Comments on: PSP Go’s Digital Games same price as UMD?

By: Do lower prices diminish brand value in the age of digital media? | TomNash.eu

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:29:35 +0000

[...] to be smaller – no delivery or shipping fees, no middleman slice, etc. Although this is not the case, the pricing itself is not the point here, the point is whether retailers would be diminishing the [...]

By: CK

CK — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:20:22 +0000

Not with PSP you can’t. Only on PS3. The PSP games only work on one handheld.

By: LazySAGamer

LazySAGamer — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:59:52 +0000

I have to pay for bandwidth as well, it’s dirt cheap from an international hosting point of view. Way cheaper than manufacturing packaging and manuals

By: Buy PSP Go

Buy PSP Go — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:36:44 +0000

As already pointed out, there are other costs ie. bandwidth but it there are enough adopters then the price should fall as they buy bandwidth in bigger bulk.

By: Random PS3 and PSP links. | The Recycle Bin

Random PS3 and PSP links. | The Recycle Bin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:59:57 +0000

[...] digitial game prices? This Australian based site is concerned about the price of PSPgo games. While trying to defend the UMD and insisting on it’s [...]

By: wayne

wayne — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:08:38 +0000

um what ever happened to the idea of putting the games onto memory sticks???? you can then save onto the psp go’s built in memory and you would still have a physical copy of the game…..that would work for me.

By: Used Games Rule!

Used Games Rule! — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:46:20 +0000

Even though publishers don’t like it, secondary game sales are a real an actual part of a games value for all gamers. We sell old games we don’t want anymore or didn’t like to begin with and factor that in to a games value.

Publishers think they will just pocket the difference and we wont notice or care and tough-for-you anyways. But they are wrong.. if we can’t resell digital games they are most definitely worth less.

By: Will

Will — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:15:32 +0000

errr, you can download titles for up to 5 different systems. Which means you can split the price with your friends…

By: Johnno

Johnno — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:01:42 +0000

People complaining about the fact that digital copies cost the same when they don’t need to manufacture discs and booklets etc. are forgetting one thing necessary for digital distribution…

BANDWIDTH CHARGES

Publishers still have to pay distribution channels like PSN, LIVE and Steam to distribute the content digitally and while it might be less, it’s likely not cheap either and they have to pay them for each copy that someone purchases and downloads. These costs are passed on to you. That’s how it works.

Digital copies are there more for your convenience of storage and portability… not for price. Internet bandwidth is ridiculously controlled and going digital involves downloading gigs of data that comes out of your monthly bandwidth allowance. Not only will Digital copies cost the same as physical, if you’re looking to do this regularly then you’re going to have to look into your upping you internet bill too…

Digital Distribution is convenient but costly. Maybe in the future it’ll be better, but for the time being it’s certainly not.

By: WitWolfyZA

WitWolfyZA — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:48:32 +0000

Who cares, Its gonna cost more anyways. We pay for the precious cap we use