Why buy a PSP Go?

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You can find a 16GM Memory Stick Duo for $35, so if you have a PSP 1000 or 3000 or want to buy a cheaper PSP (you can get them as low as $130 used, $170 new) why buy a PSP go?

its got 16GB flash mem, thats cool, but a smaller screen and the exact same hardware as all PSPs

its not like it is a new console, it won't have new games only playable on PSP Go.since all games go thru PSN all PSP Go games can be downloaded to any PSP and also all PSP games will still be released for UMD anddownload. Its not Like DSiware where its getting support like DragonQuest Wars, Mario vs DK 3, and that Ghost Augemented Reality game i posted a thread on weeks ago

So why buy a PSP go over any other PSP? esspecially when other PSPs are cheaper?

And does PSP Go addressPSPpiracy issues at all since games are onboth UMD and download? so the games will be still subject to piracy that sony calls sickening even saying the number of Resistance downloadswas alarming when you compare it to actual sales numbers, so all PSP games are still subject to the same piracy issues?

off topic: MGS: Peace Walker looks weird, but ilove MGS. perhaps i'll pick up a PSP 1000 if they're near or below $100 next year.

i just do'nt get this move by sony. AND why did they make the start/select button ina circle?are they teasing an analog stick? i think its kinda of in poor taste to have a circle aroudn those buttons.we all know what people want there instead.

But what are your thoughts SW? nothing really or excitement?

GT Mobile. :lol:

I dont like the no WMD drive idea

its for people who want a PSP but want digital download games only.

my guess is that it won't sell well.

My problem with the PSP Go is that with less parts to manufactor (reducing cost for labor, and shipping), and without moving parts (less cost), and with a smaller screen (less cost), that the price came out to $250. $250.....Oh sure it has 16gb of flash memory, but it's built in which lowers the cost of that beyond the cost of what you can buy a 16gb stick in a store for.

$250 for a PSP that should cost less. Didn't Sony hear that Nintendo was beating them in sales with the DS? Why aren't they trying to gain some ground here? The PSP is 4 and a half years old, and is getting a price increase. That's a really good move.

its for people who want a PSP but want digital download games only.

my guess is that it won't sell well.

SilverChimera

GT Mobile. :lol:

foxhound_fox

err, .. what are you trying to say? are you saying thats enuff reason to buy a PSP go or you saying something else?

I could just buy GT Mobile on UMD at a store and play it in a $130 used PSP or a $170 new PSP.

or i could download it onto a memory stick onto any PSP that isn't named go.

because of the strong psp support?

Hanna Montana ofcourse.
Jack swears by it.

err, .. what are you trying to say? are you saying thats enuff reason to buy a PSP go or you saying something else?

I could just buy GT Mobile on UMD at a store and play it in a $130 used PSP or a $170 new PSP.

or i could download it onto a memory stick onto any PSP that isn't named go.

darth-pyschosis

[QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"]err, .. what are you trying to say? are you saying thats enuff reason to buy a PSP go or you saying something else?

I could just buy GT Mobile on UMD at a store and play it in a $130 used PSP or a $170 new PSP.

or i could download it onto a memory stick onto any PSP that isn't named go.

foxhound_fox

oh ok cool

so is anyone going to defend the Go?

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"]

[QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"]err, .. what are you trying to say? are you saying thats enuff reason to buy a PSP go or you saying something else?

I could just buy GT Mobile on UMD at a store and play it in a $130 used PSP or a $170 new PSP.

or i could download it onto a memory stick onto any PSP that isn't named go.

darth-pyschosis

oh ok cool

so is anyone going to defend the Go?

