The head of games retailer Chips has slammed the PSPgo and has predicted the spanking new handheld will “fail miserably”. That in spite of a surge of PSP sales since the console’s launch and prices already on the right side of £200. Read on to see just what bad mouthing is going down.
Chips’ main man Don McCabe is not shy of airing his views on the PSPgo. And today he’s offering a full-on assault on Sony’s new effort. “I’m 99.9 per cent sure it’s going to fail miserably,” he said. “In which case it’s going to put back other potential people coming into that digital space.”
McCabe goes on to say he had, “…heard from someone at Sony saying ‘this steps our authority on the digital space and signals our intent,’ and actually what I think is that they’ll scare the c**p out of anyone else who tries to follow.”
On the other hand, McCabe says the PSPgo will be good for stores, as he believes it will keep sales of games and trade-ins for the PSP 3000 buoyant.
Interestingly, Chips is selling the PSPgo for £229, £30 more than Amazon, Play and HMV. While strong views on the PSPgo continue to be aired, the proof will be in the sales figures after Christmas and how it stacks up against the Nintendo DSi and the ever popular iPod touch.
Out now | £199 | Sony (via Gamesindustry.biz)
Yes true that this device is not work,it totally fail and its nothing for goods.
Errm, sorry to ask the obvious question, who is retailer Chips? How significant are they? Are they just annoyed they are missing out on PSPGo software sales, AND missing out on PSPGo hardware sales because they haven’t towed the line on the hardware price.
http://corporate.chipsworld.co.uk/store-locator/
They own 31 stores in the UK… Instant fail, some bitter nobody that has to rely on software sales is angry that Sony took that away from them….
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