kerrywins
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Fri Mar-25-05 01:23 PM
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Sony PSP - I work at Toys R Us |
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Yesterday...day of launch...it didn't sell well at our store at all.
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Fri Mar-25-05 01:24 PM
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1. I still don't see why anyone with PS2 would want it. Sure it's thinner, |
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but the orginal really didn't take up that much space. :hi:
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kerrywins
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Fri Mar-25-05 01:26 PM
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I think its a tougher sale because Sony forced everyone in the states to buy the bundle (psp, 32 MB card, spriderman 2 movie on proprietary UMD disc).
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Fri Mar-25-05 01:46 PM
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I think the machines have completely different purposes. The psp is a little thing with a screen that you can carry and use anywhere (hence the portable) - like a gameboy.
The PS2 has no battery, no screen, and is intended to be used in some stationary location.
It's like comparing a desktop computer and a PDA - they're just different animals.
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Fri Mar-25-05 01:25 PM
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it has real potential, but its too expensive and not much is out for it yet, when they release advent children and the final fantasy 7 first person shooter sales will pick up
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Fri Mar-25-05 01:29 PM
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8. Yeah, I went to Best Buy yesterday to check it out |
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and I ended up not buying because there aren't any games yet.
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Fri Mar-25-05 01:32 PM
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there are more games for the psp then the nintendo ds...
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Fri Mar-25-05 01:48 PM
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12. So nintendo ds has an even smaller selection that PSP's paltry one. |
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Fri Mar-25-05 02:59 PM
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but keep in mind...te psp has been out in japan for like a year now...
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Fri Mar-25-05 01:34 PM
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10. and the $400+ price tag |
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give it a month and it will come down as they realise that the high price is throwing people off
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Fri Mar-25-05 01:26 PM
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3. People are using the money to pay for gas. |
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Fri Mar-25-05 01:27 PM
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6. I didn't start hearing about it until maybe like two weeks ago. |
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Maybe it took all the teenage kids by surprise and they hadn't saved up for it.
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Fri Mar-25-05 01:28 PM
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They were hyping it - saying they would sell out. I just checked Ebay and they are selling below retail there which I think means the demand isn't there. http://search.ebay.com/PSP_W0QQfkrZ1QQfromZR8
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Fri Mar-25-05 01:49 PM
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13. I was in GameStop yesterday |
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A guy came in looking for one and the clerk told him that 40% of the PSPs are going back defective. Dead pixels and one of the buttons is too close to the screen and doesn't work properly. :shrug:
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Fri Mar-25-05 02:02 PM
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14. Yeah, the button too close to the screen has been a big issue |
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But Sony, the morons, don't even seem to care. One of the higher-ups there compared altering th PSP so that the button wasn't too close to the screen would be like ltering the Mona Lisa (or something to that effect). Arrogant morons.
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Fri Mar-25-05 03:13 PM
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16. I'm going to wait a few months |
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