Sony Considering New Color Choices For PSP Go?
For all those handheld gamers out there who've been eager to forego all their old UMD games and go to a strictly digital platform, but who've held off so far because of the lack of tempting color options, you may (theoretically, eventually) be in luck!
As you well know, the only way to rock a new PSPgo currently is to be stuck with a shiny black or a shiny white finish. Perhaps Sony would like to believe, however, that the flagging sales and lukewarm reception to the PSPgo don't come from its steep price or lack of features, but rather its limited color options. A Destructoid reader noticed a survey on a UK opinion site loosely associated with Sony that asks for, among other things, users' relative love levels for a myriad of potential PSP palettes, as seen above.
It should be noted that the precedent set by the PSP Slim and PSP-3000 is one of offering new colors only with bundle packs, which include a sometimes-desirable game and always cost more. Among the rather nice silver, white, red, and deep blue releases for Western PSP fans, some of them also had printed images of Kratos or Darth Vader, so branding may come into play with the new colors as well.
Personally, I'm no stranger to picking out my systems based on what they go with (as my pink DS or red 360 could tell you, were they sentient), so these options do give the PSPgo more appeal more on a base, vain level with which I am quite familiar. Given that I already own some UMDs and have no qualms about engaging in the secondhand market for my games, however, I think I'll stick with what I've got.
What about you, faithful readers? Do these potential options make the PSPgo just a little more tempting, or will Sony need to change the hue even more before they see commercial success?
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Posted to Miscellany, Video Games on 11 November 2009
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I was going to buy one anyway, but I'd love more color options! And yeah, they make it so much more appealing.