Exclusive: Sony PSP Go! Storage Tech Revealed

PCworld writes:

Sources close to Sony PSP development have hinted to Game On what Sony's planning to stick in its rumored smaller, sleeker PSP Go!. Remember this CES 2009 press release back in January? The one where SanDisk revealed a panoply of tinier, higher-speed memory products? Think those.

[TrevorPhillips]

oh this is great news.

Keep doing your thing Sony.

[Sev]

This is bogus actually. Strange coming from PC world I would expect them to be a little bit closer.

The PSP Go has built in memory as well as a a slot for Memory Stick Micro (M2)

[pwnsause]

well there you have it guys. they pissed sev off and for that he was forced to reveal even more bombshells :). thanks sev, now im confident that I can now have ample memory for the PSP

16gb flash memory+ 16gb Memory stick Micro M2 memory= 32gb!!!!!!! i think thats more than enough memory.

[locos85]

But wouldn't that bee too much strain on the battery? Will it have a new special battery that last longer?

[I_am_rushin]

So it is called the PSP Go?

[DJ]

The PC World info is a good try though.

[ThanatosDMC]

Sev that's bad new for me. I just bought a 16gb pro duo... if PSP Go! need the M2... im %ucked!

Those smaller ones cost more. They're also never on sale at Fry's.

I know that there's gonna be a built in memory but i always like to maximize my electronics.

[BrunoM]

I dont get it ... home all these sites say they got info on these thing and none are right .. SEV is right about what he said .. amd ots a psp1 so all other news about coming with touch screens 2 analogs and so on a re bull .. but any who ..

only one month left for some crazy storys to pop up and on june 3rd we get to see it ... kool E3 is going to be nice

[ThanatosDMC]

An 16gb M2 is on the picture... so it's kinda right. Also, apparently the 16gb M2 will cost $129.99!

I wonder how much PSP Go! would b priced. I hope same or cheaper sine they wont be including the UMD drive (laser reader and what not).

[StalkingSilence]

agree with sev, thought PC world would have been better.

For instance, look at this article from PC world on the PSP Go: http://www.pcworld.com/arti...
- wagers touchscreen is a "shoe in"
- wrong media format "exclusive" information
- "We speculated earlier that the system might have a camera. Actually 1UP did, too. I'm not so sure though. Sony has to highlight a killer app for the camera." haha nope. tool.

[Argento-Nox]

@Sev1512

I was just about to ask about expandable memory but now that you've mentioned it, I'm more interested in the new PSP coming out. I'm hyped to see the new PSP now (^_^).

[kingme71]

"Now Sony just needs to ship a magnifying glass and a pair of tweezers with the new system, so we're not squinting around on the ground if we drop one changing our data out."

He makes light of the size, but I'll be darned if my kids don't lose those postage stamp sized games for their DS. No matter how often I tell them to put them up.

[Aikuchi]

I have a microSD for my phone and i hate taking it out, i feel like im going to lose it. I cant be the only one who thinks memory is getting to small. This is a bad call on Sonys part

[Narutone66]

while handling those micro sized flash memory, and you sneezed, good bye 16GB of data.

[MGRogue2017]

The PSP Go! ...?

I never even knew Sony were making one.. I thought there was a PSP 2..?

I dunno, It's all rather confusing right now with this rumor bullshit, I'd say.. Let Sony actually announce it first!

[pwnsause]

its not a PSP2. its a better PSP. no UMD on this one.

[locos85]

I wish they did add a second analog stick. I don't know why they say adding one will isolate the older games. They would still work but wont use the 2nd stick. This is one reason I don't like shooters on the PSP, controlling your aim with the Square, Triangle, X, O buttons suck.

[pwnsause]

i think it has to do more so with multiplayer games. gamers with that second analog stick have a massive advantage to those who dont with games like Resistance: retribution and Syphon Filter PSPs online mode.

[Arnon]

So what happens to people with their investments into the basic PSP? Such as:

Their UMD games
Memory Stick Duo cards?

[typikal82]

its going to be like the GBA Micro, but people will ACTUALLY want it.

[BattleAxe]

I feel the same way, I have 11 PSP games on UMD. I have a PSP 2000, but I might pick up a PSP 3000 just to have the extra UMD drive just incase my PSP 2000 kicks the bucket.

Besides, you can still play all of the downloadable games comming out in the future with all of the old PSPs.

[Arnon]

Right. But my point is, is that this thing seems like it wont take off at all. They're stripping the entire PSP to make it seems more 'flexible' while walking around with it.

By God I WANT a UMD drive. That thing is awesome. And I WANT to play Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on PSP Go!... But it seems that isn't possible.

