Some facts: -16 Gig memory, Memory slot for more memory.
-Released Fall 2009.
-No official price yet.
-PSP Go will not replace the PSP 3000. They will both be sold.
-Gran Turismo PSP will be shown at E3
-No UMD
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: kraken613 on May 30, 2009, 01:46:22 PM
This is better thant the thread of mine.
Also I saw this.
43% lighter than previous versions 3.8" screen
Smaller screens... And wow is that system just plain ugly!
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on May 30, 2009, 01:48:44 PM
I merged both topics. I definitely will not be buying one of these things, I'll stick to my PSP-2000.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 30, 2009, 02:11:39 PM
no touch screen? if not then FAIL
does it still have a UMD slot? what is the price?
where is the second analog stick nub? they have the room now, so why not include it. did they still stick with mem-sticks? if yes then FAIL (the new SE phone uses microSD) SDcard won, Sony should just accept that and conform to standards.
edit; No UMD and that youtube clip has the first footage of LBP PSP
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: BranDonk Kong on May 30, 2009, 02:15:44 PM
It looks terrible. Why would anyone want this? A larger screen is only going to make the games look worse.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: Flames_of_chaos on May 30, 2009, 02:16:37 PM
where is the second analog stick nub? they have the room now, so why not include it. did they still stick with mem-sticks? if yes then FAIL (the new SE phone uses microSD) SDcard won, Sony should just accept that and conform to standards.
No UMD slot, no price point announced, yes to Micro memory sticks(Sony will always stick to their own standards), no second nub.
The point of the PSP Go is if people don't want to deal with UMDs and just download games and content. In Qore the Sony rep said that this is NOT replacing the PSP-3000.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: DAaaMan64 on May 30, 2009, 02:53:56 PM
Okay so this means that Sony still isn't marketing to Nintendo's audience. They've essentially decided to keep their own market. I bet piracy is wicked locked on this thing.
Till next-gen Sony. Expect a more casually marketed handheld later on.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: bustin98 on May 30, 2009, 02:58:41 PM
And the Gameboy and DS co-exist in the same market too.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 30, 2009, 03:10:39 PM
I bet piracy is wicked locked on this thing for about a week.
Fixed.
I hope this will drive down the price of a used PSP-3000. I wouldn't mind picking one up for cheap in order to play homebrew and the hand full of games I'm interested in (FFT, Mega Man Powered Up & Maverick Hunter, Castlevania Dracula X)
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on May 30, 2009, 08:32:03 PM
So when you combine this and the PS3 Slim, you get Failtron: Defender of the Profit Loss?
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: ShyGuy on May 30, 2009, 09:57:56 PM
Sony's third pillar.
The ashetics feel off. It seems unbalanced, like the screen would be too heavy. I wonder what the price point will be.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: Deguello on May 30, 2009, 10:20:47 PM
Why is the screen still open to the elements? Seriously, copy Nintendo's clamshell design, it just makes sense.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on May 30, 2009, 10:24:59 PM
Nintendo's design isn't as cool as the immensely more popular and more successful iFoan.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: Caliban on May 30, 2009, 10:37:01 PM
The ashetics feel off. It seems unbalanced, like the screen would be too heavy.
I agree in regards to aesthetics, but supposedly it weighs less than the DSi.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: Mop it up on May 31, 2009, 12:02:34 AM
Why would anyone want to buy this machine when they probably already have something they can download games onto? Anyone who wanted a portable gaming system will buy a "real" one, such as a DS or regular PSP.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: Adrock on May 31, 2009, 01:34:29 AM
I don't think it looks ugly. The lack of a UMD drive basically makes it useless to me though. Sony should have kept the UMD drive even though its pretty obvious why they got rid of it (battery life, size etc.).
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: DAaaMan64 on May 31, 2009, 01:54:26 AM
It's only ugly when the Dpad is out, that whole button layout is terrible.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: KDR_11k on May 31, 2009, 02:20:18 AM
Why the hell does it slide instead of fold? Folding means the screen is protected when it's closed, sliding just invites scratches. Oh, right, the PSP is designed for looks, not usage.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: ShyGuy on May 31, 2009, 02:47:29 AM
You know I bet this does have a touch screen. just a hunch.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: DAaaMan64 on May 31, 2009, 04:54:54 AM
Your probably right every portable has one these days.
