Our PSP Go Hands on Preview.
We got our shiny PSP Go yesterday and are still working it through its paces before we can give you our unbiased review on the new system. So far we can sum up the main positive points and negatives points of the unit as follows: (So far there are more dislikes than likes…)
PSP Go likes:
- Its smaller so more pocketable
- The screen, while smaller is the best yet we think in a PSP. It has a good contrast ratio. Black is black, no greyish looking black. No ghosting either!
- USB data and charge cable in one is nice. No extra cable require
- Dual Shock controller support via bluetooth is a nice bonus for PS3 owners
- Save state feature / Pause feature rocks. This is really cool.
PSP Go dislikes:
- Cramp controls take a long time to get use too, specially the Shoulder buttons. People with giant hands best avoid the PSP Go.
- No battery info in the firmware? OR we can’t find it. How do we tell the remaining battery life ??
- No UMD or way of registering my UMD’s and downloading them to my PSP Go.
- Everything is now via PSN since we have no UMD drive.
- Major flaw we think – No God-damn Wireless 802.11g speeds. If its all PSN downloads at least give us faster wireless speeds.
- PSP Go focuses on porablity, yet there is no changeable battery. Big fail there. Why Sony?
- No preloaded demos on our N1004 PSP Go..
- No wireless internet = No games to play.
Check back with us soon for our full PSP Go review!
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October 3, 2009 at 1:20 pm
arrrgghhh!!! it sucks!
October 3, 2009 at 2:57 pm
IT ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 3, 2009 at 5:13 pm
i tihnk it;s flop model
October 3, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Controls aren’t as bad as you would think.. for being the ‘clicky’ type. Still much better than PSP 1000.
I also tried playing Fate Stay Unlimited with a PS3 controller and was no more successful pulling off combos than with the psp go controls. I think it shows how responsive the controls are, despite being a bit cramped.
If you don’t own a PC or a PS3… then the ‘con’ suggesting that “no Wireless Internet = No Games to play” doesn’t hold true. You can download games via the included software on a Windows PC or do it through your PS3.
I think the Universal connector can be considered a ‘CON’ too…. if you lose it… you have to fork over extra money for a new cable… like an iPod. Don’t forget the $250 price tag… I was able to afford it by selling a few DVD Box sets on Ebay I didn’t want anymore…. but normally it would be too rich for my blood. I’d say wait. for the price to go down…. but it may be better to get one sooner than later if you want to hack it. Considering that later models might have a harder-to-hack motherboard or have unhacked firmware pre-installed.
OVERALL.. I really like my PSP Go. I think it’s a great system and the best PSP to-date.
The screen is really MUCH better than the PSP 2000.. the contrast ratio makes a huge difference.
Once it’s hacked… it’ll love it even more.
October 5, 2009 at 7:39 am
erm in terms of bluetooth ability , can i use the ps3 bluetooth headset with the pspgo?
October 15, 2009 at 10:20 am
no wirless ?
no changeable battery?
no battery remaining display thing?
that sucks
November 6, 2009 at 10:23 pm
still not sure weither i want it or not. ill wait till its hacked and the price comes down.
January 13, 2010 at 2:59 am
The battery is changeable.. You just need to open the back and be sure that you aren’t doing something to void the warranty. Sony have wisely put a battery in with simple plug-type connectors for easy replacement. After all, batteries don’t last forever, do they?
I wouldn’t worry about Wi-Fi speeds being around the 11Mbps mark with 802.11b. After all, you can use a PC to install MediaGo, use the PSN store and download to the PC, then transfer to the ‘Go.
I would think the speed for Wi-Fi to be ample for gaming with your friends. I still say that the save-state feature (if referred as holding everything in a stand-by mode until power is resumed with charging or fully charged) then I would say that my 3000 has the same feature. I like to run my batteries down completely as it’s a habit from the Ni-Cd battery days with the “memory” effect.
I’m not sure about having a smaller screen is such a good thing. The predecessor’s screens I thought were playable, but if anything a larger screen would have been better. The image probably looks better as all the pixels are now closer together creating the illusion of “better” graphics.
The idea of internal storage is very good, but sometimes removable media only can be better as you can transfer files (savegames/demos) to another PSP in a few seconds rather than probably going into the XMB and setting it to transfer/copy files to Memory Stick (I don’t know, but I am guessing as I don’t have the ‘Go) The idea of digital only games puts me off the ‘Go with a few other things too. It brings a smile to my face when I discovered the 3000 will still have support. I do like finding bargains on eBay, or a local shop.
If you have many games/videos that take up the internal storage, you’ll still face the problem of extras, such as memory sticks (granted they aren’t as huge as UMDs) but the principle’s the same
January 19, 2010 at 11:55 am
psp1000 doesn’t have save state ? I remember I was playing Policenaughts, battery went down, and when I remembered that I should charge the shit again, 2 weeks later, I could continue Policenaughts at the point my psp battery went down…
I don’t like the trend of downloadable games, I have a Japanese Wii with about 80 original VC games, and man it would suck if my Wii fucked up, all the games would be lost (I guess Nintendo Japan wouldn’t appreciate a European use a Jap Wii, even though I’ve been shoveling the money up their narrow asses…)