GT MOBILE WILL BE ON PSN OR UMD LIKE SONY SAID FROM THIS POINT ON ALL GAMES WLL BE DOWNLOADABLE OR PSN

Why buy a DSi? because you have to much money and love nintendo

also the psp go is smaller, lighter, and can have up to 32g of space if you add a memory card

Why buy a DSi? because you have to much money and love nintendo

also the psp go is smaller, lighter, and can have up to 32g of space if you add a memory card

All_that_is_Man

I have no clue, but I hope when it releases, it forces the price of the PSP 3000 down. I want a 3000, not a Go.

Man, Sony had everything going for the PSP Go. The games were announced, loaded in the pipeline for an 18-24 month period with just fantastic titles. A new, chiq looking PSP redesign with awesome sounding support from Sony on the side of PS1 games (you can DL FF7 right now and play it on ur PSP on the go) and also continuing the release of all future PSP games on the store, it was really all fantastic ideas with pretty solid sounding execution...

... Until Sony announced the price. How can they shoot themselves in the foot with price tags so many times and still not understand the message? They have the software, they just gotta make the hardware more accessible. There is no reason on paper why the PSP Go is $250, 100$ more than the PSP-3000 on shelves right now. They are actually taking tech out of the system, using a smaller screen, and its costing 100$ more! I mean c'mon, the if you wanna look at the 16 gigs of mem, fine thats valid, but its not $100 worth. At most, it should be either $170-180. This is honestly ubsurd, and i'm sure when they sell barely any of the things, next to their 3000 counterpart, which they have confirmed they will continue its production, its a no brainer which system you will choose

Not to mention the fact that piracy on the non-Go models is so easy to do, and I thought they were trying to stop software piracy by releasing this digital DL only system.

Seriously, $250 for a PSP? That's 2005 launch prices. Lol. This thing will bomb. It should be cheaper with the absence of costly hardware (ie: UMD drive). The manufacturing costs are significantly less because of that.

1. No UMD and all of the negatives associated with that - bulky , disc swapping , noise/loading , battery drain/loading
2. smaller , lighter , and sleeker design , alwaysbetter for a portable system.

Most people don't need the entire PSP back library .... so all they have to do is get a lot of the great games that one might want to buy up for download. Sony already has a lot of their great games on there and I'm sure they'll be adding more as well as encouraging some other major publishers to get their key games up on the network.

1. No UMD and all of the negatives associated with that - bulky , disc swapping , noise/loading , battery drain/loading
2. smaller , lighter , and sleeker design , alwaysbetter for a portable system.

Most people don't need the entire PSP back library .... so all they have to do is get a lot of the great games that one might want to buy up for download. Sony already has a lot of their great games on there and I'm sure they'll be adding more as well as encouraging some other major publishers to get their key games up on the network.

Nike_Air

Your right. It's just $100 more. Honestly, i'll take those faults, take the left over $100 and buy/DL some games from the store.

[QUOTE="All_that_is_Man"]

Why buy a DSi? because you have to much money and love nintendo

also the psp go is smaller, lighter, and can have up to 32g of space if you add a memory card

-Master_St3ve-

No it can't the psp only can only go up to 16, since the biggest Memory stick duo is 16g, So Psp go's 16 plus a memory card 16 = 32

I suppose you could make the argument that it's designed to compete with the iPod Touch/ZuneHD brand of "smartphone minus the phone" PMPs, but in reality it's just glorified market research for the PSP 2.

I think it's a halfway point.

you no longer have to lug with you all these UMD's. without a UMD driver the battery life will (i'm certain of it) be substationally longer. a cheaper development kit for designers means its cheaper for game developers to make games for the PSP (probably explaining why so many good games finally coming). It's smaller so you can ACTUALLY put it in your pocket. new sleek design (some really hate it - i love it).

I think Sony wants - put it nicely - get away from UMD, but it isn't willing to go completely away from it. proof of it, as people going ape - **** when they heard it was UMD-less. i strongly think UMD was a failure. So what is the next route? the safest and most business sense (on Sony's part), was digital download.

it doesn't need to reinvent the wheel, not yet atleast. I think this is mostly a test of Sony's route towards digital distribution. you don't think it'll work? as G4 showed there was a 220% increase in downloaded content this year.

