The New PSP Is Go! This Fall?

[letsnoobtehpwns]

Cool, but the fact that you have to download all you games just sucks!

 

[Lord_Jaroh]

The New PSP Is Go! This Fall?

Its good to see the Escapist has kept its standards on news and is continuing to talk about groundless rumours, since its worked so well [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/86834] before. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/87887]

This is one of those too often quoted from too many sources that it's most likely true in some form or another.

Combined with the move away from UMD and towards Downloaded games to fight places like Gamestop, and the talk of adding a second analog (which is what they should have had from the beginning...idiots)...well, it kind of points to a PSP2 pretty obviously. The only question is how soon.

 

[Maet]

Having 2 more triggers would be nice too, now that I think about it...

Unless they rebuild the whole thing from scratch to accommodate it, there's absolutely no way I could imagine it working. Just holding my PSP and pretending what it's like to have extra triggers is just inconceivable to me.

 

[scotth266]

Good thing I held off on replacing my current PSP two weeks ago, when I thought that it had died. But it just needed to rest for 24 hours and regenerate it inner workings. Because the PSP has a regenerating health system.

And a parachute. Ever seen the flash movie that was in?

But to be on topic: I NEED THE 2ND NUB. Please Sony, that's the only thing that keeps me from the PSP, so with the Go! can you please hear our cries?

As for the name: good go on Sony, it sounds spunky, yet emphasizes portability.

And a question: this slidey screen sounds odd. How exactly would it work?

 

[Sewblon]

When Sony says it, I will listen. I wouldn't be surprised if Sony ended up leaving the game business.

 

[ProjectileVomit]

Selling games entirely on downloads is a sure sign for fail. If Sony is ditching the UMD, at least substitute it with another physical storage device that can be sold in retail stores. GBA cartridge is succeeded by DS cards. UMD should have at least a successor storage format instead of a memory stick. And if this is indeed a PSP 2, it would be in Sony's interest to make it compatabilbe with both the UMD and a future storage format. Just making the distribution of games online only alienates a gamut of gamers who prefers to own a physical copy of games.

 

[Ryuzix]

Np second analog nub? Thats part of the reason why people want a new PSP!

 

[dalek sec]

Well hopefully they can make this one work better than the last one. Not sure if the whole "you have to download your games" bit is a good idea though, kinda makes everyone who bought games for the first one feel rather ripped off.

Now if you'll excuse I must man my action station before the flame war kicks off.

 

[Arkfeller]

And a question: this slidey screen sounds odd. How exactly would it work?

Like slider phones, by the looks of it. Or something similar.

 

[Megacherv]

To me it seems like Sony are just ripping ideas off the big N... again...

*Points to the DS-Store, Camera, Music Player, Picture Viewer, Built-In Web Browser, built-in RAM, SD-Card slot and Camera on the DSi* I'm pretty sure that the PSP all of those before the DS did.

Ok, lets see, Gameboy pocket had a camera, so unless the Psp has been out about.. 9 years or so? And I'm pretty sure I saw a music player of sorts on the GBA. DS has had all those things before the DSi, they just haven't been official Nintendo products, the DSi is Nintendo incorporating all these things so the average joe that buys one will feel 100% comfortable in buying it.

Um, that's precisely why the PSP has done it before the DS. I'm sure you can find a music player for the Atari 2600, but that doesn't mean that it was supported by Atari. The PSP had music, movie, TV, and game playing all integrated into one system, all supported by Sony. Nintendo has not done any of that stuff until the DSi, and if they did they never fully integrated it.

One tiny camera that just happened to be on a GBA pocket does not compare to one system with 5 times the capabilities of it. You can argue that it's already happened with Cell Phones, but phones don't have a primary function for games.

Ok, the GBP did have a camera, and games to go with it, that makes it a "thing" it might not compare but the fact is Nintendo did it first, capabilites don't come into it, case closed.

Sony have a distinct habit of copying Nintendo and Microsoft and hardly do anything original themselves, this case isn't much different, they announce a Psp containing everything the DSi has, and when Nintendo do something they do it right, and don't need to rip other companies off.

Consoles need to develop with what comes out from them before new models come out, for example, GBA - GBA SP. GBA's screen was too dark, they went through to many batteries etc. on the SP they improve it because it was necessary.

Psp - Psp Go!. Lets copy Nintendo because we failed on the PS3 and make some money back.

Even if Sony did do these things "first", Nintendo perfected them first.

And whats up with the name... it sounds like something a 5 year old would come up with.

