Chips MD on PSPgo: 'It's a no-go'

Don McCabe, managing director of the UK's largest independent games chain Chips, has told GamesIndustry.biz he is, "99.9 per cent sure it's going to fail miserably", when asked about the new PSPgo.

McCabe says, "My own personal opinion is that it's a no-go. I've been to a number of presentations to see if there's anything there and I don't feel it'll go anywhere to be honest."

While many regard the future of digital content as a bright one, the managing director argues that most companies will struggle to make a profit from it, adding that, "one or two will make serious money and they'll be held up as 'you too can do this.'

"Apple's a tremendous success story for Apple, it's not a tremendous success story for anybody else," he says.

So it would seem that whilst Apple is making waves in the digital downloads ocean, others are struggling to make digital content's massive growth possibility work for them.

ShopTo CEO Igor Cipolletta confirms to GamesIndustry.biz that sales of the PSPgo had got off to a 'slow start', with part of the problem being down the the absence of physical content and the inability to discount the console's high price.

Chris McCabe rounds off the interview by saying, "[digital content] is going to come, no matter what, but a very small amount of people are actually going to go on and make any money out of it."

Whatever the future is for non-physical software sales, it'll be an interesting (and apparently contentious) one, and there's no doubt it's here to stay. Don't say your farewells to PSP trade-ins and physical software sales just yet, though.