[quote name='tacgnol']I don't see why there's so much PSP Go hate. People are more than willing to drop hundreds of dollars on digital music on their Apple products via iTunes and on App Stores, but paying $20 for a digital version of a game is asking too much?[/QUOTE]
Personally, I don't buy digital music either, unless it's something that I really want that's not available otherwise. I buy CDs, and if I want music on my iPod, I rip my them.
And yes, I do have an iPhone, but I never spend more than $3 for an app, specifically because of the disposable nature of them. When Sony starts selling PSP Go games for $3 and under, we'll talk.
[quote name='tacgnol']I think games like God of War ($20) and Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops ($15) priced digitally is a good deal. Sure you don't get a physical product that could be discounted down in price, but seriously, go to a Gamestop and look at the PSP section, I know I work for one!
Our PSP section is HORRIBLE. More than 70% of the games we sell used have no cases or manuals and the UMDs are in awful condition. We have to defect out so many games because people accept trades on them where the plastic covering has fallen in on itself and then you have to send it off to be refurbished and you get back a non factory made replacement UMD case.
I'll gladly pay the extra money to not have to deal with used materials that not everyone takes care of.[/QUOTE]
Well, right there's your first problem, shopping at GameStop.
I got a
new UMD copy of God of War for $10 back when I bought it. Last weekend, I got a
new UMD copy of Metal Gear Sold Portable Ops Plus for $6. I picked up Silent Hill Origins and Pangya Fantasy Golf for $5 each
new at TRU the other day. My shelf is full of good PSP titles that I've gotten for $10 and under
new,
none of which would have been anywhere near that cheap if I'd downloaded them from the Playstation Network. And, oh yeah -- most them aren't even
available on the Playstation Network yet anyway.
You don't
have to buy used for UMD copies to be a better deal.
And, as has been pointed out several times, if I
do want one of those downloadable games? Plays just fine on my PSP 3000, without me having to give up the UMD option.