I totally agree with you that this is a good device for people who would like to play games on the Go, in fact it is even more portable than the 1000-3000 series of the PSP. Digital distribution is and has been moving forward for a couple of years now.

Great comparison of the AppStore downloads/games on mobile phones. I'd like to add XBLA games as well as PSN store downloads. No refundable, Non transferable, and generally not complained about!

The price on the other hand is a bit tricky. I spoke with a district manager at GameStop yesterday while snagging Operation Flashpoint and he had told me that GameStop as a whole almost didn't carry the PSP Go because it was cutting into their sales on games, and they were essentially helping to hurt themselves in revenue. He told me that a "deal" or sorts was reached with corporate and Sony as an incentive to sell the PSP Go.

My guess is that a higher retail price for a previous generation's technology was created so that the retail locations could make back a large margin on each system sold. This way the hurt of lost game sales wouldn't be as bad, after all they can still sell PSN cards to those kiddies who don't have a credit card. That being said I'm sure that the system is contracted with all major retailers for a minimum amount of time (at least through the holidays) to be sold without a price drop or significant discounts from the manufacturer.

To be honest it is actually a pretty smart way to do it. Sony gets to milk last generation's gaming device for a little longer and doesn't need to produce as much physical media, and retailers enjoy a fat margin on a system that will sell because it is shiny and new. Kudos to Capitalism and the public's desire to replace things that aren't broken for the newest model available.

Wooooooot!

Yayy Free!

Thanks Engadget for breaking up this economy meltdown!

I would keep all of it, and give away anything I couldn't use.

Did anybody read the post?

This trademark dispute is perfectly logical from the standpoint of RED. They are trying to prevent any form of confusion that their high end cameras are in any way linked to the HDTV series made by LG. the name in dispute is "Scarlet" not RED, Red, or the color red. I think it is safe to assume that RED is fully aware that nobody would mistake a HDTV for a diminuitive sized camera, the problem is that people might think that the LG television is either A. equally as high end as RED's products, then upon buying it discovering that it is not thus hurting the image of RED. or B. thinking that RED has in some way liscenced their brand to LG in which they have a made a television that is designed to be used with the RED camera series.

This is in no way similar to the T-Mobile rediculousness about the color magenta, which was absolutely moronic. RED and LG are considered to be in the same "class of goods" which is why RED has every right to dispute the product name as their own trademark. now the real question is who trademarked the name "Scarlet" first? RED certainly released their product first but the law is the law. Someone is gonna have to change thier name.

Actually you're an idiot. The main event in MGS4 will take place in an area being code named Outer Haven by liquid Ocelot. A throwback to his Idol "Father" and his creation of Outer Heaven

skype support on PSP

I'm gonna have to say thats a "6 Megapixel"

Paying for television shows is stupid, and this a smart move for NBC. Anyone who knows how television programs work will realize that NBC will make 10 times the amount of money from advertising sales during broadcast as they do from iTunes sales which I'm sure Apple takes a large percentage from anyway. iTunes is not the end all for a large company, but a small blip on the radar not to mention DRM controlled items are not even worth buying.

Sling it to me