[BWS1982]

I wouldn't think they'd make pre-existing games utilize both analog sticks if they did it. What I mean is, if they came out with two analogs, there wouldn't be an advantage, the current shooters would still use one, and any new games coming out could be a case by case basis, phasing in the 2 sticks as an option OR, they could do it like the K & M on PS3 games, gamers would only go up against those with 2 analogs, or with a single one, so there wouldn't be any advantages to speak of. I think 2 analogs are overdue and Sony should know this, but they're waiting until a "true" PSP sequel to implement them, ie: a PSP2...

[RealityCheck]

Hardware improvements are nice but the PSP needs more new games. There just isn't enough coming out each month.

[Kushan]

Right, take this all as you will, i.e. with a big ol' pinch of salt:

I have a friend who works for Sony. Nothing spectacular, just a lowly tester (probably the lowest grade job you can get in this industry, unless you're a cleaner). He works at Sony Liverpool.

Anyhoo, I was talking to him 2 days ago (when he finally brought over my copy of Killzone 2) about this new PSP as I'd just bought a PSP myself. I mentioned what all the rumours had been saying so far, various ones about there being no UMD drive, flash storage, sliding screen, etc.

He laughed.

Now this friend of mine NEVER tells me anything concrete, he actually takes the NDA quite seriously. He never even tells me what PS1 games he's been testing before they go up on PSN.

Anyway, he laughed at this and shook his head. He told me that they had a new PSP that they were testing with and although he wasn't certain if it'd be the same as the PSP everyone is talking about now, he did say that it definitely was not the PSP-1000, 2000 or 3000. And he told me that it wasn't THAT different to current models.
He specifically mentioned that something interesting was different, but wouldn't say what. He DID say that it still had a UMD drive, though and they were currently testing all of the games on it (yes, ALL of them, hence why they're testing them now even though it's not due for months).

He said it was a bit like the whole 2.7 update for the PS3, where the rumours got crazy and out of hand, the same thing is happening with this new PSP model.

Now as I said, take all this with a pinch of salt as I have no proof of this or anything, but from what he said, it's certainly possible he's being accurate here.

[Sev]

Your friend is just as you said, a lowly tester. He knows nothing. If he was in the know then he would know about the PSP Go.

[Kushan]

Like I said in my comment, even he admitted that he doesn't know if the device they're currently testing is the final model or whatever. I'm just relaying information, that's all.

[Sev]

Sorry about the way that came off. I didn't mean for it to sound so rude, but re-reading it, it sure did. I apologize for that.

[Baka-akaB]

Thing is your friend might be both right and wrong . There probably a few different psp sku going out there being tested . Doesnt mean each or any of them would see the lite , or be the end product .

[BrunoM]

id say ur right ... il go for 2 but we will see soon enuff...

[timestoby]

well wotever,this needs dual nubs or wotever.

[specialguest]

It would definately be disappointing if they didn't include second analog nub.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

'Sev' doesn't ever give us any concrete evidence so maybe he's also a lowly tester, or maybe just a liar

& all these N4G users suck up to his BS stuff that everyone already knows, notice how he started calling it 'PSP Go!' only after an article was posted a few days ago saying that it would be called the 'PSP Go!'

that's enough proof right there.

maybe if he said something like '8 DAY's is still in development and here's some screenshots and gameplay videos' then I would believe him but most if not all the time he just comments on things we already know

[steel21]

I don's so much agree that he is a liar, I mean he obviously knows something the rest of us do'nt. I just wish he would finally spill the details to the rest of us sitting here waiting for him to tell something.

[Sev]

Funny how I was calling it GO before all of this news broke, and you just didn't notice.

These are almost 10 days old...

Comment 1.5 - I emphasize the word GO

http://n4g.com/NewsCom-3157...

Comment 1.4 - More reference to "Go"

http://n4g.com/NewsCom-3148...

What you got for me now?

[Baka-akaB]

Just one thing , you called on the Go thing yes , but it's not as if those article ever were official announces , just another site relaying the same rumor again .

I do believe your info so far though . Just pointing this out , because far too often , people hype themselves and start believing from the get go every rumors concerning the psp or ps3 ...
Then start whining like fools when it ends up false or far from the truth . (like the 2.7 firmware fiasco)

[themyk]

i think sev is the bomb. i'm not sure how he gets his info. but for the most part it's true info. and i think it's awesome that he comes on here and gives us info. he doesn't have to. and it's a lot better than HHG's "info". yo sev don't listen to the haters.

[DJ]

Ultimate Revenge just got b*tchslapped, haha. Sev hasn't let us down with his insider info, so I definitely wouldn't doubt his PSP article. If you check around the internet, he was the first to talk about the PSP GO, and even reveal the name.

