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I love my PSP 3000. You can get a 3000, 8gb stick ($50) and a game for the price of the PSP Go. This makes the most sense to me. You have less storage than the Go, but it can be expanded. You can also play UMD games and change the battery when it dies. The Go has an embedded battery so only Sony can change it out.
I doubt the store is going anywhere. Many developers are turning to it for unique games that may not sell tons of copies but can still be profitable if they don't have to pay manufacturing fees for UMDs. It's also great for publishers that want to keep out of print games available for download.
I still have a fat PSP and I don't see the reason why I should buy any of the newer versions...
I was ready to pull the trigger on the PSP Go as well. I also am in love with digital distribution. I love not having clutter in the form of physical media, and having multiple games on one device is ideal. But I agree with your worries, the PSN Store could be incredible, but so far Sony hasn't taken advantage of it.
For now I'm happy with the PSP 3000. I'm waiting to hear more about the UMD transfer program before I upgrade.
I have a PSP 2000 now (ugly silver model) and due to my poor care-taking it is really at the end of it's life.
And it's not just for DD that I want a Go. I hear fantastic things about the screen (I plan on playing Disgaea) and that the control layout is nicer. And 16GB + M2 will always be more than 0 + MSPD. The game suspend feature is also fantastic, especially if it works for multiple games. That's why the shoddy handling of this whole situation makes me upset, because otherwise I think it's a great product that is [almost] worth the price tag.
PSP Go Away
Everything about how Sony is dealing with this thing is utterly retarded. I hope it flops big time and shows them that the general public isn't quite so stupid as to hand over more money for a system that will deliver far less (without any saving on games).
Yeah I'm all for the PSPgo, just the price is a little out of my range at this point. But since I'm not a current PSP owner, I'll probably wait. And I haven't really seen anything to discourage me from using PSN. The worst things would be how both the SingStar Store and your gamesaves (generally) are tied to your console and not your PSN ID, so you can't usually run them on other consoles. But with Sony wanting to expand the PlayStation Network to their cellphones, music players and computers, I think they'll be drastically improving the service.
I think you're being a little overly cautious, at least about the PSN game releases, but I totally understand where you're coming from. I would actually really like a Go. When I was in school, I always had a backpack with me and it was easy to throw a couple of UMD cases in it; now that I have a job, there isn't as much room in my laptop bag and I don't feel like making special accommodations for a couple of boxes. The Go will hold more games than I could ever want to carry around, and be smaller than my current PSP to boot.
As for day-one releases for PSN versions of disc games, Nippon Ichi is releasing it's entire lineup for the PSP Go's launch, right? Disgaia 2 is now part of that lineup. I imagine it will be released with the rest of the stuff and they simply didn't do it right away because the Go isn't on shelves yet.
As long as you don't switch consoles, you can download PSN software as many times as you like, or should be able to if I understand the wording correctly, so I'm not worried about things becoming inaccessible. I'd also say the "backlash" the Go is getting is kind of stupid. It's backlash for something that hasn't happened yet, based on people assuming the worst. Or about how UMD is stupid but ZOMG THEY TOOK OUT UMD?! Have to pick a side for that--can't really do both.
I'm holding off until I find out how my UMDs are getting onto the thing. That's really the only concern I have. The thing will get me into more PSP games and be easier to carry. I'm pretty confident it will happen, I just don't need a Go until it does.
Well, if it aint broke dont fix it.... the go sounds great in theory, however i have had several mobile like the samsung d900 which slide like the psp go, and they allgot wobbly after a month of constant sliding up and dowmn.
Apart from this fault, what are we to do with the 70+ umd discs we have collected, once the children want to upgrade or in my opinion downgrade to the go?
I personally have a 3000 psp and to be honest it rocks !! i can borow the kids games when they are in bed or out, and play them on my own console, or vice versa, but when they start wanting a psp go, they will have to buy those games all over again, and kids get bored of the same game over and over, hence the 72 umds.
sony sould have thought of this better andhave like an external umd drive like a laptop so people like us can buy a psp go and not have to worry about starting a new games collection.
Well this is just my opinion anyway, thanks
I think it would have been nice for their to be an external "UMD-ripping" drive, but unfortunately it's something Sony could never do thanks to publisher and retail pressure. I guarantee you would see thousands of people buying games, ripping them and then trading them in the same day. Gaming has such a strong second hand market already that implementing this would potentially kill the platform outright.
After a few hours of back and forth, I'm pretty firmly back on the Go hype train. Two weeks to Go!
The 3000 does EXACTLY THE SAME STUFF that the Go does, only it has a larger screen and a UMD drive, not to mention it's $80 cheaper. I don't even see a point to the Go.
I want a Go, but I'm waiting a bit to see how the transition works so they can get kinks worked out and shit. I've never been an early adopter, and the few times I have been, I've been burned bc of it.