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Sony ready to unveil its PSP Go at E3 tomorrow
Here at DVICE we like us some leaks, and this one will have gamers looking forward to Tuesday. Sony is unveiling the PSP Go at E3 in Los Angeles, and pictures of the handheld have already hit the web. The UMD disk format has been dropped, but there's a 16GB flash memory, plus a Memory Stick Micro slot and Bluetooth support.
The details were leaked in a video put up on a Sony website, before being taken down — but the game was up. In the vid, Sony's John Koller says of the new console: "It's a 3.8-inch screen, it's 43 per cent lighter than the PSP-3000, 16 gigs flash memory, Bluetooth support and all digital content so the UMD drive goes away. So it's going to be something a lot of consumers like - download straight to a hard drive."
The PSP Go also boasts full PlayStation Network support, so you can play movies and TV shows on it, and is integrated with the PlayStation 3. Some gamers, however, are not happy with its lack of dual analog sticks. From what you can see here, and in the gallery below, what tricks have Sony missed?
Via Playstation Forums Via BBC News Via Engadget
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By Ehh.... at 6:41 AM ON 06/01/09
Well, it was a good idea and it looks pretty awesome, looking back at the 2 previous versions of the PSP. The direct-download and BlueTooth was a great add-on and the 16 gigs is practically godsent. But I'm still skeptical when it comes to how the control panel looks - that is that it's a bit too simple and somewhat lacking.
By thexfile at 8:21 AM ON 06/01/09
mmmm to what i see here...
dropping the "minidisk" drive is a good thing ea it wil save power although i bet sony is not happy withe killing minidisc technologie.
the 16 gb drive , o pleazeee havent you guis lernt anything ??
oke rule : never put a new mashine out withe only the biggest flash memory you can get of the shelf !! always get 2x the amount you can get of the shelf !!
we want this mashine to go a few years and if my curent micro sd is already 16 gb then i want a mashine that has atleast 2ce that !!
the sliding controles : mmmm looks nice but how useful is that ??
i wopuld have rather seen the controles as they where and have maby a keabord stuk under the slider making it a ful multy media mashine and maby a bleutoothe remote keabored for your playstation.
about the memory stick culture at sony :
oke SCRAP IT !!
i started out as a sony fan when i was young , everything i bougt audio visual was sony , then you guis came up withe stuf that was not competable withe other pc stuf and i never bought a sony product since !!!!!
and i wont until you guis wise up like nintendo who uses "standard sd cards"
for the rest the mashine looks slick , but so fat that's al that i like about it...
so , nice trie but no prize sony
By RDM at 10:20 AM ON 06/01/09
This was a ploy by Sony to stop "pirating" and "hacking". When people hacked their current handheld that was unhackable there was always a newer PSP. I am disappointed with how Nintendo and Sony needs to take away certain slots and/or make it look cheaper. EX: PSP 3000 and DSi. They should all learn from Apple and just chill.
By Jordan at 12:56 PM ON 06/01/09
Problems as I see them:
1) I have over 40 games on UMD. How do I play them on the new machine? Oh, I can't? No sale.
2) Smaller screen. In all the user requests for all display devices "make it smaller" is generally not on the list.
3) Memory Stick Micro? So I can't use any of my Pro Duo sticks that I bought for my old PSP?
OTOH 16 gig of built in flash memory isn't that big a deal. I got used to having ZERO on my old PSP. It's just a matter of managing your data on memory sticks. 8 GB for video, 4 GB for music and game saves.
Wow - 16 GB micro memory is $90 at Amazon. That's nothing. So you can double the memory on the machine for very little cost.
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Mobile-Memory-Retail-Package/dp/B001I5F452
By xeromage at 3:53 PM ON 06/01/09
LOL 40 UMD games?! You are a Grade-A sucker Jordan! This is your reward for taking the 'high road' and not demanding cheaper/more efficient distribution of games like the 'hacker' comunity has.
Seems to me like Sony finally went to an EB and saw that wall of untouched UMD games.
I don't think I will like the controls... (i still prefer my old heavy beast to any of the smaller, lighter versions) but the rest of it seems great!
By Mike at 4:04 PM ON 06/01/09
Loading of umd games will be done by taking said game to a kiosk and loading into the kiosk along witha memory stick and it transfers game to the stick. same will be done for people that cant download via the net they will have to go to a store kiosk and hook up/insert their memory stick to get content
By Black_torch at 4:45 PM ON 06/01/09
Looks nice but its going to fail to an become like a game gear. so i think ill just stick to the game gear i have already
By xeromage at 6:45 PM ON 06/01/09
@black_torch
The PSP is far from a failure. It was outselling the DS for quite a while until a third party finally came up with a way to play ROMs on the DS and their sales caught up.
The point is... nobody deserves to be compared to the gamegear. Technology has come a long way, you might want to get out and see what you've missed while you were clinging to your retro gaming unit.
By ffxi account at 11:47 PM ON 06/01/09
Wait a minute, won't foregoing the UMD drive and sticking with an all-download gamelist just fuel them pirates? Or does this mean that Sony is just opening up to more homebrew apps?
By david at 2:26 AM ON 06/02/09
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By richpit at 3:13 PM ON 06/03/09
So does "download only" mean they're cutting out the retailer, like EB or GameStop? Not making any friends there, I think.
By Moses at 2:44 AM ON 07/01/09
It just looks like they took another phone and turned it into a game system. Not impressed. I'll stick with my old PSP and 200 games on my harddrive.
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