I really do not understand the prevalent "I'm entitled to it" attitude that surrounds just about every article these days when it comes to consoles, handhelds, cell phones, laptops etc.. This is a new hand-held model, that they themselves said was not a replacement for the current version. So why exactly are they being assholes if they don't exchange all your games out for the new versions if you buy one of these? Have you ever heard of another manufacturer that has reissued all your games when you changed to a new model that didn't support them? They have NOT stopped making the PSP that uses the UMD based games. They have NOT left you with a pile of games that are now useless. I really cannot see why you are even complaining about "upgrading" to the PSP Go, when it is not an upgrade it is a parallel product for people that want a unit that is stripped down in features and size, for the tradeoff of being much more portable.
I don't think it's a problem with people feeling entitled, as much as it's Sony failing (yet again) to do what they said they would do. Sure, they didn't put anything in writing and they may not have made any "promises," but the implication was made that they would provide some type of upgrade path for existing users. Their continued pattern of misleading customers is what is most troubling and has caused me to take a wait-and-see approach with a once highly-respectable company.
People that want to actually play their old psp games in something that actually fits in their pocket are disappointed. Entitlement aside, no one wants to buy the same game twice.
There'd be half as much furor if Sony hadn't shot themselves in the foot by suggesting free conversion at the outset.
As to the other half, there are a ton of manufacturers/content providers trying to double, triple and quadruple dip. It's not crazy to ask someone to pay a fee for the convenience of digitization for what they've already purchased, but requiring them to flat out rebuy the game (music, movie, book, etc) is the kind of ripping off that will always piss people off. It's less about entitlement, and more about companies making it look like they're selling you a product when they're really only renting it to you.
if it were a PSP2, then i don't think it'd cause as much as an uproar as it does now.
imagine if you had the Game Boy (original) and then you had the Game Boy Pocket (which is flash based and doesn't use any cartridges). it would be somewhat similar to what Sony is doing now. the PSPGo seems to be just another iteration of the PSP platform.
so basically sony is offering one portable in two different formats (w/ UMD and w/o UMD) except they did it by releasing one, building a consumer base, and now releasing the other.
its all about licenses... i own 1 license for the game that i bought... if sony ignores this, they are ignoring your ownership of the game... its like you're renting the game from sony...
sony is even worse than apple when it comes to respecting their customers ownership of what they purchased :/ (root kit anyone?)
so my old phat psp is collecting dust, and i play games on my ipod touch... more aimed at portable games (simple pick-me-up games) and the prices are alot lower... low enough that i can look away from stuff like this.
I don't feel entitled. There should be no fee other than bandwidth of the download for a "digital" copy of a digital work, and hosting is usually pennies for a gigabyte. They're eliminating ownership, reducing distribution costs, and charging more for the device.
Unless you're new to the PSP platform, there's no reason to buy this. Even then, buying it removes all ability to purchase from the second-hand market. Sony's Minis better be freakin awesome, cause right now, they're losing on most fronts to the DS and iPod.
Also....why can't they update the PSP browser? That crap renders so slow and so poorly compared to any other comparable device, while they obviously know how to do it right (PS3 works fine). It makes Mobile Internet Explorer look good.
HP's Jon Rubenstein told us that his company wanted to veer in a new direction, and veer it surely did -- the HP Veer 4G will arguably be the smallest fully-functional smartphone on the market when it goes on sale May 15th.
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I really do not understand the prevalent "I'm entitled to it" attitude that surrounds just about every article these days when it comes to consoles, handhelds, cell phones, laptops etc.. This is a new hand-held model, that they themselves said was not a replacement for the current version. So why exactly are they being assholes if they don't exchange all your games out for the new versions if you buy one of these? Have you ever heard of another manufacturer that has reissued all your games when you changed to a new model that didn't support them? They have NOT stopped making the PSP that uses the UMD based games. They have NOT left you with a pile of games that are now useless. I really cannot see why you are even complaining about "upgrading" to the PSP Go, when it is not an upgrade it is a parallel product for people that want a unit that is stripped down in features and size, for the tradeoff of being much more portable.
I don't think it's a problem with people feeling entitled, as much as it's Sony failing (yet again) to do what they said they would do. Sure, they didn't put anything in writing and they may not have made any "promises," but the implication was made that they would provide some type of upgrade path for existing users. Their continued pattern of misleading customers is what is most troubling and has caused me to take a wait-and-see approach with a once highly-respectable company.
People that want to actually play their old psp games in something that actually fits in their pocket are disappointed. Entitlement aside, no one wants to buy the same game twice.
There'd be half as much furor if Sony hadn't shot themselves in the foot by suggesting free conversion at the outset.
As to the other half, there are a ton of manufacturers/content providers trying to double, triple and quadruple dip. It's not crazy to ask someone to pay a fee for the convenience of digitization for what they've already purchased, but requiring them to flat out rebuy the game (music, movie, book, etc) is the kind of ripping off that will always piss people off. It's less about entitlement, and more about companies making it look like they're selling you a product when they're really only renting it to you.
if it were a PSP2, then i don't think it'd cause as much as an uproar as it does now.
imagine if you had the Game Boy (original) and then you had the Game Boy Pocket (which is flash based and doesn't use any cartridges). it would be somewhat similar to what Sony is doing now. the PSPGo seems to be just another iteration of the PSP platform.
so basically sony is offering one portable in two different formats (w/ UMD and w/o UMD) except they did it by releasing one, building a consumer base, and now releasing the other.
its all about licenses... i own 1 license for the game that i bought... if sony ignores this, they are ignoring your ownership of the game... its like you're renting the game from sony...
sony is even worse than apple when it comes to respecting their customers ownership of what they purchased :/ (root kit anyone?)
so my old phat psp is collecting dust, and i play games on my ipod touch... more aimed at portable games (simple pick-me-up games) and the prices are alot lower... low enough that i can look away from stuff like this.
I don't feel entitled. There should be no fee other than bandwidth of the download for a "digital" copy of a digital work, and hosting is usually pennies for a gigabyte. They're eliminating ownership, reducing distribution costs, and charging more for the device.
Unless you're new to the PSP platform, there's no reason to buy this. Even then, buying it removes all ability to purchase from the second-hand market. Sony's Minis better be freakin awesome, cause right now, they're losing on most fronts to the DS and iPod.
Also....why can't they update the PSP browser? That crap renders so slow and so poorly compared to any other comparable device, while they obviously know how to do it right (PS3 works fine). It makes Mobile Internet Explorer look good.