The Sony PSP Go is getting a sizable price cut in its native Japan, with a 40 percent reduction bringing the cost down from ¥26,800 ($330) to ¥16,800 ($208).
The question now is whether this price cut will be repeated in the U.S. and beyond, and if so, whether it will increase sales of the under-performing console.
While the PSP has been a pretty successful handheld games console (although not anywhere near as successful as the Nintendo DS), the PSP Go hasn’t exactly flown off shelves.
Introduced last year, the PSP Go has no UMD drive, instead entirely relying on digital downloads for content. Which is fine for people who have already moved on to that style of retail but not for those who still want the option of buying and owning physical media.
That’s not the only issue with the PSP Go, either, as this video review shows. Still, the price cut could make some difference in the run up to Christmas.
