Unboxed – Sony PSP Go | Stuff magazine

The worst kept secret of E3 2009, Sony's PSP Go, is preparing itself for a European launch on October 1st, but it took time out from its busy schedule to visit Stuff towers today so we could tickle its D-pad and compare it to the PSP-3000.

As you can see above, Sony's new PlayStation handheld is about 50% smaller and 8cm narrower than its predecessor. This is partly because it's swapped the bulky UMD drive for 16GB of flash storage, and adopted a new slider design that makes it look remarkably like Sony's ill-fated Mylo messenger.

It's comfortable in the hand, with your forefingers wrapping around behind the screen to grip the shoulder buttons – though there's disappointingly only one analogue stick, and it's still in an awkward place for your thumbs.

The PSP Go uses the same slick XMB interface, though there's now a PlayStation store icon where you can log-in and download games directly to the console. Sony is also rumoured to be launching a subscription-based games rental service when the PSP Go launches, but these are just whispers at the moment.

The Go's browser rendered Stuff.tv reasonably well (see below), though without a touchscreen navigation feels more than a little clunky. The 3.8in screen is also smaller than its predecessor's 4.3in number, but has the same 480x272 resolution and 16:9 aspect ratio.

So while it's not a radical reinvention – and an OLED touchscreen would certainly have gone down well – the PSP Go still looks a powerful pocket gaming adversary for the Nintendo DSi. We'll bring you a full review and video very soon (also see our E3 hands-on with the PSP Go), but while you're waiting scroll down for more pics and full specs.

Specs
Screen                        3.8in (16:9), 480x272
Connectivity              Stereo Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Memory Stick Micro, Analog video out
Formats supported    MP4, H.264, AVI, JPEG, MP3, WAV, WMA, ATRAC3, TIFF, GIF, PNG
Dimensions/weight: 128x16.5x69mm/158g

Comments

hillrhys

2 years ago

You get that icon on the psp 3000! I download games all the time!!

MikeyB_Jawz

2 years ago

yay!.. the PSP finally supports popular video codecs. no more re-formating for me.

Sweet!

They could have put in a second analogue button where those awkwardly placed start/select buttons are. An OLED Screen would have been the icing on the cake, but i figure that would make the PSP more expensive.

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17 weeks ago

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16 weeks ago

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