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I enjoy my PSP 1000. I have a bunch of UMD games and a few UMD movies, although Handbrake has saved me a bunch of cash since I can move my DVD collection to memory cards. If I went to a PSP GO, the UMDs would be useless. Plus, I haven't come close to wearing out the PSP I have now. I would like an external keyboard and a better browser and maybe a mini-usb expresso maker. Listening, SONY?
I'm still rockin' with my PSP2000 CFW. PSPGo is a no Go for me. Someone idiotic is running the division.
Now why would someone buy a PSPGo with a UMD drive when they can just go get a PSP3000 for much less than just the PSPGo by itself? Perhaps the same idiot who's running Sony's PSP division came up with that deal.
@Noobs-R-Us: "Who are the ad wizards who came up with that one?"
It seems, no it IS, ridiculous. Choices are always good, but isn't that the reason they still sell the old PSPs? They might as well sell an SNES cartridge adapter for the Wii.
I don't see any major publisher releasing a popular title for the PSP Go only any time soon, unless it's from Sony or unless Sony pays someone to do so.
@madog: Even if it was released ONLY on the PSP Go, it will still run on the PSP. It has the same control scheme, and runs on similar hardware.
I just think its a stupid add on. I like the PSP Go and what it has to offer. I really do think its a great idea and people are shutting it down because it doesnt have a UMD drive. but the years before that people are ragging on the "pointless" UMD format.
@Chon: I think people are ragging on Sony not because of not having UMD on the PSPGo but because the Go experience just isn’t as good as on the PSP. First of all, Sony should have come up with a scheme to allow UMD owners to convert their games. Second, the downloadable games should be price competitive compared to the UMDs. That goes for the overpriced console also. Third, the downloadable game selection should include all of the UMD versions. Fourth, the slow speed of the "B" wifi and the large size of the games files means that you have to wait hours to download a game. And the faults goes on and on.
Like I wrote earlier, the person who green lighted this should be fired for being such an idiot.
Dr. Evil Genius is eagerly anticipating the Year of the Black Rainbow was starred
Dr. Evil Genius is eagerly anticipating the Year of the Black Rainbow was unstarred
@Chon: I wasn't clear enough before, but I was referring to a game being PSP Go only as in it's a download only game and doesn't come out in UMD for the older ones.
Or does the last gen have access to the online Sony store as well? I didn't even think of that before, if that's what you are correcting me on.
@jrronimo: After I posted that comment I realized I probably would too.
I think my whole problem with the Go is it wasn't a natural transition as say, Nintendos with the DSi. Sure GBA carts are still plentiful, but with that removal they kept the NDS slot and added the online store as opposed to cutting the physical media out completely.
@madog: Completely agreed. The thing that would have made the PSPGo much more... welcoming to us PSP owners would have been a way to get existing games/UMDs attached to one's PSN account for downloading. I saw a solution that involved sending in the proof of purchase that came with a game's packaging and I totally agree with it. (Although thinking about it out loud, I can imagine clamshell thefts to skyrocket in Gamestops nationwide with such a plan in effect.)
That being said, of course one can always keep their old PSP after buying a Go, but it just seems like such a bother to have to keep two devices around depending on what games one wants to play.
I'll be sticking with my PSP 1000 for the indefinite future. I'd love to upgrade to a 3000 for the TV-Out functionality someday, but I'm not *that* desperate for it.
@madog: Yeah, Patapon 2 came out earlier this year in the US as a Voucher DL only title. I think Europe and Japan got UMD versions. PSP's have access to the store now.
@Noobs-R-Us: I give you all those points, especially the damn price and the game prices being well only being a buck or 2 off the UMD version.
but I think if you're buying a PSP Go you should deal with it. As far as the UMD conversion method. It was mentioned! then there was some bullshit and shut it down completely. Outta curiousity I haven't downloaded a PSP game, how big are they? It shouldnt be more than a gig right?
Dr. Evil Genius is eagerly anticipating the Year of the Black Rainbow was starred
Dr. Evil Genius is eagerly anticipating the Year of the Black Rainbow was unstarred
Sounds like what they did for the PS3 but not allowing it to play PS2 games. Sony is the only company as bad as Apple for crippling and controlling their products.
Clearly, there is some group of consumers out there who see the PSPGo as a "good thing" and can't wait to get their hands on it. I would just like to ask, if any such people happen to also read Gizmodo, why would you want a system that only allows games to be purchased through a single point of sale, which in this case is Sony itself, which has a well-documented history of charging the maximum price for the minimum product? If you're no longer allowed to purchase from competing businesses like Best Buy, Amazon, Wal-Mart, etc., you're always going to pay full MSRP for every single title, which is around $40 for most PSP games. Plus, you can't borrow, rent, or re-sell the games that you buy in this way.
How does this make any sense at all? Or is this just targeted at idiots with too much money who don't mind paying full price for something that they don't actually own or have any control over?
With a little perspective, this is a big step in the right direction. Remember the RIAA did not want us to have electronic copies of music at all. Imagine how happy we would have been if we could have traded in our CD's for 64K DRM protected versions of our music. We would have been left without all of those annoying CD's. Who needs those? So eighties.
Sony is skipping to the trade-in part and allowing us to give up what we purchased for an electronic copy. Those UMD titles are so positively 2005 - who wants those? Those little discs scare away the chicks.
