Video: Hands-On With the PSPgo. Is it really worth it?
The PSPgo is the latest line in Sony’s PlayStation portable series, it’s about half the size of the PSP 3000 and it’s got a cool sliding screen keypad on it. It’s screen is beautiful and brighter than before, it’s sexy, comes with Bluetooth, and Wi-FI plus all the standard buttons you expect on a PSP portable device.
What’s different with the PlayStation PSPgo is that it doesn’t take physical media, you can’t use the old UMD disks from the old PSP. Sony swapped the UMD drive out in favor of 16 gigs of flash storage. If you want to play a game on the PSPgo you have to download it from the PlayStation home store via Wi-Fi.
Some other things that are different and that I find annoying is that all your old accessories that you used on the old PSP will not fit in the PSPgo, so if you purchased a $100 or so of accessories for the old PSP your out of luck using them with the PSPgo. Not a good investment if you already own a PSP.
Something else we didn’t like is is, if you are running Linux or have a mac you won’t be able to sync it up with the PSPgo, it only works with Windows based PC’s. Also, if you have large fingers you won’t find the new PSP control panel to your liking, the buttons are small and close together.
As a media player the go has much the same potential as the 3000 with video looking similar. While on the music side we found it to be very capable. But if you do want a top MP3 player you should probably look elsewhere.
The PSPgo is more or less an overhaul and not a complete new invention. The PSPgo cost $250 and is a good investment if you are interested in PlayStation portable platform games and you don’t already have a portable gaming platform.
If you already have a PSP the PSPgo won’t work with any of your old games and won’t work with any of your old accessories, in that case it’s probably not a good investment. The go is suppose to be available from retailers starting October 1. Here’s a hands on Video after the jump.
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