[CONFIRMADO]: LOS RUMORES SE HAN CONFIRMADO: PSPGO HA MUERTO

After a major false start and poor sales, it looks as if the PSPgo may be done for good if recent speculation is to be made official.

Rumors started circulating early Tuesday that further PSPgo production has been cancelled by Sony and that no additional shipments are planned. It started with an unexpected post on a blog entitled C-TEC 3 (supposedly it's a Sony Style Japan employee's blog to boot) that initially reported the discontinuation of the much-maligned product. Adding further credence to the rumor are separate reports that PSPgo listings are disappearing from Sony Style webfronts (and while the Japanese store's listig URL is still accessible, it's listed as "out of stock" with no listed timeframe for additional shipments).

Granted, Sony wouldn't make it official at the present time (as one would expect regarding speculative reports) but a spokesperson did say this:

"It is a very exciting time for PlayStation portable devices. Before the end of the year we are launching NGP, our next generation portable device, which we believe will revolutionize portable gaming. In the meantime, the current generation of PSPs continue to be in demand, especially since the introduction of our value for money, Essentials range of games and we will continue to meet that demand."

So is this really the end of the PSPgo, or is someone just playing games with game playing hardware? Considering the reports and the Sony Style listing activity, it looks to be a very likely proposition; but until we know for sure, we'll simply dish this out with a few grains of salt and leave it at that.