Everyone else is following in PSLS's shadow a whole week later.

[Kain81]

give credit where credit is due

[wazzim]

are there going to be exclusive PSP GO games? I hope not because I need all the money that I have to buy the tsunami of games that are coming this year.

[Sev]

No. It' still a PSP.

[wazzim]

Sweet :)

[BlackIceJoe]

I heard the new PSP might use both HDD and Flash memory from what I have heard from some one I asked. They even talked about the new PSP using a flash drive to bring your old PSP UMD games and port them to the new PSP.

I for one am not a fan at all of the new direction of the PSP and seeing as going forward almost all PSP games will launch as downloadable content is not some thing I want to hear.

Because I own a 4gig memory card and it is not even close to being full and I have played over 100 games on it. So with games being download only it is going to get full fast and then cost me a lot of money for a bigger memory card.

I do think that Sony needs to look at downloadable games but not as its main way to get games out there. Because with having the games be bought online you could see shorter games and have to wait for them to be downloaded. You also do not own the game either you have no right to it. So you can never sell it and you can't rent the game before you decided to buy the game.

So like I said I am not a fan of this direction but I do think this is a smart move for Sony I just hope when ever the real PSP2 comes out it will use both a harddisk and downloads favorably some thing like the mini Blu Ray disks.

[thereapersson]

How are you going to play UMD games on this thing if it lacks a UMD drive? Or does it have one and am I just reading it wrong?

[DJ]

It won't play anything in your UMD-based libary. But Sony's putting its PSP back catalog on PSN for download for the PSP GO. And they'll be up for unlimited downloads once purchased.

The PSP 3000 will still be around, but the GO is there for ultra portability and longer battery life, amongst a few other things.

[themyk]

i bet they do a firmware update when they release this thing that lets you rip your umd games onto the playstation and then it puts them on the new psp's hard drive or something. please don't kill me im not that tech savvy im just making guesses.

[pwnsause]

if such an app were to happen, im pretty sure we would be forced to use the PS3 or the PC(via PSP media Manager) to allow us to rip our games.

[GVON]

Just a few guesses

You get or purchase a micro drive separately that connects using usb and rip direct to the system.

If you have a UMD PsP you use it's drive and rip to the "Go"

They put every UMD game,movie on the store,you enter the product number and get the download.

They allow you to open the UMD case,pop it into a Ps3,PC and copy to the HDD and transfer to the "Go" (Only if the UMD disk is a DVD)

PAY FOR THEM ALL AGAIN AAAHAHAHA!!!!!

[BattleAxe]

GET THE TABLES!!!

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

in like 2 years. I had a PSP, but traded it in for my 360 before it launched. There are only like 5 good games for the thing. My 1st pick would be God of War for it. I remember when I traded it in, GTA came out on it. I was all mad, but then I heard I didn't miss out on much.

Everyone I know has ditched their PSPs. I must say though that it was a sleek little device though. But Im sticking to my PS3, as I think Sony should too!

[sharpened sense]

sev does sony have a plan for those of us that umd based games? Cause I would want to give my psp 2000 to my niece if i got a psp go in sept.

[supremacy]

in all honesty, this article is a bit stupid.

and i think sony should just copy apple and release different models, like 40 60, 80 160gb iterations, in this case you would get what you pay for.

than simply add another nub? that would help things.

a built in mic and cam would be nice and thats about all i can think off really.

slide touchscreen coupled with everything i just mentioned above is the way to go.

[Ninjamonkey]

Im glad theyre getting rid of UMD. Id like it if games were stored on duo pro sticks, or available for download.

What i want to know is, will this psp just be a contunuation of the psp 3000? or will it be more than that, having some games which take advantage of better graphics.

Or is this a fully different console which will be much better in graohics.

Becuase if its just a psp 4000, I'll wait for the real psp2. But its never that easy. Itll be somewhere in between like the nintendo sp...

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

if other sites got the title 'PSP Go!' from some other sources then surely YOU 'Sev' did the exact same thing brfore those sites, as I said before reveal something big that Sony's not aloud to speak about in public or just stop with the ALREADY KNOWN INFORMATION

[AriesFury]

still no second analog stick

[pwnsause]

best if they dont put it in. reason why? Multiplayer. imagine playing Resistance: retribution with that second analog stick...It wouldn't be fair for those who own the old PSPs.

[likedamaster]

No 2nd analog nub, no deal.

[KuroSe7en]

Well that's good to hear, but let's see how expensive these Memory Stick HG-Micro will be before we begin praising Sony.

[bviperz]

bought another PSP. Almost. Now I'm gonna wait it out.