Media waits for PSPgo's release to tell us you can get it cheaper

[Sylin]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

The media's pretending these deals are just starting now that the go's been released.

Most journalists aren't as smart as you're giving them credit for.

For example, I highly doubt the originator of these articles bothered to fact-check on price history (if they can't do it on Google in 90 seconds, it seldom gets done).

Likely they saw the price £25 less on some web site, had a vague familiarity with people complaining over the price of the Go, and ran with some hypothesized story about "retailers slash price on PSP due to abysmal sales."

Either that, or they latched on to some anti-Sony forum posts somewhere and used it as the basis for a hyped-up article, which happens more often that people realize (*cough*cnet*cough*).

Originally Posted by Beefbowl

I doubt it. 199 BP = $320. (I need to figure out how to make a BP symbol on my keyboard.)

If you're using a Mac, it's Option+3.

[Shin-Ra]

Originally Posted by Sylin

Most journalists aren't as smart as you're giving them credit for.

For example, I highly doubt the originator of these articles bothered to fact-check on price history (if they can't do it on Google in 90 seconds, it seldom gets done).

Likely they saw the price £25 less on some web site, had a vague familiarity with people complaining over the price of the Go, and ran with some hypothesized story about "retailers slash price on PSP due to abysmal sales."

Either that, or they latched on to some anti-Sony forum posts somewhere and used it as the basis for a hyped-up article, which happens more often that people realize (*cough*cnet*cough*).

I love you.

[Elandyll]

I predict ... a $199 price around Nov. 1st, right in time for Black Friday

Just an idea ... after all this talk of "premium for early adopters" by Sony, just saying it wouldn't surprise me to see them pulling an "iphone".