought was, hell it's 2 bucks, I'm not going to have all those inconvenience disputing for a measly 2 bucks. So I did not dispute. But this could have been something bigger that I might have to do and having Sony turning off your ability to download what you have legally purchased is not cool. This could happen to anyone on any digital download sites.]]>Sep 16th 2009 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/
Sorry to hear about your situation. See this is the reason many turn to piracy. You contacted Sony directly to address the problem, and instead of treating you like a valuable loyal customer, they decided you were disposable. $2 credit from Sony is insignificant, yet they decided to stand their ground and may have lost your business for life. Well my friend, you were billed the $2 for The Last Guy, now go download your copy "elsewhere" to get your moneys worth. ]]>Sep 16th 2009 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/psp-go-refused-by-game-retailer-as-blockbuster-fiddles/Sep 16th 2009 10:55AM