Ding dong, Sony’s PSP Go is dead – and that’s official.
Sony Computer Entertainment confirmed to AV Watch that it was no longer manufacturing or shipping the download-only portable, which sold only 207 units in Japan last week . This, Sony explained, was so it could concentrate on the NGP , its flashy new follow-up to the original PSP.
The PSP Go lived a short and sad life, having never really stood a chance in this age of cheap smartphone games and Nintendo dominance.
After seeing its price slashed by retailers just a week after launch, the Go quickly became a target of developers, who predicted its demise . Charging the same steep prices for downloadable games as the UMD versions didn’t help, and in the end even Sony admitted it was priced too high .
Now, bring on the NGP!
[ AV Watch , via Kotaku ]
