{"id":1488,"date":"2009-06-26T14:00:57","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T19:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/06\/26\/sony-tells-critics-to-foff\/"},"modified":"2010-12-29T08:42:48","modified_gmt":"2010-12-29T13:42:48","slug":"sony-tells-critics-to-foff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2009\/06\/26\/sony-tells-critics-to-foff\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony tells critics to f’off."},"content":{"rendered":"

The criticism of the PSPgo launch price continues. This short article from Gamervision<\/a> is hilarious.<\/p>\n

In an interview with MCV, Sony revealed that they\u2019d price the handheld however high they damn well want to.<\/p>\n

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Are you charging more for the PSPgo to protect retail margins as they won\u2019t be selling software? Or to cover R&D costs?<\/p>\n

Those aren\u2019t the factors. When you introduce a new piece of hardware you have the opportunity to say there is a certain premium that is associated with it, and we took that into account.<\/p>\n

As with all hardware launches you look at the business model, the cost structure, and the necessarily level of profitability, and you use that to set the wholesale price. Much as we do with any other hardware.<\/p>\n

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In other words, fuck your wallet. I\u2019m really shocked that the guy just came out and said it \u2013 and more power to him. The balls on that company to admit that they\u2019re jacking up the price of their new handheld will likely annoy the hell out of their investors, but it\u2019s still pretty damn funny. I mean, we all sort of know that\u2019s the reason they\u2019re doing it, but at least Nintendo has the common sense not to talk about it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Awesome. I bet the new PSPgo sells like hotcakes, which will justify Sony telling everyone to f\u2019off. Good stuff!<\/p>\n

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