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[Shawnwhann]

Judging a system on prototype software?for shame.

No problem with the 'cramped' feeling, as that won't change, but the screen looseness is not indicative of a final product, and the buttons need to be clicky because they are digital, and not pressure sensitive, that was a major problem with the original PSP(s).

Did you happen to get some hands-on time with a PSP Go as well? If so, I think you'd agree that the units that were made available had all the (excellent) looks of a final design.

Outside of the larger form factor of the PSP 3000, I think it has all the subtle adjustments (e.g. sharper screen, stiffer buttons, raised volume/select/start buttons, beveled edges where you grip, etc.) necessary to make it damn near perfect handheld.

While I was majorly disappointed that the PSP Go didn't do it for me, I hope it sells great as a successful PSP Go is a great thing for all PSP owners.

 

[Gamecocks625]

Here it is next to the iPhone. Looks sweet.

 

[gcubed]

Here it is next to the iPhone. Looks sweet.

the biggest reason why i'm even considering one is the increased portability. I travel a shitload and always have my psp with me, this would make my life that much easier... and i'm still up in the air on white vs black.

 

[NomarTyme]

the biggest reason why i'm even considering one is the increased portability. I travel a shitload and always have my psp with me, this would make my life that much easier... and i'm still up in the air on white vs black.

Ditto.

 

[Cruzader]

Here it is next to the iPhone. Looks sweet.

Do you guys think PSPgo will have its own 'exclusive' FW features? Like the PSP2000 had Skype over the 1000. Obviously that looks like a calendar. That plus the ability to bring the XMB when you press the PS button and such. I wonder if it has more ram. 32MB>64MB>??

 

[Dice]

I want the white one.

 

[yankee666]

Do you guys think PSPgo will have its own 'exclusive' FW features? Like the PSP2000 had Skype over the 1000. That looks like a calendar. That plus the ability to bring the XMB when you press the PS button and such. I wonder if it has more ram. 32MB>64MB>??

I think i read somewhere that the calendar/ clock feature is gonna be exclusive for the PSPgo!, at least for sometime. As for the Ram is the same as 2000/3000 64MB for the PSPgo! to, so no increase in the ram memory.

 

[DMeisterJ]

Do you guys think PSPgo will have its own 'exclusive' FW features? Like the PSP2000 had Skype over the 1000. Obviously that looks like a calendar. That plus the ability to bring the XMB when you press the PS button and such. I wonder if it has more ram. 32MB>64MB>??

It's confirmed to have the same ram, but because all of the PSPgo games will be on the flash memory, the PSPgo is going to 'force' the PSP to go to XMB because of the ram that isn't used for UMD cache. Since devs couldn't use the extra 32MB of RAM for anything since it was used for UMD Cache, well now, there is no UMD to cache, so the extra ram can be used to run the XMB in the background. In the press release this is confirmed, I'm just merely speculating how they got that to work given it has the exact same specs. So yes, in-game xmb-ish) is coming to the PSPgo. I hope that means custom soundtrack support from the XMB.

 

[Dice]

It's confirmed to have the same ram, but because all of the PSPgo games will be on the flash memory, the PSPgo is going to 'force' the PSP to go to XMB because of the ram that isn't used for UMD cache. Since devs couldn't use the extra 32MB of RAM for anything since it was used for UMD Cache, well now, there is no UMD to cache, so the extra ram can be used to run the XMB in the background. In the press release this is confirmed, I'm just merely speculating how they got that to work given it has the exact same specs. So yes, in-game xmb-ish) is coming to the PSPgo. I hope that means custom soundtrack support from the XMB.

Wouldn't that take up extra CPU?

 

[gcubed]

Wouldn't that take up extra CPU?

nah, its a suspend to xmb, so its not the same as console usage

 

[Cruzader]

It's confirmed to have the same ram, but because all of the PSPgo games will be on the flash memory, the PSPgo is going to 'force' the PSP to go to XMB because of the ram that isn't used for UMD cache. Since devs couldn't use the extra 32MB of RAM for anything since it was used for UMD Cache, well now, there is no UMD to cache, so the extra ram can be used to run the XMB in the background. In the press release this is confirmed, I'm just merely speculating how they got that to work given it has the exact same specs. So yes, in-game xmb-ish) is coming to the PSPgo. I hope that means custom soundtrack support from the XMB.

oh cool, thanx.

