Did anyone pick up a PSP GO? What do you think of it? Is it worth $50 more than a Wii and just $50 less than a PS3? How about having to rebuy your UMDs?

My personal thoughts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AyVh1_vWYQ (caution, lots of bad language).

My thoughts?

• Too expensive
• Even shorter battery life
• Probably too small for my hands (after reading reviews)
• Don't mind not having UMD's since I don't have any PSP games

I could probably get past the too small part but the fact it's so freaking expensive and it has an even shorter battery life than the already short battery life than all the other models just makes me in no way at all want it.  I'm still not completely against getting a PSP (old models, not the Go), they just aren't worth the money to me yet.

I just don't understand how they feel they can charge nearly $100 more than the 3000 for something that doesn't really have any new hardware. Just a different design. In fact, one could argue it has less hardware, since the UMD is gone. 

They release PS3 slim and cut the price but release PSP GO and increase the price ????

Mine:


Perfect price point: It is an infinitely higher quality machine when compared to other handhelds, the build is superb. 16gb internal memory is loads, its so freaking sleak.

Analog Stick: way way way way way way way way way better than the psp-3000. Its like a dream to use.

Other buttons: Incredible quality, controls like a dream. Shoulder buttons are the best I've ever seen on a handheld.

Ergonomics: I have massive hands, feels amazing. fits perfectly, buttons are in the proper place. I

Screen: Phenominal. I don't know what kind of wizardy sony used but the color and vibrance just jumps out of the machine.


Basically, this is the best hardware value to price range you can get. (Though, the PSP-3000 is a massive improvement over even the DSi in terms of HARDWARE, we're not talking about software, and of course, 3000 only.)

The PSPgo is the handheld king. It's the perfect size, has far more features, has fully integrated PSN, media go, awesome sound/movie streaming, battery life is great if you dim the screen.

All sony needs to do is promote software. And with quiet possibly the best games lineup of any existing hardware platform, I can see great things.


I would of paid 299$ for this. Considering an iPhone is 599$ and the psp go is a far superior piece of technology.

I'd rather buy a 3000 than a go. It's just too expensive ad I'm not too sure why.

Good points from someone who seems to actually own a PSP GO?

I forgot about the internal memory so at least that is an upgrade from the 3000. Don't think that memory makes it worth $80 more though. 

But now that I think about it. The ipod touch 8GB is $190 and plays all the same games as iphone. I think I would consider the PSP GO worth $60 more than that. Maybe the price isn't so bad afterall. 

I picked one up.

Summary: worth it.

Many older UMD games I've wanted showed up in the store today for dirt cheap, practically making the price difference up (and it will more than pay for itself over time, after the expensive on-the-shelf-as-UMD games drop in price... which I am sure they will), and then I got 16GB of storage to boot.

It feels great, the battery lasts a good long time as far as I can tell (according to the power meter I have some 6 hours of life left *after* playing for an hour on the bus this morning, which is way better than my older PSPs ever did with their original batteries), the screen is miles better than my PSP-2000's (which, in turn, is way better than any DS, IMO, which is the main reason I won't buy a DS, along with the ugly, uncomfortable reactangle shape, which I really dislike), and it fits very nicely in my pocket, unlike any previous game handheld I've owned, including its predecessors.

The coolest thing, is that I can play my games on it as a home console, with the new bluetooh functionality, and one of my PS3 controllers. Its all-in-one gaming goodness -- I no longer have to separate my gaming at home from my gaming on the go, and that, to me, is *awesome*.


Worth it. Anyone who says otherwise, IMO, hasn't actually tried one, or has some beef with their current UMD collection not being a free ticket to upgrading. The thing is awesome once you get your hands on it, even at the asking price -- especially given the low prices of the older games in the store (of which there are a couple hundred, with the promise of hundreds more in the coming months).

My UMD collection was the only thing ever holding me back.  Once I realized I could sell them all on eBay for near what I paid for them, and buy digital, I didn't look back... today I'm glad for it.

Nice, am getting mine next month

thankx for the mini review

I was just looking at the thing, and the fact that it slides like it does now, screams touch screen to me. That would've been huge. Slide it closed to play touch only games or slide it open to play games with traditional controls. Not to mention the countless APPs that work great with a touch screen interface. THAT would have been more than worth $250.

Does this thing have a browser? I heard it has wireless B (gross).

ahah OMG that video si awesome