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But no touch screen?
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WHY?!
WWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!!!
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I know, lets release a 360 with built in bluray and from now on all games come out on bluray only. Everyone with no bluray wouldn't mind about that would they?
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Maybe they have yet to announce that?
It would seem foolish not to include one seeing how popular they currently are on other platforms...you'd assume that as it's a download only system that touchscreen games would be an obvious extra (as there will obviosuly be plenty of games which won't get a retail release now).
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i think the point is that they shouldn't be making new hardware based on what was pretty much a stunted design (only one analogue thingamajig). it's so similar as to be almost pointless. they should realise the money is in cannabilizing their own market. as a psp owner i would have probably bought a new dual analogue psp. but this? no thanks bucko.
so, that leaves the question, who is going to actually want one?
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lol...I doubt it, Eurogamer has always been the home of the Xbot wankers. The comments day in and day out on here reek of pre-pubescent ignorance thats pathetic...
Not a single comment ever on here will make a blind bit of difference to anything. Sony have been comfortably on a roll for years now and i'm looking forward to a successful E3.
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Japanese people.
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I love my current PSP (phat) and PS3, dislike the XBOX360 and hate the DS. After discovering that this is what the new PSP is going to look like, I'm just going to get the PSP 3000 - there is no way I would ever pay for this model.
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MY HAND
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Oke... The fanboys have always been evenly distributed here. But hey, whatever rocks your boat right?
"Not a single comment ever on here will make a blind bit of difference to anything. Sony have been comfortably on a roll for years now and i'm looking forward to a successful E3."
Heh. They are anything but "comfortably" on a roll for years. I think irony is the word though.
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(JOKE)
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1. If you are a person playing only legal games new PSP is something you can look for - providing that Sony will defend it with good games and you do not already have PSP.
2. If you are using illegal software new PSP is "meh" product for you - you will be sticking with PSP 2000.
IMHO new PSP is not really needed, because it's not the console itself that is the problem - it's the games. We have almost half a year gone and look at PSP lineup: 1 good game, being R: Retribution. Seriously, does Sony think that launching new PSP will somehow miraculously make this console come alive? PSP 2000/3000 is really good piece of software which was really fucked up by Sony in terms of support - launching new PSP won't change it, imho.
Basically, another money sink by Sony.
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My guess is that without the UMD drive hardware this thing could work out to be a fair bit cheaper than current PSP models. What if it was £99 for a 8Gb 'value' pack?
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FAIL. FAIL. FAIL.
Damn you SONY! :(
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Isn't that reasoning like saying; Come on, you can't really expect them to remove the UMD - it'll render all your games obsolete.
Edit: I mean, Nintendo has been doing incremental improvements to Gameboy hardware for ages!
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/waits for PSP2
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Funny you should say that.
The irony is delicious.
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If PSP 2nd analogue? = false
then
Map controls differently.
And: Jesus, I thought the nub on the original was badly positioned...! O_o
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i quite like the size, it might actually make the psp portable.
to be honest, it's actually really starting to grow on me . . .
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and too everyone who said it's gonna cramp up there hands they are talking rubbish, if you look at the back of the console it has 2 little rubber strips, which obviously have 2 uses, for protecting it when you set it down and so you can get a good grip while playing your games.
Now i will take my psp go everywhere with me its so much more light compared to the 3000. as for the analog nub its in a perfect position unless you have hands like a hobbit lol don't forget this console is only slightly bigger than an i-phone, plus 16 gig internal memory, and you can connect your official bluetooth ps3 headset to your GO, Skype will be so much easier.
don't worry about the slightly smaller screen its the same reseloution so that means crisper images.
the other thing ive noticed is the circles that suround the D pad and face buttons, if you look they are lower down than the surrounding areas so that will also help your fingers keep a grip.
And to end for people who won't stop complaining DONT buy the new PSP GO its your lose.me personally i can't wait, i only hope one of the new improvements is the music player, other than that i couldn't be happier. CANT WAIT!!!
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Easier on the pocket size I guess but still bloody ugly!
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Perhaps this is just a red herring?
Re: Games on PSP, there are a lot of good stuff available from other studios than Sony itself.
