Who would've ever thought that the PSPgo

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Would now be my favorite system and get most of my time. At first, it was meh, but now it's really grown on me. I had several downloaded games before on my PSP 3k and my friend offered to trade me his unopened go with the few disk games I had plus cash. So anyway, I got a PSPgo and 50 dollars, and after buying some games and owning the system for a while, it has really become one of my favorite systems. Just to point out a few reasons why:

Digital games: Okay, so this is a very two-faced issue, on one hand, you don't actually own any of the games you download and if you delete them 3 or 4 years down the line you probably wont get them back, however, considering this is meant to be a portable system, it's mostly worth the tradeoff as you only have to carry the small unit around and no small, easily lost, games to fill your other pocket.

TV and Bluetooth Support: While previous PSP's had the video out, the PSPgo also has bluetooth support, what this means for you, is you can play your PSP on the TV, online with a bluetooth mic, and a PS3 Sixaxis or Dualshock 3 controller. The portable PS2 idea is now more true than ever.

Size and Form factor: It's easily the most comfortable handheld to carry around (unless you count the iPhone) and one of the most comfortable systems to play too, the only complaint I have is that I like to carry some music on my PSP as when I carry it a prefer not to take a full fledged iPod, and unfortunately, the headphone jack is still on the bottom (but for obvious reasons now).

Price: Okay, yes it's expensive, but, it's also a very well built unit. Games are more expensive yes, but I don't want to say the full cost of ownership is too high, as most games on the PSP are full length, console like games, I find myself spending less money on it due to the fact that a game can last me easily on average 8 hours on this thing. Sure there are exceptions for other handhelds, but the length of most PSP games out do others on DS and iPhone.

You also need to consider that it also comes with 16gb of memory, and at least right now, 3 games here in the US, which brings it to around the same value as a 3k with all those things, although you're basically forced to buy them, (but the games are good).

I'd say for the average person that just wants to play PSP games cheaply and have access to the full library it's the worst one to get, however, I feel it's probably the best PSP out so far, although the original comes close in comfort and design.

Honestly, the PSPgo is what the PSP should have been when it first came out, Sony has a bad habit of releasing new formats nobody ever uses that are expensive. Unfortunately, it came at too high of a entry price for most people and at the wrong time. It's definitely not a bad system, but Sony made some mistakes, I bet it would have done way better had they put all new games up for half or even 75% of the standard 40 dollars for retail. What are your thoughts?

[skyknight]

I do think the PSPgo just came out in the wrong time with a HIGH price.

The PSN download-ble titles for PSP doesn't cover every UMD releases, such as Lumines(!), Ace Combat X, and other few; but most critically-acclaimed games are available for download. But again, there is no price advantage for buying PSN games, when on-line stores are offering games that are much lower, i.e. I was able to get Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2 for just USD $8 on UMD, while PSN was still having it for $30! The good news is that Sony is cutting the prices on games much earlier than before.

16GB seems to be enough for most gamers, as it should be able to store at least 6~8 games + other stuff. And I don't know what to do with the Bluetooth support.

And some didn't like the reconfiguration of the button layouts of the PSPgo, and I never held one, so I won't comment on that.

I think the PSP owners (including me!) were having too much expectations for the PSPgo, hoping that a title transfer for every game would happen, and the price point would be much lower - Sony would have absolute control on the games, with no re-sell for gamers. But it didn't happen, and even if the PSPgo was go down to USD $100, I think I still skip it, unless it came with 5 games of my choice.

[edit] just came to my mind, what could be worst: Gameboy Micro or PSPgo?

[noiseredux]

the lack of UMD drive is moronic.

[skyknight]

the lack of UMD drive is moronic.

I think if every game and movie were available and at a much lower price, then it would be very different.

[Hatta]

The UMD drive was moronic from the start. There's no reason Sony couldn't have shipped games on memory sticks. If hackers could enable this feature on their own, Sony could have too. The only stumbling block would be copy protecting the games, but it's not like the UMD posed any problem to pirates anyway.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

The UMD drive was moronic from the start. There's no reason Sony couldn't have shipped games on memory sticks. If hackers could enable this feature on their own, Sony could have too. The only stumbling block would be copy protecting the games, but it's not like the UMD posed any problem to pirates anyway.

Exactly my feeling too. It made no sense at all. Most games are only 200-300mb anyway and 512mb and 1gb sticks are insanely affordable.

[jfrost]

I much prefer digital distribution to physical media. In this country, I can't afford games in physical form, they're insanely taxed. On Steam, Direct2Drive and GOG, however, I buy games all the time. If Sony had a decent digital distribution system, I might've considered buying a PSPgo.

I think that displaying physical games on the shelf is cute, but I much prefer being able to play them. And since I won't pay 130 dollars for a game just to have a disc, I much prefer to download a file for less.

[ZeroAX]

[edit] just came to my mind, what could be worst: Gameboy Micro or PSPgo?

The game boy micro was cheap played most of the GBA library (removed GB support) and was so small you could have it in a keychain.

The PSPgo is just a good idea done bad. Very high prices for the games.


In Europe you get 10 games for free when you buy the PSPgo. I'm serious 10 games.

http://www.play.com/Games/PSP/4-/117193 ... oduct.html

[CRTGAMER]

the lack of UMD drive is moronic.

Agree, ridiculous not having UMD with permanent back up disk. OP touched on download purchased games being temporary due to support going away years later. Limited space means games would have to deleted to eventually make room for new games. The old adage of "never a big enough hard drive" rings true also for memory cards. Then there is a system fail and all the games lost years from now.

Not having to deal with swapping UMD discs is convenient and does make for a more compact, non-motor battery saving unit, but at cost of not having a disc backup is lubricous.

Analogy
Remember your last cell phone before you bought a new one? Any games that you had to repurchase when you got a new phone?

[jfrost]

For 250€, they better give away 10 games.