I just bought a...

K1LLSW1TCH · 12 Oct 2009 at 13:06

...PSPGo!

Everybody can shout at me if they want to but it's such a lovely little thing.

I was going to take photos of the unboxing but I just couldn't wait to rip it open and get some games for it. I've got the old PSP1000 so I'm just waiting for my Go to update its self and then when I connect them both to my account I should get the 3 free game voucher. I just missed out on the Gran Turismo free promo but it's worth buying it anyway so I don't mind that much.

It fits in the hand really well and the buttons are all easily accessible. The analogue nub seems alright to use and isn't as awkward as it looks in the pictures. It's incredibly light, the screen is a huuuuge improvement on my old 1000 so on the whole I'm really happy.

Nice little toy for me to play with when I'm not on FIFA or in lectures.

K1LLSW1TCH · 12 Oct 2009 at 13:13

Hah, well I was scared I'd get a bashing for buying one as the majority here have shown dislike for the idea of it so it's nice to see a few friendly comments. Ill get some pics up in a mo

As for the screen, its smaller, but it still uses the same resolution as the PSP 3000 so you get the same level of detail just on a smaller screen. For me that's a plus point because I always thought a few of my UMD games looked a little stretched and pixellated.

Pics soon to follow.

EDIT: These aren't the best pictures, unfortunately I only have a camera phone and my skills are not the greatest, but hopefully you can see that it looks quite slick.

K1LLSW1TCH · 12 Oct 2009 at 14:18

Why thank you.

I'm just downloading a few psone classics. My only gripe really is that so far there is no background downloading. I'd love to watch a movie or play a game while I'm waiting for the download, but hey, you can't have it all I guess.

K1LLSW1TCH · 12 Oct 2009 at 14:27

You get 16GB in built and you can expand with Sony's M2 format cards. They're tiny, my Sony Ericsson mobile takes the same size cards.

K1LLSW1TCH · 12 Oct 2009 at 14:33

Yep! There's another pic of it in my photobucket album, but I didn't link it here. It shows how thin it is as, it's probably thinner than a pencil.

K1LLSW1TCH · 12 Oct 2009 at 19:16

theone91 said:
I just bought a psp 3000 this weekend.. the reason for me not to get the psp go was the prices of the games on the store compared to the umd prices and also you can't trade your games !!!!

They aren't hugely different, only a few pounds. If you're stuck for cash then sure it makes sense to go for the cheaper option, even if its only a few quid. I just bought Vice City Stories off of there for £13. It's £14.99 in my local purple named shop.

Also with the memory card thing, Memory stick duo's aren't that expensive in the first place so it isn't as if somebody is going to be hugely out of pocket by having to pay a few extra quid for an M2 stick, not that you need to because the storage is more than ample.

K1LLSW1TCH · 12 Oct 2009 at 19:43

Nope, that expired on the 10th. I've not yet activated my other PSP at the store, but I'm due 3 free games.

K1LLSW1TCH · 12 Oct 2009 at 20:47

theone91 said:
oh serious... i didnt know that !! oh well.. im happy with the 3000 and you happy with you go so its all good

Yeah that's what I think, as long as everybody is happy with what they have then that's all that matters, the little details don't really matter so much.

K1LLSW1TCH · 12 Oct 2009 at 21:58

Cavallino said:
Looks nice bud But not sure I like the smaller width screen (Granted its "longer" though! heightwise)

It's such a massive improvement over the 1000 I was using. There's no ghosting at all, the colours are incredibly vivid and the sound has been cleared up too. Load times are almost instant and the whole thing is just a joy to use. I'm really, really happy with it. I had my reservations when I went out to the store to buy it, but all my worries are long gone after having spent an hour or two playing on the thing