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Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought when I saw this one: [link url=http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/articles//a/5/8/7/6/9/8/PSP_GO_005.bmp.jpg
]http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/artic...[/link]
My first reaction was "dear god, that's horrible" followed by, "what's going on with that hand" followed by, "it looks ok in that pic".
Meh overall.
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Personally I'd rather have a proper PSP2 with some decent ergonomics and second analogue stick - but I'd settle for just having some decent games support for the PSP...
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mandela, the game line up is improving a lot actually. I havent been interested in psp for years, but now theyve announced tekken6, soul calibur, little big planet, motorstorm, a new metal gear, gran turismo still coming, and more. so yeah psp is looking pretty cool and relevant again suddenly. I'd love to carry one of these little things around with me. portable tekken6 and gran turismo, woo!
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How old are some of you? The original PS did not have even have analog sticks or vibration until later -- when the N64 came out, I think. Older games were not broken by the inclusion of analog and vibration.
This thing is god-awful-ugly and is probably going to be awkward in larger hands -- like mine.
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Nobody is suggesting this. They are suggesting that if they include a second analogue stick then games design to use that second analogue stick won't work on the 50 million existing PSPs (unless you had seperate control schemes for different hardware revisions). Further to that, when the analogue controller came out for the PS1 then people could just buy a new controller and not a whole new console - how many seperate PSP controllers have you seen on the market?
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I love my Psp 3000 as its a technical powerhouse compared to the awful DS. Besides the iphone its arguably the best handheld gaming/multimedia device around. I actually watch movies/videos and listen to music more than games, I buy umd movies from hmv,ebay and play for no more than 5 pound each and so the only way I would even consider psp go is if the digital support is as "broad" and cheap as umd. I am not fussed about the second analogue stick anymore as most of the games suck anyway. Unless this has really good digital support through playstation store then its pointless.
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lol, edit number two.
if it IS real, which i doubt, it shows a disgusting design trend at sony. i've held the mylo2, and i know how it feels, and comparing the two photos, i can tell you this would be a HORRIBLE body implementation for the PSP go, the slide for mylo2 is HORRIBLE.
the photos look fake, i cant imagine sony leaving that much "bare" space around the controls.. the buttons x traingle o and square look like you'd actually have difficulty pushing them, one photo shows the bottom headphone jack at an angle then the device is held straight up and down, and the word PSP on the screen seems a real non-starter.
the design of the PSP is fine as it is, and for those who think the 1-2-3000's are too big to be "portable", well that's just dumb. having that big of a screen on a portable device makes taking it anywhere worth it!
even IF there is a PSP-go to be released, i think sony would be shooting itself in the foot so soon after the PSP 3000 series...
but hey, as a former tech support guy at sony who's seen all kinds of goodies....
what would i know?
edited for spelling and clarity
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My point is surely they could have put a second stick on for 'new' PSP Go games, they're unlikely to be coming out on UMD for the old PSP and original PSP games will be blatently marked as such in the dowload store so no one will be expecting full use of the new hardware from them....
Anyway, to be honest I think Sony's major problem is the location of the one analogue stick they do have on there... It'll be a bugger to use properly being sat in the middle like that on a device without the old two pronged hand grips of a PS gamepad...
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The PSP's greatest asset is the stunning screen.
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I'm with you though I like my big screen for my movies! I use my PSP with a speaker stand as a little portable to take round the house. Was watching Tropic Thunder chilling in the bath the other night!
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Please talk your Hardware Design branch into hiring some experts in ergonomics.
Kind regards,
The World.
Edit: I'm aware you must have someone already, but I mean hiring a GOOD one, you know? Maybe it's time to finally let go your banana controller designer.
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No UMD drive,no second analog,weird control layout,no touchscreen,smaller screen
This is PSP tard pack...blah
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IT'S A PSP REVISION, NOT A PSP 2, THAT'S WHY THERE'S NO SECOND ANALOG STICK. A second analog stick would OBVIOUSLY have tons of implications for game developers in terms of should they/shouldn't they support it. I'm sure that STILL won't be enough for many of you, despite the clarity.