 

[ShinoguTakeruKoeru]

It's confirmed to have the same ram, but because all of the PSPgo games will be on the flash memory, the PSPgo is going to 'force' the PSP to go to XMB because of the ram that isn't used for UMD cache. Since devs couldn't use the extra 32MB of RAM for anything since it was used for UMD Cache, well now, there is no UMD to cache, so the extra ram can be used to run the XMB in the background. In the press release this is confirmed, I'm just merely speculating how they got that to work given it has the exact same specs. So yes, in-game xmb-ish) is coming to the PSPgo. I hope that means custom soundtrack support from the XMB.

Hmm. Think this could be retrofitted to PSP 2000/3000 models through firmware?

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Sony might not do it but I bet the CFW types could probably hack it in. If you don't access your UMD drive, the system won't miss it when the CFW guys nuke the cache. This will depend a lot on whether PSP Go uses the same firmwares as regular PSP, though it seems logical that to simplify firmware development on Sony's part, it will. So the CFW guys just need to hack the firmware so the regular PSP is detected as a PSP Go, and it will work.

 

[Brannon]

CFW for the Go is a definite 'when'. And the trickle down benefits may well include in-game XMB for us lowly Phatties.

Suddenly I'm 80% more excited for the release of the Go.

 

[Dice]

WOAH I just thought of something very important.

Will there be a way to rent games for the PSP Go? Between current and future games I'd like to try like 50 games. Obviously I'm not buying all of them, so will I just have to pick and choose without trying them?

 

[OokieSpookie]

WOAH I just thought of something very important.

Will there be a way to rent games for the PSP Go? Between current and future games I'd like to try like 50 games. Obviously I'm not buying all of them, so will I just have to pick and choose without trying them?

Nope, demos will be it for the most part.
Developers get nothing from rentals so they will not cater to them, not only that but do most rental places even handle PSP or DS lite?

 

[gcubed]

Nope, demos will be it for the most part.
Developers get nothing from rentals so they will not cater to them, not only that but do most rental places even handle PSP or DS lite?

yes the online rental places support them

there was a survey floated a bit ago before the Go!'s final reveal that hinted at some type of online rental service

 

[Shadow780]

Here it is next to the iPhone. Looks sweet.

Holy crap that IS smaller than I thought.

 

[MercuryLS]

Touch 16GB is $300.

PSP doesn't even have a fraction of the appeal that the iPhone/iPod Touch has with the average consumer.

It's not a valid comparison.

 

[Darkpen]

WOAH I just thought of something very important.

Will there be a way to rent games for the PSP Go? Between current and future games I'd like to try like 50 games. Obviously I'm not buying all of them, so will I just have to pick and choose without trying them?

what gcubed said. Its clear that Sony's at least interested in looking at various distribution models, from a subscription based system, to traditional per-game rentals. It'd completely change the appeal of the PSP to both publishers and developers. Not to mention that they dropped the price on their dev kits as well.

 

[Stinkles]

PSP doesn't even have a fraction of the appeal that the iPhone/iPod Touch has with the average consumer.

It's not a valid comparison.

YOU'RE not a valid comparison!

 

[gcubed]

that picture almost sealed the deal for me in wanting to get one, i didnt realize just how small it was, the iphone picture put it in perspective, good pic

 

[TuxBobble]

So, has anyone in this thread had much hands on experience?

I heard the white PSP Go was a "sparkly white"...If that's the case, I'd go black. Otherwise, the white looks MUCH better from a distance, and in the images I've seen... But I don't want sparkles. I'm a 22-year-old guy...

 

[Tobor]

that picture almost sealed the deal for me in wanting to get one, i didnt realize just how small it was, the iphone picture put it in perspective, good pic

It boggles my mind that anyone would choose to buy a 3000 after seeing pics like that. The PSP is finally the portable device it should have been all along.

 

[Corran Horn]

I would love a PSP like this that can easily fit in my pocket. Right now the current psp phat barely does with a sleeve. Ill probably get one but Im going to wait a week or 2 to see if any issues arrive (ie psp 3000 screen). A white one would be awesome.

 

[krae_man]

It boggles my mind that anyone would choose to buy a 3000 after seeing pics like that. The PSP is finally the portable device it should have been all along.

Its only 2mm thiner then the PSP 3000(16.5mm vs 18.6mm). Its not like the PSP 3000 was too long to fit in your pocket, it was too thick.

Its still a little too thick.

My Tapwave Zodiac is 14mm, that would have been awesome.

 

[Tideas]

PSP doesn't even have a fraction of the appeal that the iPhone/iPod Touch has with the average consumer.

It's not a valid comparison.

what can an ipod touch do that a psp can't?

