The Euro PlayStation.blog has plenty of new details on the PSP Go. Most of them are pretty positive changes to the system, in my opinion. The one that isn’t is the battery life. Also, it’s an embedded battery.
PSP product manager Adam Grant:
We have adopted an embedded battery to realize a smaller and lighter PSP system. The battery life is equivalent with the current models meaning approximately 3 to 6 hours for gameplays and approximately 3 to 5 hours for playing back videos.
Either this is going to be a huge deal-breaking detail, or you’ll shrug it off because a) you’re not getting a PSP Go anyway, or b) you’re getting a PSP Go anyway. I’m with the second group, but I’m still a little discouraged by the details on the battery life. I’ve already got one portable device (iPhone) with a hoofed battery life.
Other more positive feature details:
- game sleep function lets you operate XMB while suspending games
- Bluetooth supports wireless headphones
- clock and calendar functions
- USB cable delivers software to unit
- new M2 memory sticks take up less room on device
Finally, if you haven’t already heard, Sony is planning on launching a goodwill program that will address the complaints that UMD-owning gamers have with this driveless device.
The Euro PS blog has plenty more details for you.
