Stop luring us in with your useless features
News from Brett - Saturday, 04 July 2009 @ 1:12am
I must've fell asleep during the PSP Go's announcement at E3 because there are a bunch of features the little man will have when he launches later this year. Namely you will be able to use a PS3 controller with the machine. How you would hold this without buying a redicoulously expensive piece of acrylic from the likes of Nyko or Powerwave ceases to amaze me. Also pressing the two shoulder buttons at the cross media bar will bring up the clock. Wow its like, revolutionary.
Some other things to note that I dug up:
1. PSP Go supports game suspension by which you can exit to the cross media bar, turn off the console and later turn it back on to start from where you left off. Kind of like on the fly save file.
2. The Sleep function uses 0% battery. Interesting.
3. Sony says an average PSP game is between 600 - 800MB in which a 16GB PSP Go can fit up approximately 18 games simultaneously. Add another 16GB with the latest memory stick duo size and you've got a fair amount of games in your pocket.
4. Sony have developed Media Go, like iTunes but with less baby shaking apps.
5. A new SensMe channel will launch which will automatically catagorise your music. Big whoop.
6. It looks sexy when in compact mode which in turn will make you look sexy with that extra bulge in your pants. Best feature thus far.
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The feature that I dislike is the fact that the buttons and d-pad has moved below the screen, as I prefer them next to it. I own the first PSP and it (for the exception of the lack of some good games, There was one or two good games) is an okay hand held.
I'VE BEEN DECEIVED YET AGAIN
it wasn't posted by Brett Bear
Actually, the PS3 control integration would be great for kids in the back seat on car trips. Hook the PSP up on the back of the seat in front of the kid, and he/she can play to their hearts content with the DualShock 3.
I think the ability to use a controller is very useful thing indeed, and something that should have been done a long time ago. There have been enough times that I've been gaming on my PSP, or my wife's blackberry, and wanted a real controller. Now of course sometimes you won't have had the room to pack a controller, or you won't have anywhere to sit the PSP while holding the controller, but for those times when I could be playing with a real controller, I like having the option to do so.
That's the only way to get games on there since it has no UMD drive and I really doubt they will sell games on memory sticks.
