Keyofx Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Another Retailer Says Nothankyou To The PSPgo One Dutch retailer refusing to stock the PSPgo is an isolated incident. But when the Aussie branch of EB Games says "no, thanks" as well, you've got a trend on your hands. Kotaku Australia's David Wildgoose rung around in Sydney this morning and found that not a single EB Games he contacted would be stocking the game. I rang around in Canberra and Melbourne and found the same thing: despite a release date of next week, the console appears in EB's system only as "discontinued", and is not listed as an upcoming release. Most employees were either coyly evasive or genuinely uninformed of the move, but a few revealed that the decision has been made at management due to a combination of the console's high price-point combined with the fact the retailer won't be recouping any money from software sales. Neither EB Games nor Sony would specifically address the issue, but it's clear from speaking with staff (and from the absence of any mention of the PSPgo on EB's website) that Australia's largest specialist games retailer won't be stocking the handheld. Can't remember the last time a console met with this much retail animosity before it was even out. For the record, EB's biggest competitors - GAME and JB Hi-Fi - will both be stocking the handheld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 How much margin do they retailers have with a console like this. Surely it cant be this bad. They were selling Ipod touch's for the same price and the same memory capacity. This seems like retailers trying to strong arm Sony to play ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyofx Posted September 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Less margins, More thumbing their noses at digital distribution. Let's face it, traditional retail is going to lose a ton of customers as soon as telcos start pushing 25mbps+ lines into peoples' homes. And they deserve it, the way they wh*re out used games so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulovski Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 eb games is big - them saying no is not a good sign for the psp go. combine that with Sony saying that not all UMD games might come on PSN and you get a disaster recipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockwave Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 WTF does sony expect anyway. It is ridiculously priced. Give me one good reason to go for PSPgo when I can get a ps3 slim for just $50 extra. Madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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