Console Review: Sony PSP Go

By now you have no doubt heard the good, bad, and ugly of the PSP Go. However at the root of any discussion is one simple point: Does the PSP Go succeed as a portable game console? This single question seems to have gone unasked, unnoticed, and pushed aside. We have spent a week with Sony's newest portable to see what we like, and exactly what all the fervor is about.

Sony is getting a lot of use from the Mylo design, which is the first thing that comes to mind when getting your hands on the PSP Go. This is not a bad thing; this modified Mylo shell is a welcome change. The Go easily fits in your pocket, where you cannot comfortably carry around its predecessor so easily. More accurately, it is the size and weight of an iPhone, and as someone who carries an iPod Touch everywhere, I love the new form factor. This is what "portable" gaming should be.

Of course when you go lopping off size and weight as they have, compromises are bound to happen. All but one will be a real issue to most - UMD discs are gone in favor of 16 GB of internal storage and digital downloads. For people like me, who not only have a large library of UMD games, but a fairly sizable amount of Japanese imports as well, this spells utter doom for the PSP Go as my main unit. This may be a problem for you, too.

The other "big" compromise is the screen size; it is noticeably smaller when side-by-side with an older PSP model. Thankfully it is noticeably clearer, and brighter, too. The resolution is the same, so everything is super crisp. Those jaded by the PSP 3000 screen have nothing to worry about here with bright colors and far less ghosting than what we have had in past models.

Those are the biggest issues, the others will hurt depending on how many accessories you have, and how many PSP you own. The only accessory I would have to purchase again is the AV cable, though I never invest in many accessories - so be aware of this incompatibility if you have an investment in things such as the GPS or Camera attachments. The last major wrench you might run into is Sony's DRM - which to be fair, is better than most.

Sony PSP Go review

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