Comments on: Sony PSPgo review

By: Ben Sillis

Ben Sillis — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:44:10 +0000

Sony’s on to something with downloadable only games, I agree. But this would have much been much smarter had the PSPgo been styled as a true sequel instead.

By: nick

nick — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:10:35 +0000

It is great for people who don’t own a psp already. Downloadable games are the future and sony knows that.

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By: Joe Minihane

Joe Minihane — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:24:33 +0000

Hi Stewart

Thanks for your comments. I think the PSPgo has a lot of plus points, but it has to be said that it’s very expensive for what it is. I have to disagree with you on build quality. I think the PSPgo is extremely plasticky and should feel a lot sturdier for a gadget that costs £225.

As I say in the review, I think digital downloads are a good move, but that the price is prohibitive in comparison to UMDs. As I’ve told you many times before, we’re not Sony haters (or anyone haters for that matter). I think the PSPgo as a concept has potential, but really could do with more space, especially as it’s aimed at hardcore gamers.

Thanks for your comments, glad you’re enjoying your PSPgo.

Joe

By: Stewart

Stewart — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:11:57 +0000

I picked mine up on launch day, I am must say your review is very naive. The build quality is fantastic, you don’t even mention how much better the screen is compared to previous PSPs I also have an issue with your point that there will be lots of 3GB PSP games. There won’t it’s an exception. Everything else I have for my PSP weighs in about 600MB (meaning you can get about 50 or so games on there). PSP Minis are 20MB or so.

You didn’t even mention the PSP GO’s game suspending feature (which is exclusive to GO), that provides ingame XMB.

I can see how the Sony haters have a dilema here, they want to back Microsoft and their claims that Blu-Ray is not needed, and digital downloads are the way to go (they completely miss the point the because every PS3 has a HDD, it’s also best equipped to deal with this too), but this same point plays totally into the hands of the PSPGO.

I am more than pleased with mine. It’s a substantial upgrade from my PSP2000, the controls are better laid out, and the game suspend is a great feature (worth the upgrade price alone).