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PSP Minis games pricier than App Store counterparts

Posted Oct 1, 2009 at 9:28PM EST by Mabie A.

Listed in: News, Games, PSP Minis Tags: MTV, Sudoku

Have you picked up your PSP Gos yet? Been checking out the PSP Minis game selections? If yes, then you probably have noticed that the game prices are double that of their iPhone App Store counterparts.

If you have not noticed that, then now you know. MTV Multiplayer reports that the first batch of Minis range from US$ 4.99 to US$ 9.99. Those in the US$ 4.99 bracket would be Alien Havoc, Brainpipe and Sudoku. Meanwhile, Funky Punch, Hero of Sparta and Fieldrunners are tagged with a US$ 6.99 price. On the upper end would be Tetris, selling for US$ 9.99.

The App Store version of these games, however, only demand from US$ 1.99 to 4.99 from your wallets. With the PSP Go in full swing out in the free world, the reality of its high price points come crashing down. The real question then becomes: is it worth it to shell out so much for a hardware offering functionalities you can already get from the original PSP models, and at a much cheaper price too?

Via MTV Multiiplayer

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Yes ofcourse. They're probably made by the same greedy iPhone developers. They put out pure BULLCRAP for the iPhone and charge 5$ for it. When they actually have to make a half decent application for the PSP whos users don't accept anything short of home console quality games they are obviously going to over price their stuff.

# also... — truk 2009-10-01 22:51

let's not forget it's more expensive to develop for a psp than iphone

# Meh — billylee8 2009-10-02 00:35

I didn't mind Tetris for $10 because it was Tetris, and I'm not so bad at the game that I wouldn't be able to tell the difference between that and the free, slow-moving, one-button-rotating flash game.

And I thought Tetris debuted on the Apple App store for $10 too. That price eventually dropped, but I didn't want to wait for a PSN price drop that may or may not occur.

# SO WHAT — ssouthparkk 2009-10-02 00:57

You have a technology called buttons on the PSP. Something the iPhone does not have.

# CLAPS ^_^ — houaruto 2009-10-02 01:12

buttons pwns touch screen..........IMAGINE PLAYING TEKKEN 6 ON iPhone....total fail

# ... — NathanDrake 2009-10-02 01:34

Exactly right. Don't mind paying a bit extra (most of them are still pocket change to me) to be able to use proper controls. Anytime I've tried playing iPhone games they've just felt crippled by the machine they're on.

# Okay now — phiyuku 2009-10-02 07:00

tell me how much did those game cost when they first appeared on the app store. My bet somewhere around the same price as the Minis.

# screw it! — GLO13AL_T3RROR 2009-10-02 07:27

i ain't getting psp go until it get some sort of price drop.......other wise i am not interested!

# i suggest — truk 2009-10-02 09:04

if you purchase online, you can drop the cost significantly with e-coupons. just a suggestion, if you were actually interested. therockness, it did. that individual got the go for the price as the 3000

# At the moment, i can't even afford these prices..... — KingPepper 2009-10-02 09:51

I have been added to the rising unemployment figures, so

remember Sony we are in a global recession you know, prices need to go down, how about a reduction in prices on all titles in the first week of release, then put the prices up to there full price as they are now, that way, Sony get more sales & the consumer get a fair deal, out of it.

# Yeah good point!!!! — KingPepper 2009-10-02 09:56

Yeah good point!!!!

# Good point... — Squintin 2009-10-02 11:37

If people can't afford Sony's overpriced new unit. Then Sony loses out on overpriced game sales. A drastic price cut needs to be put in effect

# iphoneyourmum — pewpie 2009-10-02 14:54

blame da pirates. its all their fault.

ps - if you agree, you are a knob.

# Wait — symbal 2009-10-02 15:27

We all know these things will struggle to sell so just wait a month and retailers will start offering good deals, or buy used because a lot of people will blindly buy this without realising all the problems, and they have to sell cheap because people know it's overpriced and won't offer anything close to new price.

# @symbal — KingPepper 2009-10-02 21:58

Remember retail stores are not going to sell PSP Mini's, thats only a download service, hence why the retailers are up in arms about these games, some refusing to sell the PSP Go as well.

# No mate, i was talking about the games........ — KingPepper 2009-10-02 22:03

As you can download these PSP Minis on a standard PSP through the PSN, but at a lower price, so you do not need to buy the PSP Go in the first place.

# No — symbal 2009-10-03 01:59

The retailers might be able to drop the price of the Psp go or do packages with cheap accessories, it'll probably be like supermarkets etc. offering the best deals.

# £199.99 — symbal 2009-10-03 08:33

If anyone in the UK looking to buy 1 the cheapest i found is play.com for £199.99

# Funny — Datnizzle 2009-10-06 14:40

I played one of those games called somthing Sparta. And after about 20 sec I said to my self, "This playes like one of those crappy Iphone games."

Guess what, it was. Fieldrunners ik OK though, but it's tower defense. Hard to muck that up.

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