Telling me it can play Apple Apps is like me telling you the ipod touch can't play PSP games
So don't use that angle.

 

[Tobor]

Its only 2mm thiner then the PSP 3000(16.5mm vs 18.6mm). Its not like the PSP 3000 was too long to fit in your pocket, it was too thick.

Its still a little too thick.

My Tapwave Zodiac is 14mm, that would have been awesome.

No, it was definitely too long before. That combined with the bulk of the UMDs was the dealbreaker for me when I traded in my PSP.

Zodiac was ahead of it's time, fo sho. I loved that thing.

 

[kmfdmpig]

This is probably a dumb question, but does anyone know if older PSPs will be able to download and run the apps rumored for PSP go?

I would think it would make sense that they would. After all one can slap a high storage MS into a PSP, so storage wouldn't be an issue.

 

[linkboy]

This is probably a dumb question, but does anyone know if older PSPs will be able to download and run the apps rumored for PSP go?

I would think it would make sense that they would. After all one can slap a high storage MS into a PSP, so storage wouldn't be an issue.

Yes, they can.

Every single PSP can connect to PSN and download and run the exact same games that the Go can.

That's the biggest reason why I feel the Go is a ripoff. A 3k with a 16GB MS will be cheaper

 

[rollingstart]

No, it was definitely too long before. That combined with the bulk of the UMDs was the dealbreaker for me when I traded in my PSP.

Zodiac was ahead of it's time, fo sho. I loved that thing.

I actually searched through my house and garage for my Zodiac after it was brought up in a PSP Go thread two weeks back. Just picking up and feeling the analog stick made me remember how much I wished Sony copied their analog ball/stick instead of using the sliding nub. Spy Hunter is still impressive on it. It even had rumble!

 

[Tobor]

I actually searched through my house and garage for my Zodiac after it was brought up in a PSP Go thread two weeks back. Just picking up and feeling the analog stick made me remember how much I wished Sony copied their analog ball/stick instead of using the sliding nub. Spy Hunter is still impressive on it. It even had rumble!

Bit of a catch 22 though, at the time I was really excited to play emulators on the Zodiac, and the analog stick was brutal.

The anodized aluminum body was dead sexy, though. So nice.

 

[Darkpen]

Yes, they can.

Every single PSP can connect to PSN and download and run the exact same games that the Go can.

That's the biggest reason why I feel the Go is a ripoff. A 3k with a 16GB MS will be cheaper

You know, honestly, I'd get one.

I have a PSP 1000, never put CFW on it, but I'd be inclined to do so if I went and got a PSP Go, so I can play some SNES and fancy homebrew for the first time. PSP Go is not only super-fucking light, but its small, pocketable, totally what I imagined in terms of design in how it slides, and just completely what I want out of a PSP upgrade, short of a second nub.

Not to mention, my PSP 1000 lost its nub ages ago, so yeah. Dust apparently slips underneath the glass through the emptiness of the nub area :/

What I want to know, though, is what's up with the lack of a camera + lack of usb port?

 

[ShinoguTakeruKoeru]

YWhat I want to know, though, is what's up with the lack of a camera + lack of usb port?

Iunno about camera, but the USB port is probably because they didn't wanna put either mini-A or mini-B ports there and it's not that big of an issue unless you find yourself misplacing cables a lot (PSP go's is a proprietary cable).

 

[rollingstart]

Bit of a catch 22 though, at the time I was really excited to play emulators on the Zodiac, and the analog stick was brutal.

The anodized aluminum body was dead sexy, though. So nice.

At first it was a bit odd, but there was a trick when doing the initial calibration where you would only move the stick slightly in a direction. That way the system would be tricked into making the dead zone a lot smaller than it really was.

And I think it could only move in 8 directions, so technically the PSP nub is better for more games. But the feeling of it is just so nice, especially in Orbz where you actually used it to aim. I mean, before Orbz started to run at 5 fps in later levels.

 

[theBishop]

one feature i think is going underreported is that you can back out to the XMB without losing your progress in the game. PSP doesn't have the hardware overhead to do in-game XMB, so this is the next best thing.

 

[Darkpen]

Iunno about camera, but the USB port is probably because they didn't wanna put either mini-A or mini-B ports there and it's not that big of an issue unless you find yourself misplacing cables a lot (PSP go's is a proprietary cable).

oh, they're using a proprietary cable, like how some cellphones use their charging cable as the same for USB?

one feature i think is going underreported is that you can back out to the XMB without losing your progress in the game. PSP doesn't have the hardware overhead to do in-game XMB, so this is the next best thing.

is there a feature list I can just read somewhere? I really want to know exactly what are the tiny differences with the PSP Go D:

 

[Dice]

You know, sometimes the company makes a page about their product.

http://www.us.playstation.com/PSP/Systems/pspgo.html

 

[Darkpen]

augh, I hate "pearl" white.

