In the first week of sales of the new PSP Go in Australia has been underwhelming to say the least:
Sony also told us that despite the sluggish launch for the PSPgo that saw it shift barely 1000 units in its first week, they’re happy with how the system is performing.
Wow, if they are happy with that, then I would hate to see what would make them unhappy. I saw the PSP Go for the first time in flesh, last weekend. I was quite surprised by how much I didn't like it, but it was the price that floored me - $450. The PS3 is $500, why on earth would anyone pay that much for it, let alone 1000 of them. Each to their own I guess.
In all fairness for reporting, they also said this:
“Since the launch of PSPgo, we have seen uplift in the entire PSP platform; this also includes PSP-3000 sales, and PSP software sales. Strong IPs lined up for the PSP Platform have assisted this.
“We’ ve taken a realistic and total platform approach to the launch; with PSP-3000 and the introduction of PSPgo offering more choice to the consumer side by side. PSPgo launch week resulted in a solid first week volume uplift of 100% for the PSP platform as a whole in Australia.
“The platform is also growing on the software side, with exclusive titles like Gran Turismo and strong first and third party IPs in the PSP pipeline. More applications such as the Digital Reader will launch with a Digital Comics later this year and a Video Download Service in the pipeline for 2010 in Australia.”To get a 100% sales increase, the sales must of been extremely low.
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