PSP Go

[Lirange]

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.

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styles reminds me of a cell phone

[Jikanu]

*sigh* it's always tit for tat... nintendo updates their handheld, sony has to too...

[Vasu]

*sigh* it's always tit for tat... nintendo updates their handheld, sony has to too...

What's so "sigh" about that?

[Sparkeh]

DSi > PSP

Sony is dead now. Game over.

[a.L]

PSP still has some pretty decent games.

[Sparkeh]

Xbox is better. xP

[Jikanu]

What's so "sigh" about that?

it gets boring. plus, stressful. they want us to choose between them instead of branching off in different paths and innovating in different ways. instead they just try to outdo each other in the same old same old.

[Vasu]

it gets boring. plus, stressful. they want us to choose between them instead of branching off in different paths and innovating in different ways. instead they just try to outdo each other in the same old same old.

Why fix what ain't broke? Anyway, of course they innovated. Sony invented the PlayStation, and when they were releasing a sequel to it, Microsoft came up with the XBOX. Right now, the PSP is in direct competition with the Nintendo Whatever, so when they add something new to their device ("innovate" it), then Sony does too. I think it's capitalist market at it's very best. Competition leading to innovation leading to development.

[Yosei]

*sigh* it's always tit for tat... nintendo updates their handheld, sony has to too...

Actually this would be a first for Sony and Nintendo's DS is a first as well. Nintendo's always been the one to make an entirely new console and totally stop production of the old one (Nintendo, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Game Cube). Sony at least releases a new one, and lets the other one go for a little bit longer, and lets the old consoles games adapt to the new one.

I like the playstation above all other consoles, I just wonder if this is going to cause hand cramps like the PSP.

[JokerX]

I Feel Sony Is Trying Too Hard On Making New Things. Like Trying Too Hard On Trying To Surpass The Nintendo (Other Companies?). I Like My PSP 2000 Better Than Dis One. Looks Way Bigger Then The Old Ones.