PSP Go processor more than 40% faster than original

I hope that justifies its $250 price tag.

Hey would you look at that, we finally found an actual benefit that the Go has over the others. It took a long time, but dammit what's important is we found it.




Still not worth $250 though....

so they actually did improve some things then? admittedly, when i read this, my mind shot straight to homebrew. i really want to see what they can do with this, assuming they can hack it. and for the people who will reply to me saying the 3000 hasn't been hacked yet, it has been.

Its probably just that the new part is cheaper or uses less power than the old part. I can't see them changing it otherwise.

i don't like where this is going

This is thing kind of thing you bring up at a conference.

I was expecting something from pachter. We haven't had him in a headline since yesterday. OH GOD! SOMEONE CHECK HIS HOUSE! HE COULD BE DE... Oh wait that would be fine.

I'm a bit stuck on the fence with the go because I have the money to get it, but I'm considering just getting 4 16gb micro memory sticks and 2 micro memory stick converters so I can have 2 memory sticks with 29 gb on each for less than the cost of the go.

On the other hand if there are go exclusive features, in-game XMB or exclusive games which I doubt, then I'm a little more persuaded to get the go.

Anyone else having similar upgrade issues?

Awesome - can't wait buy the Go. I'll keep my godly PSP-1000 for all the homebrew goodness....and will keep my PSP Go updated with the latest and greatest firmware. I just hope the native games for it do live up to it's spectacular hardware capabilities.

now it's (almost) worth the $250.

So why wasn't it given 2 analog sticks since it will get exclusive games the others cant run?

if it has an APP store wouldnt that be the same as DSiWare?? I mean sure PSN has games but if the Go! has the app store and the 3000 doesnt then thats another thing it will have over the 3000....

I still wont buy one until it hits $199 as a bundle with a few games or $169 with the Go! itself

I surely hope they don't make PSP-Go games. If you're going to have games exclusive to a Redesign, then why even bother having it be a redesign in the first place? You may as well have just made a PSP2. It's basically forcing you to buy a brand new console for a slightly larger library.

Does anyone else think that the Go, while smaller and more pocket friendly, looks to be more uncomfortable to hold? Of course I haven't held it but I would think that placing your hands around the screen holding the edges of the 3000 seems more comfortable and natural to hold than the Go? I'm sure its just as ergonomic as the older models but it may be a preference thing.

That's like a PS2 processor.

So the in game xmb could open up the possibility for custom music?

The more information comes out about the Go, the more incompetent I think Sony is in terms of marketing. At E3 during the press conference, Sony says that there is no difference between the PSP-3000 and Go (reported on G4) aside from the smaller profile, bluetooth, and internal memory. Then we have the bomb shell price announcement that was simply absurd. Next, we have Sony execs saying that the PSP-3000 and Go are ment to exist side-by-side with all games working on both devices; as such, existing customers with PSP devices do not need to upgrade.

And then of course, there came all of the flack and complaints from the gaming community; the negative press on websites; and stores in Britian indicating that they were not going to carry the Go as there was no insenstive for them to do so, i.e., they can not make any money of the device and as they have no games or PSN cards to sell, they would not sacrifice their valuable floor space to it.

And now, out of the blue, we get an announcement that the Go is 40% faster! I wonder what else it does that Sony hasn't bothered to tell us. Hey Sony, this is something you announce at your press conference - it's a bloody selling point that would have made it easier for people to accept the $250.00 price listed. Oh, and if you get any other features that the device does, oh, I don't know, let's say, as a real web browser, you might want to let everyone know that to. Sheesh. Two monkeys and a chimpanzee could run the company better.