Ceramic White or Bust, Sony!

 

[TuxBobble]

augh, I hate "pearl" white.

Ceramic White or Bust, Sony!

Should I take that as confirmation that it's "sparkly" white? Rather than plain white, as in a matte finish? If so, I guess I'm going with black. But white looks so good in videos...damn it all to hell...

 

[BeEatNU]

Should I take that as confirmation that it's "sparkly" white? Rather than plain white, as in a matte finish? If so, I guess I'm going with black. But white looks so good in videos...damn it all to hell...

it's sparkly white (pearl white), so no, its not matte finish.

 

[TuxBobble]

it's sparkly white (pearl white), so no, its not matte finish.

What a shame that really is. I would much prefer white for the fingerprints. But I guess Sony wants to encourage as many PSP-PS3 similarities as possible. I can't imagine why else they'd release "Pearl White" as the alternate color. Too bad too, I have my NON-pearl (but still white) DualShock here...it would have matched so nicely.

Probably a Jedi mind trick. "You have color options..." (waving hand, speaking in a soft and convincing tone) "I have color options..."

 

[autobzooty]

Yes, they can.

Every single PSP can connect to PSN and download and run the exact same games that the Go can.

That's the biggest reason why I feel the Go is a ripoff. A 3k with a 16GB MS will be cheaper

The added portability and lack of UMD (creating a longer battery life) sweeten the deal, but $250 is still too high, imo.

 

[TuxBobble]

The added portability and lack of UMD (creating a longer battery life) sweeten the deal, but $250 is still too high, imo.

Yea, only reason I'm even contemplating the PSP Go is because of a deal going on at Amazon right now. (And because I haven't owned a PSP yet, so it's not a ripoff AS MUCH to me--I'm not "upgrading" from anything)

 

[JoJo13]

Yea, only reason I'm even contemplating the PSP Go is because of a deal going on at Amazon right now. (And because I haven't owned a PSP yet, so it's not a ripoff AS MUCH to me--I'm not "upgrading" from anything)

what deal is going on at amazon?

 

[NomarTyme]

what deal is going on at amazon?

Trade in $50/$75 worth games you get a $50/$75 coupon towards a new console.

 

[autobzooty]

There are a lot of games for PSP that I'm super interested in, but Peace Walker is the first real system seller for me. That puts me in the unique position of getting to watch the PSP Go launch later this year, see how well it gets supported, and hopefully Sony will let the price drop after people bitch enough.

Ideally, this should all happen before Peace Walker's launch in 2010.

 

[TuxBobble]

Yea, I honestly am now debating if I want the 2000/3000, or the Go. Now that I'm stuck with black anyway, after all...

But I'll probably still stick w/ the Go. Honestly the analog nub just hurts my thumb on the current PSPs. The Go might be able to help me out a bit there.


They really should bundle the Go with an onboard game. Since it's download-only after all, I mean... They should just put a PSN game on there. Even if it's not very good. Just something, lol...

 

[autobzooty]

Yea, I honestly am now debating if I want the 2000/3000, or the Go. Now that I'm stuck with black anyway, after all...

But I'll probably still stick w/ the Go. Honestly the analog nub just hurts my thumb on the current PSPs. The Go might be able to help me out a bit there.


They really should bundle the Go with an onboard game. Since it's download-only after all, I mean... They should just put a PSN game on there. Even if it's not very good. Just something, lol...

I hear the placement of the analog nub is much better on the go, which surprises me because it looks worse at first glance. good news if true, though.

 

[ShinoguTakeruKoeru]

Yea, I honestly am now debating if I want the 2000/3000, or the Go. Now that I'm stuck with black anyway, after all...

But I'll probably still stick w/ the Go. Honestly the analog nub just hurts my thumb on the current PSPs. The Go might be able to help me out a bit there.


They really should bundle the Go with an onboard game. Since it's download-only after all, I mean... They should just put a PSN game on there. Even if it's not very good. Just something, lol...

If they pulled something like Nintendo did with 1000 Nintendo Points, but instead gave a free download valued up to ten dollars, hell that alone would be great. Heck even 5 dollars, Everyday Shooter on PSP rocks.