You've got Remote Play with your PS3, you've got PSN, you've got Skype, you've got all your PSP Go games on the go (yes a pun).

Little Big Planet, Assassin's Creed, Big Boss in MGS:PW, Soul Calibur, Monster Hunter, etc. etc. all at your finger tips.

the price point i agree is a bit too high, but i think Sony is betting on the fact it's 1) new (general public won't know the difference), 2) the popularity of downloading music/games/movies to a portable devices like iPod, iPhone, DSi, etc.

It is the right route i think. that's why i'm sold on it. The original PSP didn't sell me on it because it was large and clunky, and as an engineering student the UMD drive (in my opinion) felt it was much detremental then a positive. 4 years later you've got your answer.

If your happy with your PSP-3000, stick with it, Sony isn't gonna ditch either right now, and they're thinking about how to deal with backward compatiblity. I do believe digital download is the move forward for future PSP games. we might see a second nub in PSP 2, but we might never see the UMD.

Cause it's super sexy? Seriously it's the sexiest handheld I've ever seen.

Cause it's super sexy? Seriously it's the sexiest handheld I've ever seen.

W1NGMAN-

it doesn't have much competition

[QUOTE="-Master_St3ve-"][QUOTE="All_that_is_Man"]

Why buy a DSi? because you have to much money and love nintendo

also the psp go is smaller, lighter, and can have up to 32g of space if you add a memory card

All_that_is_Man

No it can't the psp only can only go up to 16, since the biggest Memory stick duo is 16g, So Psp go's 16 plus a memory card 16 = 32

If someone owns one of these they can. They're all over the net. It would cost $100 to add two 16GB SDHC cards but it's 32GB! If your wondering I do own one and it works. I only use it with an 8GB stick.

Why buy a DSi? because you have to much money and love nintendo

also the psp go is smaller, lighter, and can have up to 32g of space if you add a memory card

All_that_is_Man

Why buy a DSi? It has exclusive games not playable on DS. like Mario vs DK 3 and Mighty Flip Champs, Dragon Quest Wars ( a good looking SRPG by Square Enix)

and Nintendo has stated they will begin shipping games to store that only work on DSi, using all the features of the DSi, the camera or the beefed up CPU or the new amount of RAM, where as the PSP Go is a PSP.

[QUOTE="All_that_is_Man"]

[QUOTE="-Master_St3ve-"] So can the original PSP-Master_St3ve-

No it can't the psp only can only go up to 16, since the biggest Memory stick duo is 16g, So Psp go's 16 plus a memory card 16 = 32

If someone owns one of these they can. They're all over the net. It would cost $100 to add two 16GB SDHC cards but it's 32GB! If your wondering I do own one and it works. I only use it with an 8GB stick.

that would kill the point of it, that would bring a normal psp up to the price of the Go

[QUOTE="All_that_is_Man"]

Why buy a DSi? because you have to much money and love nintendo

also the psp go is smaller, lighter, and can have up to 32g of space if you add a memory card

darth-pyschosis

Why buy a DSi? It has exclusive games not playable on DS. like Mario vs DK 3 and Mighty Flip Champs, Dragon Quest Wars ( a good looking SRPG by Square Enix)

and Nintendo has stated they will begin shipping games to store that only work on DSi, using all the features of the DSi, the camera or the beefed up CPU or the new amount of RAM, where as the PSP Go is a PSP.