*waits for the go at "Wii"*

GBA music player was unofficial for starters. They didn't fail on the PS3 otherwise games wouldn't come out for it. And saying that Sony didn't do anything original, that's just bullshit. BLU-FUCKING-RAY for starters, XMB menu, Eye-Toy, dual-analog controllers, motion-controls that weren't stupidly gimmicky, and again, built-in web-browser, and built-in HDD in a games cosole (which is right up-fucking-there on the PSP). And trying to claim the DS Browser as better is just wrong. I swear if I ever see 'Bad Request (Invalid Verb)' on my DS browser I'll kill somebody.

More to the point, your counter-argument stated one thing that Sony apparently ripped off of Nintendo. The touch-screen is just a rumour anyway. Touch-screen control is more of a gimmick for kids (even though I play Professor Layton, but that's beside the point), and the PSP is seen as a more serious console.

Another point you made was that Nintendo does things right. Now don't get me wrong, I like the WIi (a bit) but it needs a good going-over. Yeah, non-HD system designed to be played on HDTVs, because we all love smudged blurry screens. The motion controls are ridiculously laggy, and games are mostly shovelware.

The PSP needs these improvements really, as loads of people are getting PSPs and they want to make them alot more easier to set up (I loved the memory card idea, sticking to the console way of doing things, but my first one died and my second one is...somewhere) and have loads of fun with.

I hate the internet sometimes

 

[Sigenrecht]

Looks like it was carved from Darth Vader's suit.

 

[Woe Is You]

The DS seems to do fine without any analog sticks, so I see no reason why the PSP must be so desperate for two.

The difference here, though, is that most of DS's games are designed specifically for the platform in mind while the PSP's game library seems to be more about bringing the exact same sort of games we get on the home consoles to the portable market.

Besides, try playing a game like Secret Agent Clank or the portable GTAs and you'll see where this complaint comes from.

 

[US Crash Fire]

The New PSP Is Go! This Fall?

Now, "PSP2" would seem like a logical choice for a name, but Sony apparently seems to think that numbers are totally for squares. Instead of PSP2, 1UP ventures that Sony will be opting for the more spunky PSP Go!, though they say PSP Slide and PSP Flip were also tossed around.

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the PSP Go directly to FAIL! do not pass Nintendo. Do not collect my $200.

 

[tenlong]

No second analog nub? What?

Exactly why I'm not buying it.

The DS seems to do fine without any analog sticks, so I see no reason why the PSP must be so desperate for two.

I'm really getting sick of these rumours, can we just shut up about them already? I would really like to know the sources these people are getting it from to see how "reliable" they are.

The funny thing is...you don't NEED two sticks to play games. The ONLY genre that truly requires two sticks is the FPS genre..and really, there have been games on the system that have shown how you can work around it. That and big friggen whoop, we got enough shooters as it is, we don't need more. Anyone who complains about lack of dual analog needs to quiet down and rethink their argument because really...name any other genre that ABSOLUTELY needs it. And NO camera control doesn't count because that can be accommodated by good programming.

Also proof you don't need 2 sticks for shooters: Goldeneye, yea any and all rebuttals are moot unless you didn't like goldeneye.

i did not needed ,but it would be nice.

 

[Dys]

I didn't see anything exciting there. I don't even really know what demographic it's meant to be targetted at, iphone/smartphone has casual gamers covered and the PSP needs games more than features if it wants to compete with the DS in the heavy gamers category. Also a price drop might give it a nudge in the right direction.

 

[Jumplion]

The DS seems to do fine without any analog sticks, so I see no reason why the PSP must be so desperate for two.

The difference here, though, is that most of DS's games are designed specifically for the platform in mind while the PSP's game library seems to be more about bringing the exact same sort of games we get on the home consoles to the portable market.

Besides, try playing a game like Secret Agent Clank or the portable GTAs and you'll see where this complaint comes from.

The DS handles games perfectly fine without the need for analog sticks for camera movement. In fact, most of the games on there don't exactly require camera movement or require very little like the many RTSs, RPGs, Sims, and Adventure titles. The only real genre that needs an extra stick for camera movement are FPSs and TPSs and we have plenty of those right now.

But the DS is at an advantage with the touch-screen and stylus, but even then not enough games utilize it fully or just use it as a shortcut to pressing buttons.

I'll admit, a second nub is more favorable than one nub. I can see how some games are better off with two analog sticks, and especially from an aesthetic point of view two symmetrical nubs is more visually appealing.

But the need for a second analog stick is greatly exaggerated as even the DS works fine with Third Person games with good camera programing. The only genre that absolutely needs another nub is the FPS, a Third-Person game can overcome camera control with good programing.