PSP Go - Hands-On First Look
Jun/09BC
With the leak of the PSP Go happening mere days before E3, hype on Sony’s new product simply skyrocketed. After getting some hands-on time with this little device, I have a strong feeling that Sony will win out this generation of handhelds.
With titles like Little Big Planet, Rock Band and Jak and Daxter on the horizon, the PSP Go is becoming more and more of an appealing device. Although it will not be any type of performance increase over the PSP 3000 series, the physical form factor is a huge plus. It no longer uses a UMD drive, and it has a 16GB internal flash drive. The idea here is to make everything data based for a fast, compact media device. For the major tech geek, this is a fantastic upgrade from its predecessors. But if you are not as fluent in internet downloads and gaming, you will be best sticking with the PSP 3000.
It seems Sony also plans to accommodate both parties, the hardcore gamer and the casual gamer. Even though the PSP Go will be released this fall, the PSP 3000 will still be on shelves for gamers who prefer to have their game library physical.
The size of this new device is just phenomenal. Being that it is actually smaller than the DS Lite, I think the term “DS Killer” may be safe to use. Its new slide screen really makes it seem like a potentially awesome idea. With minor features they either forgot or neglected to add, the PSP Go isn’t quite exactly the “ideal” handheld device.. not yet anyways.
Where the Start and Select buttons are, they could have easily added a potential right analog stick. Also when I picked up this device, I noticed there were fingerprints on the screen galore. This told me it was easily mistaken as a touch screen when closed up, and that is simply just how it should have been.
If the PSP Go I saw at E3 is the same PSP Go I’ll be playing October 1st, I may just want to save my money for the next big handheld. My PSP 2000 seems to do me just fine, so I’ll just stick with that until I can no longer play the latest games on it.