Zero pre-orders reported by UK retailers for PSP Go
Yesterday, a Sony executive suggested that the reason the PSP Go was priced at more than twice that of the current model is simply because it is new and therefore "premium."
Today, UK retailers Chips and Grainger Games reported zero pre-orders for the transparently overpriced gaming machine, despite soliciting them.
If ever there should be a "Sony death spiral" drinking game, I propose the following rules:
• Every time Sony releases a conspicuously overpriced gadget, down a bottle of sherry.
• Every time Sony releases something that lacks a critical feature because that part of Sony isn't responsible for gadgets with that kind of feature, drink a bottle of sherry.
• Every time Sony allows its brand to be used on a baffling, faintly offensive advertisement, down a bottle of sherry.
• Every time an uplifting profile of Sir Howard Stringer and his quest to restore Sony's fortunes is published, down a glass of sherry.
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mccrum
#1 – 7:06 PM June 26, 2009
I prefer purple drank instead of sherry, it makes the pain go away faster
Slurpy
#2 – 7:12 PM June 26, 2009
Well, of course they don't have any preorders, because as the article states, it hasn't been officially announced yet. Who's going to plop down money for an object that is essentially just rumored? I love hating on Sony more than Miyamoto himself, but really, this is just inane.
grimc
#3 – 7:17 PM June 26, 2009
Every time Sony introduces a new proprietary media format, drink. But get the laughing over with first, so you don't choke.
Elvis Pelt
#4 – 7:27 PM June 26, 2009
My main criterion for a drinking game is: will it kill me?
Good job!
Doomstalk
#5 – 9:08 PM June 26, 2009
Slurpy: Rumored? It was one of the worst kept secrets leading up to E3, and was officially announced and priced at Sony's press conference. Its existence is definitely official.
Slurpy
#6 – 10:57 PM June 26, 2009
"Neither retailer has received any pre-orders for the new handheld – which has yet to be officially priced in the UK,"
Okay, I'm dumb. I read that as "officially announced." I'm still living in the past, when systems were not necessarily released on different continents in the same year, or sometimes not released at all.
NedBrisco
#7 – 11:26 AM June 27, 2009
There already is a new portable gaming device that is selling more than even Sony can hope for, it's called the Apple iphone.
TabulaRasa
#8 – 5:45 AM June 29, 2009
Butbutbut... it's PREMIUM!