Sony drops PSP Go price

by Steve Watts, Mar 03, 2011 10:50am PST

Sony quietly unveiled a new price drop on its PSP Go today, down to an MSRP of $149.99 from its previous price of $199.99. The new price slipped onto the official site, without an announcement to accompany it. Oddly, retailers don't seem to have gotten the memo yet, as most are still listing the old price.

This follows on the heels of a recent price drop on the standard PSP model to $129.99. That was a decrease of $40, so it makes sense that the PSP Go dropped $50 to match. Both seem to be preparing for the imminent launch of the Nintendo 3DS, and the eventual release of Sony's NGP.

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  I would never touch this, but at a price of $130 USD, I'm considering the original. : DragonSire
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    To bad for you. The Go is the better of the two now that they are on more even footing. The UMD drive is ... : lcizzle
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      Not all games are getting released to PSN and the back catalog will likely never be released. The 3000 o... : melkore
      
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      the flip side of the argument is that games you buy on PSN for a PSP Go (or any PSP) are forward-compatib... : veras
      
      Or you could buy the 2000/3000, buy games that are on PSN, and yet still have the ability to play games o... : shinseitom
      
      but that still means it makes more sense for you to get a regular psp because then you can get your older... : Mr.SEX
      
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      PSP Go finally got hacked just like the regular model so no umd drive is not really a downer. Go buy the ... : lcizzle
      
      Also I believe the PSP Go is the only model that supports pausing of PS1 classic games. (Kinda like a sav... : lcizzle
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      The PSPGo hurts my hands like everyone says the DualShock hurts there's. Too small. Yea, yea, that's : Ebu
      
      there's : Ebu
      
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      Yeah when I tried it in a Best Buy my hands immediately cramped up and the buttons felt really cheap. : melkore
      
      I love the PSP3000, definitely looking forward to the NGP. The price drop actually made me research it ag... : Ebu
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  it's depressing that the support for this is absolutely terrible. it always looked like a cool device : Mr.SEX
  - I have one and they are really cool and function well. My kids use it in the car for trips to watch movie... : Bill32399
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    What do you mean support is terrible? 2010 psp lineup was pretty much best of all consoles. Y's Metal... : lcizzle
    - The Kingdom Hearts game last year was also fantastic. And this year, we've gotten several solid titles... : Vincent Grayson
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      i'm speaking about the psp go specifically. i thought there were a bunch of new releases that weren't eve... : Mr.SEX
      
      Sony's support has been iffy, but I still love my Go. The form factor is a lot more practical, the pause... : maxwell97
- I'm sure retailers got the memo they are just gonna probablly try to milk it while they can. : Bill32399
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  Can you put CFW on a Go? : at0micgarden
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    No, you use what is called "LFW" or light firmware. It stays active until you do a full power down or reb... : lcizzle
    - This is what I do now to play my old UMD games and I feel like it works really well. If pressing a button... : exponen7
- I honestly love mine, but I'm playing lots of games through questionable means. Works great when you can ... : Funran
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  I'm tempted to buy one of these, mod it, load my UMD-based games on a memory stick so I can play them on ... : roushimsx
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    Though not directly to the tv, you can do something similar with remotejoylite already. Plug it in to the computer, play it with a controller on whatever monitor/tv is hooked into it.
    
    Requires more screwing around by far, but I've always liked remotejoylite more than the tv-out.
    
    Mar 03, 2011 7:08pm PST
    
    Though not directly to the tv, you can do something similar with remotejoylite already. Plug it in to th... : shinseitom
- I would have bought the PSP Go at release if it was $150, but now I just play games on my phone and I'm w... : Proven28
- For $150 I am seriously considering this, but mostly just to play PS1 Classics. : StriderNo9

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