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Post by: Plugabugz on May 31, 2009, 06:42:12 AM
It better have a highly scratch and cat resistant solar-and-kinetic powered force field to cover that gaping orgasm of a screen. I bet you can just put it on the table and it will wind up with scratches.
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on May 31, 2009, 06:51:21 AM
If they use the same kind of glass as the iPhone screen it being exposed won't be a problem; I've had my iPhone for 8 months now and I've used it a ton and there aren't any scratches on my screen.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: BranDonk Kong on May 31, 2009, 03:17:41 PM
So far on every site I've seen mention, the comments have been 100% negative. Way to go, Sony!
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: mac<censored> on May 31, 2009, 08:22:16 PM
Also notice the analogue nub is in an even worse position than the old PSP.
It's like they design these things using CAD software, and do no actual user-testing before moving to full production.
The sad thing is that while the old PSP at least looked kinda cool, this one seems just ... dorky.
And of course the sliding mechanism seems likely to make it much less robust with little apparent gain in portability over the old design.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: BranDonk Kong on May 31, 2009, 08:48:02 PM
I really don't understand the removal of the UMD slot. I don't think they're going to lure over any customers that actually buy PSP games, movies, etc. You won't be able to buy used games (I guess that's the point) for the PSP GO, so they're really shooting themselves in the big, stupid foot, if you ask me.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: Chozo Ghost on June 01, 2009, 04:56:47 AM
The fact that Sony had dropped the crappy UMD format means they are on the right track, and this is a VERY bad thing for Nintendo. You can say what you want about the crappy design and how awful it looks, and you would be right, but the UMD was a ball and chain that would have prevented Sony from ever really dominating the handheld market, but now that's gone.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: KDR_11k on June 01, 2009, 06:58:35 AM
The UMD was **** but download-only isn't a suitable replacement, the customers are not ready for 100% digital distribution yet.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: mac<censored> on June 01, 2009, 08:23:06 AM
The fact that Sony had dropped the crappy UMD format means they are on the right track, and this is a VERY bad thing for Nintendo. You can say what you want about the crappy design and how awful it looks, and you would be right, but the UMD was a ball and chain that would have prevented Sony from ever really dominating the handheld market, but now that's gone.
The UMD was crappy, but it was hardly some kind of singular factor that was preventing people from buying the PSP (like, for instance the PS3's insane price probably was).
Maybe losing it will allow a somewhat lower price point and longer battery life, which is good, but it probably doesn't matter much by this point in the current generation -- the DS is too absurdly dominant.
Small incremental improvements in the PSP (bizarrely accompanied by a worse physical design) may make the PSP's position a bit better, but they don't seem very likely to derail the DS money-train.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: BranDonk Kong on June 01, 2009, 09:44:18 AM
Lower price point? Doubtful. Sony's Memory Stick Pro Duo costs way more than comparable (and smaller, and faster) SD cards. I just don't see any point in dropping the UMD, it can't lower costs *that* much, maybe $3 a system or something (talking manufacturing costs). What's going to happen when you're out on the road and want to stop at GameStop or Wal-Mart and buy a game...oh wait, you can't. Okay, then pop in your old games...oh wait, you can't. Download-only on a portable = retarded. At least with cell phones (iPhone) you have an internet connection at all times.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: KDR_11k on June 01, 2009, 10:33:08 AM
The PSP's bigger problem is the game library anyway, it truly is a Playstation Portable: It delivers home console games that seem designed for lengthy play sessions and don't really work for the short bursts portable gaming needs.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: D_Average on June 01, 2009, 11:11:02 AM
This version is 3 years too late. I have no interest to add this to my DS/Iphone for portable needs.
Title: Re: PSP GO Officially leaked from Qore
Post by: vudu on June 01, 2009, 01:54:07 PM
Maybe losing it will allow a somewhat lower price point and longer battery life, which is good, but it probably doesn't matter much by this point in the current generation -- the DS is too absurdly dominant.
If anything, this new system will be more expensive than the regular PSP--it has 16 GB of memory.
