The E3 leakage keeps on rolling with official photos, specs, and games of Sony’s PSP Go–courtesy of Playstation LifeStyle.net, and Eurogamer. Rumors of the UMD being history are correct, as games will be downloaded only. Here’s what the specs are so far:
3.8″ LCD screen
Lighter weight than previous gen PSP by 43%
16GB Flash Memory
Memory Stick Micro Support
Blue Tooth support
Slide-out digital controls
Remote Play with PS3
According to the article, Gran Turismo PSP, LittleBigPlanet PSP, Metal Gear Solid, and Jak & Daxter will be hitting to Go at some point. The PSP-3000 has been selling well north of 100,000 units per months over past 3 months of NPD data. The unit has also been selling rather well in Japan over the past couple months too. I feel sorry for those folks. If they have resisted the temptation of easy PSP piracy, they won’t be able to play their UMD based games on the Go. Will they have to re-purchase their games from PSN if they trade up to a Go? I’m sure Sony will have answers at E3, but I’d like to see them set up a voucher system of some sort to take the sting off of purchasing Chains of Olympus for a second time.
Is it just me or does that thing look like a pain to hold?
If this is the way it will look this will be a tough sell for sony,this is an ugly and bulky handheld with nothing that will compell consumers to buy,the size of it is just huge,and like vince said,it dosent seem comfortable to hold/play with it,on top of that,im still not sure that “online download only” games will work in the us,im sure patapon2 sold a good ammount of number,but i still think that downloadable games only will be a pain even though this console is for the hardcore PSP consumers/gamers that wanted to purchase and use the games through the console itself,its a tough sell.
i didnt buy the psp i have and dont plan on buying one since i have no one to play games with and unless something really big comes out on it. i wont.heck i havent even beat any of the games if did buy for my psp yet