PSP Go is $50 cheaper than the PS3 in Australia

all i am going to say is HOLY FUCK

"That's in line with the European price points."

I love it when price justifiers use a point like this. Because truly the price of what it is in a country so many thousands of miles away is completely Irrelevant.

If they had stated outright a more localised reason why this piece of hardware is so expensive, like for instance the cost to ship things down here, or the many taxes that imported items face. Or that it may have some new hardware that's completely kick ass and expensive to manufacture; Then I could maybe...possibly take them seriously.

But saying. "It's expensive here because it's expensive there." Doesn't really tell me a damm thing.

I will eat my hat the day a marketing exac comes out and says: "You know what. We priced it this high because we know early adopters in australia will pay that price. No other reason. We just want maximum predicted profits."

well im not going 2 get 1 now

so add another 10% for GST... and this SHOULD be selling for around AU$318.

That's a massive $130 Sony Tax just cos we live DownUnder.

Add in the disquiet from EB Games not stocking it and I'm thinking we're gonna see a major price reduction not long after it's release. Unless they've already decided not to manufacture too many.

Has Sony not heard there's a little Global Economic issue going on at the moment?

If there's so much less in the damn thing (50% smaller, 40% lighter) why oh why is the price 40% more?

Hahahaha.

Guess we'll see in a week, or two, what happens.

Sony's OLED Walkman is also a silly price. They've already dropped in down a $100 from the original online price but it's still way over the top compared to Apple.

This PSP Go doesn't stack up against an iPod Touch when you can get a 32g model for AU$399. An the games on that are getting better every week... :)

Oh, and you CAN actually type on the touch screen. I hate entering text on my PSP1000. Too time consuming to do anything worthwhile so talking about surfing the net and sending emails is just something most people are not going to do with it. My iPhone though just makes doing all that, on the go, so damn easy. The number of people I see doing exactly the same thing while at the shops is growing every week.

Sony, where's your head at??? :)

Damn, thats waaaaaay overpriced.

I totally wanted a PSP Go, Oh well. I think I'll just have to deal with my pretty shocking looking PSP-1000. Suprisingly enough.

Oh well, I got a few new games for it so that will keep me entertained for a few months until the price eventually drops.

Final Fantasy = FTW :D

Oh, Theory Time!!
The reason why the PSP GO is so overpriced: Sony decided to put a few carats of diamons inside the machine where you can't see them. Have a look (Btw, Have fun destroying your new PSP Go!)

Muahahaha!

Uhh, nvm.

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Wow, the PSPgo hasn't done quite well here.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/poor-start-for-pspgo-sales-in-aus…

It's only sold just over 1000 units in its first week of sales... for the whole of Australia.