Don't affect games, The camera is .3 megapixels each so pretty much useless, I haven't heard anyting about games what work only on the dsi and I highly doubt that, DSiware will be cheap trash, and is hardly worth the price difference

[QUOTE="-Master_St3ve-"][QUOTE="All_that_is_Man"]

Why buy a DSi? because you have to much money and love nintendo

also the psp go is smaller, lighter, and can have up to 32g of space if you add a memory card

All_that_is_Man

No it can't the psp only can only go up to 16, since the biggest Memory stick duo is 16g, So Psp go's 16 plus a memory card 16 = 32

And then you realize the wonders of mini SD + card converters. You can actually have up to 64gb atm

[QUOTE="-Master_St3ve-"]

[QUOTE="All_that_is_Man"]

No it can't the psp only can only go up to 16, since the biggest Memory stick duo is 16g, So Psp go's 16 plus a memory card 16 = 32

All_that_is_Man

If someone owns one of these they can. They're all over the net. It would cost $100 to add two 16GB SDHC cards but it's 32GB! If your wondering I do own one and it works. I only use it with an 8GB stick.

that would kill the point of it, that would bring a normal psp up to the price of the Go

Yes, but it would still be cheaper than buying a PSP go and adding 16GB. Since the PSPgo uses Memory Stick Mirco. The only one on newegg cost $85.

gotta agree with you TC I mean for all its hype all my games are in UMD format and I wouldrather not download them just to play.

[QUOTE="All_that_is_Man"]

[QUOTE="-Master_St3ve-"]

If someone owns one of these they can. They're all over the net. It would cost $100 to add two 16GB SDHC cards but it's 32GB! If your wondering I do own one and it works. I only use it with an 8GB stick.

-Master_St3ve-

that would kill the point of it, that would bring a normal psp up to the price of the Go

Yes, but it would still be cheaper than buying a PSP go and adding 16GB. Since the PSPgo uses Memory Stick Mirco. The only one on newegg cost $85.

but in about 5 months when the psp go comes out they will be dirt cheap

I'm buying it for the sake of owning the next PSP design...BBQSauceMan

[QUOTE="-Master_St3ve-"]

[QUOTE="All_that_is_Man"]

that would kill the point of it, that would bring a normal psp up to the price of the Go

All_that_is_Man

Yes, but it would still be cheaper than buying a PSP go and adding 16GB. Since the PSPgo uses Memory Stick Mirco. The only one on newegg cost $85.

but in about 5 months when the psp go comes out they will be dirt cheap

the only 3 things that i like from the PSP GO: No UMD ( this should increase battery life ), Bluetooth support, and the smaller size....so..are these 3 things enough to justify the extra money ???

[QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"]

[QUOTE="All_that_is_Man"]

Why buy a DSi? because you have to much money and love nintendo

also the psp go is smaller, lighter, and can have up to 32g of space if you add a memory card

All_that_is_Man

Why buy a DSi? It has exclusive games not playable on DS. like Mario vs DK 3 and Mighty Flip Champs, Dragon Quest Wars ( a good looking SRPG by Square Enix)

and Nintendo has stated they will begin shipping games to store that only work on DSi, using all the features of the DSi, the camera or the beefed up CPU or the new amount of RAM, where as the PSP Go is a PSP.

Don't affect games, The camera is .3 megapixels each so pretty much useless, I haven't heard anyting about games what work only on the dsi and I highly doubt that, DSiware will be cheap trash, and is hardly worth the price difference

wrong

Ok, they use the 133Mhz CPU and 16MB of RAM to run the Opera Web Browser right? Ok, stick with me. You download the Browser, it is software. So for any software that is designed to be used ONLY BY A DSi IT CAN USE ALL OF ITS HARDWARE AT ITS DISPOSAL.

for DS games, yes no difference really.

but for DSi games, as nintendo has confirmed there will be DSi games on NEW GAME CARDS sold at retail stores, those can use that hardware

pls, confirm with a link that the Operating Sysytem of the DSi used 66Mhz CPU usage and 12MB RAM at all times, or some real proof that there is no way for DSi software to use the NINTENDO DSi while playing DSi software.

You are aware there are separate dev kits for the DSi right?

[QUOTE="SilverChimera"]

its for people who want a PSP but want digital download games only.

my guess is that it won't sell well.

emorainbo