---RANT DELETED, seriously, it was huge. In summary, it was about the instant hatred of anything Sony do and how much shit is talked on internet forums by mis-informed know-it-alls from behind the safety of their computer screens.---
Gonna try to see if I can stay off forums, they just make me despair. Goodbye everyone, enjoy all the bullshit nonsense you fling at each other all the time.
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As for ergonomics, this looks to be more comfortable than the GBA SP with controls further apart and that fit quite well in the hand.
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Oh yes it's so geeky but what about players ? I mean people who want to play a fight game and doing a down-downright-right move correctly ...
I'm soooo disappointed.
PS : I was not wishing for a analog pad, just the same one with a better design (no space between directions, as traditional pad -ok -just copy the DS one !!!)
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Speaking as a PC gamer and not a real console gamer, I have to say that is seriously the most fugly piece of kit I've seen this generation. How stupid do you have to be to fuck up the original PSP design? It wasn't terribad, it wasn't amazing, but at least it wasn't fugly.
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IF it was another generation of PSP, ie PSP 2 with touch screen and with more extra features then I would consider this but as it is.....not for me.
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Games would simply need two button configurations, just as they had on the PS1 post Dual shock.
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Games would simply need two button configurations, just as they had on the PS1 post Dual shock.
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Games would simply need two button configurations, just as they had on the PS1 post Dual shock.
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Games would simply need two button configurations, just as they had on the PS1 post Dual shock.
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I know, lets release a 360 with built in bluray and from now on all games come out on bluray only. Everyone with no bluray wouldn't mind about that would they?
... or a £25 controller that rumbles and has 2 analogue sticks... just like the original PlayStation. To be fair the DSi has new functions that allow developers to do stuff they can't on the DS or Lite. I've also seen some clever mods that add a second stick to the PSP, which can in most fps' be remapped successfully.
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So, no one bothered to buy a PS2 or a PS3..? In any case, if Sony dropped compatibility and forced people to upgrade, it wouldn't be such a bad thing, but allowing folks with the older PSP to play would not be impossible just a remap and alternate control scheme to allow older PSP models to play without the second stick.
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Ah well, sticking with the iPhone for portable gaming it is.
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Still I'll have a go if my mate ever get's one and brings it round.
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Still I'll have a go if my mate ever get's one and brings it round.
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I've nothing against the design, it looks fine and somewhat Archos-ish. I assume they are leaning more towards its role as a portable media device, therefore 'pocketability' (eww, I just used a dirty buzzword) and neat stylings when 'closed' for video playback were equally as important as when its being used as a games machine.
But lack of a UMD drive was not for me.
I think some people may be missing the rather obvious point that you don't have to buy it.
All the upcoming games and services will also be available to existing PSP owners, and the Go! version adds very few extras, so if you like the old-style PSP, then just bloody well stick with it!
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I'm not convinced about the analogue stick's position - looks a bit thumb-stretchingly hard to reach! And what happened to the second stcik? Have Sony not been reading their own blogs?!
And I take it that there's NO WAY in hell for me to transfer my UMD games to the integrated RAM, because Sony will not bother with writing a conversion or emulation app, right?!
- Right.
- WRONG!!!
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Add touch screen.
In place of the umd slot use space for mini usb internal upgrade, so gps/extra memory can be added inside rather than outside of the psp.
The screen can come in two versions one is OLED and the cheaper uses a cheaper screen.
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kills the psp's slick design aesthetic which was one of the major things it had going for it
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It's not hard, but Sony was clear, they wont divide the userbase. Period.
Adding 2nd nub would make 50 million sold PSPs incompatible with upcoming games, and Sony didn't want to piss off current PSP owners.
This was said at least one million times before, there wont be second stick until PSP2. You're dissapointed? Who cares. Turn your head away, go buy Iphone, DSi, whatever, just stop whining.
Anyway, white model looks nice, and will probably replace my old 1000, altough not before price cut. 250 euros is too much.
edit: http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?gam...
I'm talking about this. It looks far better then on leaked pictures.
@remag Couldn't agree more.
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IT LOOKS LIKE SHIT!!!
why would you make one of your BEST products resemble the MYLO2... one of the WORST?
sony must not be losing enough money