PSP Go to be released on Thursday Oct 1

[Ramatut4001]

I own 5 PSPs, and 41 games. I am probably one of PSP's biggest supporters.

The Go was a huge slap in the face to me.
On one hand it gives me the functionality I've been asking Sony to add to PSP for years (the ability to use a PS3 controller to control games) (which Resistance proved was quite easy) but not the opportunity to use it on my games.

-the proprietary USB port
-doesn't use my PSP's component cables
-doesn't use my memory sticks
-doesn't use the PSP Chotto cam (which I intend to get for Invizimals)
-doesn't even use PSP AC adapters
-the game pause feature could easily be added to every PSP as proven via homebrewers
-they added territorial lockout

I am glad the Go is failing, it means PSP2 will stick to UMD.
I may buy a Go, when it gets hacked to play the games I paid good money for.

All these proprietary ports and cables are the things that really turn me off from the Go. I doubt a PSP2 would use UMD, however.

Like many have said, I'm glad for the mass of digital games that came out with the device. I'll continue to buy downloadable games for my 1000 and 2000. Prinny for $10? Yes, please. As a collector, I may start buying the game-specific download cards they stock at retail just to have a physical object associated with it.

[Niode]

I own 5 PSPs, and 41 games. I am probably one of PSP's biggest supporters.

The Go was a huge slap in the face to me.
On one hand it gives me the functionality I've been asking Sony to add to PSP for years (the ability to use a PS3 controller to control games) (which Resistance proved was quite easy) but not the opportunity to use it on my games.

-the proprietary USB port
-doesn't use my PSP's component cables
-doesn't use my memory sticks
-doesn't use the PSP Chotto cam (which I intend to get for Invizimals)
-doesn't even use PSP AC adapters
-the game pause feature could easily be added to every PSP as proven via homebrewers
-they added territorial lockout

I am glad the Go is failing, it means PSP2 will stick to UMD.
I may buy a Go, when it gets hacked to play the games I paid good money for.

All these proprietary ports and cables are the things that really turn me off from the Go. I doubt a PSP2 would use UMD, however.

Like many have said, I'm glad for the mass of digital games that came out with the device. I'll continue to buy downloadable games for my 1000 and 2000. Prinny for $10? Yes, please. As a collector, I may start buying the game-specific download cards they stock at retail just to have a physical object associated with it.

I can't imagine the cards being worth anything. Even in years to come. All Sony has to do is take down the activation server (which is a very likely event in 15-20 years time) and the cards would be absolutely completely useless. Only an idiot would buy them for the plastic and the piece of cardboard inside. Besides, Sony looks like it has no interested in game specific download codes, they will just sell the PSN cards.

I couldn't believe that the PSPGO doesn't support pro duo. Are they trying on purpose to piss upgraders off, y'know those very same people most likely to fucking buy the thing in the first place? According to Jim Sterling the thing is a complete nightmare to have it transfer your data from the old PSP to the new one. He had to resort to using is PS3 after many many attempts doing it the old fashioned way, I have no idea how much harder that process would be with a CFW PSP. Requiring customers to use a PS3 to do a simple data/licence transfer is ridiculous.

[NeoTechni]

It means nothing as far as the PSP2.

I disagree completely. The fact that it's bombing means PSP2 will not follow the same ideology. Retailers wouldn't sell a download-only PSP2

In fact, I think this is the first PSP to get it right.

You'd be one of very few. Most people and retailers feel it got everything wrong.

Downloads cut out the used market, imports, borrowing/loaning games to/from friends, rentals. Makes it more annoying the more games you have.

Swapping a UMD is faster than installing a game.

And a portable should not require a PC to get it's games on to it.
And downloading via PSP's wifi would hours of not being able to use it for anything else

PSP2 won't be download only, or it won't get sold at all.
Plus Sony would like to keep selling PSP in regions that don't have broadband access, or have incredibly low quotas. I know places in europe with 6 GB a month limits. I don't think people will want to spend a 1/3 of their monthly quota downloading 1 game.

Sony has openly admitted a lot of gamers prefer a physical medium, they won't want to piss them off.

[Pulsar_t]

[Niode]

The PSPGo got what it deserves. What a piece of shit.

The only people who will want to buy this are kids, the only reason they want one is to be "omg my psp is better than yours lol, you suck" at school. They will get one, realise they have no fucking clue how to use it, and it will get shelved. Either that or it will get broken within weeks. They will then return to their DS.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

It's sad that half the people in the comments for that video don't get the humor behind the joke.

[fastbilly1]

Wait a second, the PSP Go supports PS3 controllers. Is this true for every game?

[NeoTechni]

The PSPGo got what it deserves. What a piece of shit.

Agreed. A PSP that doesn't play PSP games...

Wait a second, the PSP Go supports PS3 controllers. Is this true for every game?

Yes. But Sony was retarded enough not to let you map the right analog to anything.
Or L2 and R2. It could have played PS1 games and worked over remote play perfectly, but noooo. They could have let you switch the right analog to act as the dpad/left analog/shoulder buttons/face buttons like you can with RemoteJoy and it would have played PSP games better than PSP could

[Ramatut4001]

I can't imagine the cards being worth anything. Even in years to come. All Sony has to do is take down the activation server (which is a very likely event in 15-20 years time) and the cards would be absolutely completely useless. Only an idiot would buy them for the plastic and the piece of cardboard inside. Besides, Sony looks like it has no interested in game specific download codes, they will just sell the PSN cards.

Of course they wouldn't be worth anything. I said I'm a collector, not some kind of prospector. And actually the cards would be useless the instant the code is used to download the game and tie it to an account. I'll try not to be offended at being called an idiot, it seems to be congruent with your other posts around here.

[Niode]

Nah, I'm not calling you an idiot

I just don't see the point in buying game specific cards. Especially when you get nothing but some artwork and a card, no manual or anything. It was just me overstating things as usual.