Topic: The PSP GO - Interordi Forums

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Gundamn

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I'm not even going to say anything on it I mean whats the point? COPYPASTA!

"May 30, 2009 - Sony's E3 press conference might still be days away, but it would appear one of the company's biggest cats is out of the bag -- the PSP Go is real.

Yes, for some reason the latest episode of Qore is live and features host Veronica Belmont speaking in the past tense about E3 and getting a private demo of the PSP Go from SCEA Director of Hardware John Koller. Want the deets? Well, imagine a smaller PSP-3000 where you slide the top portion up to reveal the D-Pad, Select button, Start button, and traditional face buttons. The screen is going to be 3.8 inches, the unit is 44 percent lighter than the PSP-3000, there's no UMD drive, there's a Memory Stick micro slot, it's Bluetooth compatible so that you can use a headset and link it to your cell phone, and the unit packs 16 gigabytes of flash memory.
As if that news wasn't huge enough, the episode of the show features our first look at LittleBigPlanet Portable in action (the screen is in tight on Sackboy and packing a lot of color) and Koller says that there is a new Metal Gear and Gran Turismo coming to the PSP.

In terms of the family tree, Koller said that the PSP Go is not replacing the PSP-3000 but that both units will live in harmony on retail shelves -- although he did say that Sony likes 10-year lifecycles so the PSP Go should have a bit longer life than the PSP-3000. Still, Koller said the company plans to continue to support both downloadable and retail-based games. Belmont asked if there would be different games for the Go versus the traditional PSP; Koller responded that the units will have a similar catalog to begin with, but with time, he expects there to be some differences -- like maybe developers making smaller games that are shorter experiences.

Want to get your hands on the PSP Go? Koller said that the unit is expected to ship this fall."-IGN

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In all honesty, I never liked the Playstation's original control pad. Since all of the follow-ups by Sony share the same basic design, I can't say that this has me excited. I hate those triangle / square / circle / X labels with a passion (which side is the square!?), and they are a bit too far away from each other to be really confortable.

With that said, I like the idea of a slide-out panel for the buttons. It adds a bit of thickness but reduces the width, which is usually the dimension that's too large on those handhelds.

... wait, no UMD drive!?

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You know at first i was like "This is stupid" then I thought this might be my chance to buy a psp for cheap! Apparantly however the psp go is not back words compadable.

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Quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Cossack
In all honesty, I never liked the Playstation's original control pad. Since all of the follow-ups by Sony share the same basic design, I can't say that this has me excited. I hate those triangle / square / circle / X labels with a passion (which side is the square!?), and they are a bit too far away from each other to be really confortable.

With that said, I like the idea of a slide-out panel for the buttons. It adds a bit of thickness but reduces the width, which is usually the dimension that's too large on those handhelds.

... wait, no UMD drive!?

Actually Doc, after you get used to it, it can be quite comfortable. I have a PS2 and used to have a PSP [before it was stolen] , and the controllers are wonderful, and don't worry, after awhile, you'll know the Square button is on the left ;D [Up triangle, down X, Left square and right Circle.]

SPT Layzner
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Been using the Playstation controller since the PS1 and I never had any problems with it. And Sony understood that if it works, don't change it next gen.

Anyway, about the new PSP, not sure if I'll get it. I already have a PSP2000 and it works just fine (got it last summer). Maybe if there's a game that REQUIRES PSP Go, I'll get it then.