Thank you, Sony, for another brilliant idea that everyone will love. Really. Great to see you keeping up that amazing rep.
(But what were you thinking dropping the price of the PS3 to $300? Very unlike you. Please raise it back to $600 so we can continue with the same warm fuzzy feelings.)
@Monty: I know I look like a prick typing this (hopefully someday the "prick look" will be in), but I forgot to mention that what I typed above is sarcasm. It is impossible for me to be serious before noon. Genetic abnormality, I think.
@Noobs-R-Us: Yes, I continue to use those annoying CD's. Imagine how we could have been saved from that fate if the RIAA had just taken them away. It makes me sad.
Well, that does make a little sense - it would prevent a significant amount of cheating the system that way.
That said, if I spend $50 on a PSP game, I consider that to be a license to play that game regardless of hardware. And I think that being able to play it on an old PSP system as well as a new one is my right as a license holder. So if there's way to keep the disc and get a digital copy, I'll consider myself within my rights to do that.
@weatherman: The thing is, you're not the one interpreting the licensing agreement, Sony's lawyers are. You're not buying into a contract that you and Sony have mutually agreed upon. You're buying into what they and the law makers agreed upon. Whether or not that's right is a totally different story.
@weatherman: Thing is, owning a digital copy IS a license to play the game on both the PSPgo and old PSPs. Digital PSP games work across all PSP systems; on models 1000 through 3000, they run off the memory card. Giving up the UMD is just security that you are a) not renting the game just to get the digital copy, and b) not going to trade in the UMD at Gamestop or re-sell it.
And then sony will dump those UMD's back on the market at a discount and sell them for a second time... Someone at Sony needs a raise because that is... Genius!
@Dethzilla: So, if you want a game you don't have, you buy a used UMD. You turn it in to Sony for a digital copy. Sony puts it back on the street where someone else gets it. They turn it in to Sony for a digital copy. Sony puts it back on the street.
Either that, or that one digital copy winds up being shared across the world.
I haven't heard anybody talk about having multiple games. If my memory is full and I want to play something else, will I have to 1) Find a WiFi connection 2) Delete one of my games 3) Wait to download another? Heaven forbid I want to do this on a plane. This is a portable system people. I'd rather carry around a few UMDs.
@ACoBildo: You make an excellent point. If Sony is to go with a downloads-only scheme, they are compelled to also include internal memory (SSD?) sufficient in size to hold a full collection of games. And then a convenient way to back it up.
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Now why would someone buy a PSPGo with a UMD drive when they can just go get a PSP3000 for much less than just the PSPGo by itself? Perhaps the same idiot who's running Sony's PSP division came up with that deal.
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It seems, no it IS, ridiculous. Choices are always good, but isn't that the reason they still sell the old PSPs? They might as well sell an SNES cartridge adapter for the Wii.
I don't see any major publisher releasing a popular title for the PSP Go only any time soon, unless it's from Sony or unless Sony pays someone to do so.
12/02/09
I just think its a stupid add on. I like the PSP Go and what it has to offer. I really do think its a great idea and people are shutting it down because it doesnt have a UMD drive. but the years before that people are ragging on the "pointless" UMD format.
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Like I wrote earlier, the person who green lighted this should be fired for being such an idiot.
12/02/09
No CFW on PSPGo?
No deal.
...I may be in some trouble though since my PSP-2000 is showing some age.
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Or does the last gen have access to the online Sony store as well? I didn't even think of that before, if that's what you are correcting me on.
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I think my whole problem with the Go is it wasn't a natural transition as say, Nintendos with the DSi. Sure GBA carts are still plentiful, but with that removal they kept the NDS slot and added the online store as opposed to cutting the physical media out completely.
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That being said, of course one can always keep their old PSP after buying a Go, but it just seems like such a bother to have to keep two devices around depending on what games one wants to play.
I'll be sticking with my PSP 1000 for the indefinite future. I'd love to upgrade to a 3000 for the TV-Out functionality someday, but I'm not *that* desperate for it.
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but I think if you're buying a PSP Go you should deal with it. As far as the UMD conversion method. It was mentioned! then there was some bullshit and shut it down completely. Outta curiousity I haven't downloaded a PSP game, how big are they? It shouldnt be more than a gig right?
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O hi thar!
Here's a bucket of FAIL!
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How does this make any sense at all? Or is this just targeted at idiots with too much money who don't mind paying full price for something that they don't actually own or have any control over?
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Also, old PSPs would still be able to play those same games if they just load it into their memory sticks.
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Sony is skipping to the trade-in part and allowing us to give up what we purchased for an electronic copy. Those UMD titles are so positively 2005 - who wants those? Those little discs scare away the chicks.
Thank you, Sony, for another brilliant idea that everyone will love. Really. Great to see you keeping up that amazing rep.
(But what were you thinking dropping the price of the PS3 to $300? Very unlike you. Please raise it back to $600 so we can continue with the same warm fuzzy feelings.)
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And, so I don't have to make backups. I can re-rip it into anything at anytime I want.
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That said, if I spend $50 on a PSP game, I consider that to be a license to play that game regardless of hardware. And I think that being able to play it on an old PSP system as well as a new one is my right as a license holder. So if there's way to keep the disc and get a digital copy, I'll consider myself within my rights to do that.
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Either that, or that one digital copy winds up being shared across the world.
Which ever.
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