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4.0 stars
"Different PSP."
Pros: Slimmer light weight design, more portable then it once was. good interface although still looking for two analog sticks. overall the same features as your PSP 2000/3000. PS3 Sync is a nice feature. a tad bit better colors then previous models.
Cons: connects to computer by special cable. can't play UMD archive on it, but most games are available by download or soon will be. a bit smaller screen. high price. For those who don't want to lose all there games stick with your original PSP.
Summary: most of the people here rate poorly because they are expecting a brand new next-gen console. stop it, this is not a brand new PSP this a revamped PSP. If you're afraid that you wont be able to play all the UMDs you purchased or don't like that you instead must download games rather then purchase them in stores then the simple answer is stay with your old PSP it does all the same things its just a different design. For what it was intended to do and what it does do its a great product.
Updated on Sep 29, 2009jsnowbordr47 Sony isn't leaving their customers behind.If they are brand new users to the PSP, users they didn't obtain the device before maybe because of its bulkier size in comparison to the DS, they lose nothing. If your worried about losing all your games and movies that you got on UMD why bother switching to a PSP Go? why not just stick with the PSP that you have its practically the same thing, no one is being alienated because nobody has to switch its just another option.
As far as games go and being available for free download to the PSP Go thats soley a decison up to the game developers. If they want to do that they can go ahead but im exactly sure as to how they would.
I agree on your last point. Its shameless to create these unique cables/media storage/etc so you can't use anything else and have to pay a premium to get it from Sony and Sony only. They should be able to see if they make things more universal they will obtain more customers out of convience and price.
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GO figure...gone are the days when Sony could afford to make anything backwardly compatible, but I do agree the switch from the MS Duo is a bit of a show stopper. It seems to point to a future where you are now becoming an electronics "historian" collecting all the different formats they come up with on a yearly basis. Ironic that the competition is becoming MORE consumer centric while PlayStation veers away further from it.Sad.
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@jsnowbordr47:
If that were true, then why are they still manufacturing and supporting the PSP 3000? Are you one of the same people who was/is anti-Left 4 Dead 2? I'm guessing you are. -
No we are complaining because Sony is just leaving its customers behind in the dirt. It's not like Nintendo, where they had backwards compatibility well into the Gameboy Advance generation.
You're right his Isn't a next-gen portable console, it's still a Gen-1 PSP just in a new form factor. Sony has left all current owners behind by not giving them an option to re-download games they already bought for the new version of the PSP. If it were a true PSP 2 then I could understand it, but it's not.
All of the customers that stood by and supported the UMD format as a legit movie & game disc format have been slapped in the face by Sony. It's like Sony is laughing at them for actually buying UMD's.
And everyone always hates these Sony proprietary formats. And this is just another way for Sony to try and make more money. People always talk of Microsoft forcing its customers to buy stuff, but Sony does the same stuff they just do it on the PSP more than the PS3.
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