Well This Is Odd - PSP Go Gets a Price-Drop, But It's Taken Off of Sony's Website

Hmm.....Just yesterday some sites reported a quiet price-drop of the PSP Go, and I followed some links to get back to Sony's own website where it did indeed have a special update proclaiming the new low price of the PSP Go. And as I said in the post just below, I wanted to write up a piece just about the PSP, and this price drop would have been the basis of a point for a significant portion of the piece.

Potentially the update just went up earlier than they meant it to, maybe someone hacked the site to push out the update or completely falsified it, but either way, if the word is out about a price-drop that's bound to come then it likely isn't much farther off because of this. I'm not sure I remember hearing of anybody that wasn't willing to wait on an announced price-drop, so I'm sure they realize that this will be detrimental to sales until the price-drop actually happens.

I'm so curious about this that I'm going to run up to my local Best Buy to see if stores are following through with the price-drop. Be back with an update soon.

UPDATE - Well, Best Buy for one isn't displaying a price of $149.99 as of today. But I couldn't help but giggle with delight when I noticed that the shelf space for the newly priced PSP 3000 was completely empty devoid of the PSPs at that Best Buy. I wonder how well this particular price drop will do, since Sony has matched the price of the DS lite with a product that is a better technological value.

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PSP Price Drop to $129.99 on Sunday, PSP Game Price Drops

Sony announced that the PSP (so not a PSP Go) will drop in price from $169.99 to $129.99, starting Sunday (February 27th). They also included a list of games to added to the "PSP Favorites Titles" list for $9.99, and the "PSP Greatest Hits" list for $19.99.

New PSP Favorites Titles ($9.99 MSRP)

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (Square-Enix)
Daxter (SCEA)
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (Capcom)
Killzone: Liberation (SCEA)
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Fire Team Bravo (SCEA)
Tomb Raider Anniversary (Square-Enix)

New PSP Greatest Hits ($19.99 MSRP)

Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines (Ubisoft)
Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Square-Enix)
LittleBigPlanet (SCEA)
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami)
Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (SCEA)
Resistance: Retribution (SCEA)
Toy Story 3: The Video Game (Disney Interactive)

Nice price drop and some really awesome games on the list, if you ask me. Since the NGP will not be backwards compatible with UMDs (no UMD drive), that means it isn't an option for someone like me that is interested in getting into the PSP library through a cheaper used market. $130 is a pretty good price, but if I'm looking at the situation with the PS2 then the PSP isn't getting another price drop after this one. I've been very interested in buying a PSP for the past year and a half or so, but figured a new system was on the way from one of or both Sony and Nintendo, so I was very hesitant. It is pretty close to the 3DS launch though, and in total that's quite a chunk of change to spend on entertainment....... I'm probably just trying to make excuses for myself like I always do, because frankly I could save up for it without much issue, just like I could for a 360, just like I could for a PSP before the price drop. It's just hard to jump into a whole new library for me. I know if I'm spreading money around to more gaming platforms, then I'll miss some of those gaming gems I seem to end up loving so much.

Has this price drop convinced any of you to buy a PSP? Were you unlucky enough to have bought a PSP recently? Express your rage in the comments.

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