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The June issue of Qore was leaked early and contains a promotional video for the new PSP Go. We’ve been salivating over the PSP since before it was released and could hardly wait to see what Sony had in store for this latest hardware revision:
- What the PSP Go! has
- 3.8-inch display
- 43 percent lighter (than PSP-3000)
- 16GB of Flash storage
- Memory Stick Micro slot
- Bluetooth
- PlayStation Network support (movie and TV rentals / purchases)
- PS3 Integration
Sorry, but color us unimpressed. We feel that Sony needs to step it up a notch; here is a small list of what the PSP Go is lacking that its competitors already have:
- What the PSP Go! does not have
- Touchscreen
- Camera
- GPS
- TV tuner
- HD FM or FM radio tuner
Does the PSP Go need a camera, a touchscreen, or a built-in GPS? The iPhone and DSi both have built-in cameras and innovative software to make extra use of them, and the Zune has had a built-in FM tuner from the “get go.” Seeing that Sony has already developed some of these great PSP accessories already we’re not sure why they aren’t packing them into the new PSP Go. The PSP “must live on” due to Sony’s 10 year product cycle, and the original PSP was released in 2005. (Ten years is a long time to eek out of a handheld device, we’re really, REALLY hoping this doesn’t mean we have to wait until 2015 for the PSPtew.)
PSP go! Qore June 2009 | YouTube
it is great that the new psp is coming out. i don’t know if is to new zealand i hope it does
Well i really dont see much improvement for the psp in this new model. The fact there’s no umd drive means that everyone that has there library of games on umd’s is out of luck. Iv heard that sony is figuring out a way to get your umds on the psp go by having some way to verify that you have the umd and lets u download it from the ps store. Of course thats unlikely so yeah id rather have a umd cause i really dont download many games at all on my psp 3000. For people who download alot, thats a great improvement for you. all sony really did was slap a slider on a smaller screen, put psp buttons on it, forget to add the 2nd joystick AGAIN, rip of the umd drive, and add bluetooth and an internal hard drive and say its the PSP GOOOOO. so yeah i hope that they dont continue download only psps in the future cause that makes buying used games from gamestop and eb games entirely useless.
i think they should definatly add a tv tuner, allow xfinity and netflix, and also make it an on/off touchscreen. they could also make the controls flipable with a keyboard on one side and the game controls on the other. and why not add a still/motion camera. you could even throw a writing and drawing program in and if you do that might as well add a spreadsheet program. to go even further add a cell phone app and an extra camera for video confrencing. now all that with what the pspgo already has and you got something you can sell for a while.