PSP Go Confirmed Via Qore Leak

Im happy about this. I've been wanting a replacement for my original PSP. It also seems to have good games coming too.

They removed the youtube video

Sold my 1000 like a year ago, this might be worth picking up as I've actually been missing a few of the PSP's games.

Putting a second analog stick on the PSP would just open the floodgates of PS2 port shovelware, and extremely mediocre, low budget 3D action/platform games. Who honestly want's to play the next big, huge Metal Gear Solid or Devil May Cry game on a handheld? Dual stick controls are best suited for console games, developers who know what they are doing (Sony Bend, Ready at Dawn) seem to make plenty of great PSP games without the use of a second analog stick. Can you imagine the dexterity it would take to be able to use 2 sticks AND face buttons AND shoulder buttons on a handheld, with it's smaller design face? Unless you want a handheld that's about 10 inches wide, it's not going to work.

It looks like a solid revamp.Anybody who's complaining about the lack of a second analog stick doesn't understand the logistics of it and the true results a second analog stick would bring.

This will bring more developers back to the PSP now that the piracy fears have been eased.

Fugly.
Great description.

Those idiots should have put a secend analog stick where the start/select buttons are now, and placed those in the empty space above.

Bad move; that's what everyones' been calling for.

THEY BETTER PUT OUT ALL THE PSP GO GAMES ON UMD!!! I JUST BOUGHT THEIR DAMN PSP 3000!!!!!

Not to derail the arguments between people who can't agree if this needs a 2nd analog stick or not, but one of the thigns I noticed after looking at the photos is that I didn't see a volume control in the pictures. Makes me wonder if they are moving the volume entirely to an in-cord remote the way Apple did with the new shuffle they just put out.

As everyone else says. COME ON! no duel stick. I myself bought a psp, and while I don't  think it sucks, it could of been better.

Any company that could make a duel stick portable would own the market. I hate the DS and the PSP is getting old too.  I say Microsoft step up and get your share of a market that is all but gone stale!    You know you have been thinking about it!  Now is your chance.

I can just  see what the unavailing would look like.  - Room goes dark. On giant screens we see kids playing , some with there Sony/Nintendo portable products others, basketball. And there is just one kid, sitting on a bench possibly. We can see him from behind unknown what device he has in his hand.  We hear gunfire and music louder then all the other kids. One kid look up from his game realizes that the kid on the bench has something different something,  better.  The kid drops his hand held, walks to the boy and watches him play his game.  (The camera slowly starts to zoom into where the boy is sitting) We hear chaotic sounds of a battlefield and all other kids turn to see whats going on drop what they are doing and run over the the boy on the bench. (The camera is now panning  past the kids standing behind the guy on the bench and looks down to see what the boy has. After a few seconds it zooms into the game he is playing) Obviously it would have to be some FPS.  We see a few minutes of game play and then the player dies.  The kid then tuns off his system gets off the bench and walks away. Leaving all the other kids in awe. Someone from Microsoft then walks on stage holding the devise in his hand. (with that strange smile all executives to walk onstage have) We see on the giant screens the hand held and price $220 or something.  Its corny, but it would be kind of cool. I think.  

Oh yeah, while the Microsoft exec is talking his mic gets cut off,the screens go black. The whole room goes dark. slight echos of thumping/bashing around fill the room. Then all of a sudden the screens light up with a chart that shows why Sony's PSP is better  then its competitors.

I'm actually really pleased with the look of the PSP Go.  The analog stick never bothered me and I look forward to having a PSP with the drive it always should have had.

No thanks, sirs. While I admit I've been wanting to update my PSP for a little while now, this isn't what I want. I admit I'm a huge fan of the digital distribution only method. I've been wanting that out of a handheld for a while now, and I figured Sony would do it first. My main issue comes from the fact that the Go! looks like a highly breakable piece of junk. I don't do those phones with the sliding screens that reveal hidden buttons and textpads, and I certainly don't plan on playing a handheld that has one. Just one more thing that can get broken. And why is it that the screen is still horribly exposed, just asking to be gouged the one time I accidently toss my keys and it in the same pocket? Just poor design all the way.

Swing and a miss.

inb4 fired

The only thing I need to be totally sold (besides an upgrade to a new wireless standard, an OLED, a glass screen and 8+ hours of battery life) would be a kiosk system that allows you to go to stores (any store, BB, GS, Wal-Mart, Target) and scan a bar-code into a kiosk that then allows you to download a digital version of the game. It could be exploited to give a person a free copy of an already purchased game, but economically it would be no different than someone sharing games with someone else (with the advantage of being able to play multiplayer together, maybe) and it would sell a ton more current PSP owners (such as myself). Once used, the barcode could never be used again. Of course, someone could take a game off a shelf and use the barcode and put it back, but that could be dealt with too.

nah. just gonna wait for psp 2 thanks. and if they still dont add a 2nd nub i wont be buying that ether. but thanks for trying. looks like a cell phone minus the numbers. and i hate cell phones.

And of course it has 1 analog stick, thanks Sony.

Pass. Might get MS's entry into portable gaming, if it exists.

Oh man, if I can use the media manager or something to transfer all my UMD games from my old PSP to this one, it's a day one purchase.  If not, I'll wait for a price drop or not at all.  I'm nowhere near the point where I'm willing to leave my PSP collection behind.  Cripes, I haven't even gotten a DSi because I'm not ready to leave the GBA games behind.

i like it! i want one lol!!

The controls look aweful... again. They should switch the d-pad and the stick. I never could play longer than two hours max on my regular psp. Was nice for movies though. But I mean by now Sony should have realized that their controller design is very outdated, both on ps3 and psp. I am no Sony hater, got ps1, ps2, ps3 & psp at home but seriously, Sony controllers are garbage compared to those of the 360 or the old Xbox controller S, or GameCube controllers, or Dreamcast controllers, or Saturn 3D controllers... Everyone I know (who owns a Sony controller and one of those other systems) agrees with me and I guess Sony even knows that... they are just so damn stubborn - Japanese honor whatever-ness

I hope the screen is good, and they put out more than just a black color.  Get a few good games on it and I'm in

amen Al3xand3r! Amen!

Controls look awful
Not interested in JUST downloading games; should come with a UMD slot.
Make it touch screen as well as sliding for controls but with a phone built in and I may be interested in it.

finally gran turismo! and not a big fan on the new psp model,Ill continue to play my star wars slim psp

Yeah i agee the one thing people wanted from a new PSP more than anything was a secend anlogue and they just ignored that. Kind of dumb but I guess that falls in line with most of the moves Sony has made in this generation so far anyways. If they can say and do things wrong they will.

I am wondering how many people who have complained about no 2nd stick have even played PSP games like God of War or the Sony Bend games like Syphon Filter or Resistance: Retribution. No 2nd stick needed at all. It just seems to me that people want their "next gen" style 360 and PS3 games on a portable, with a 2nd stick. They want an FPS on a handheld. It's not going to happen. That's why it's a handheld. If you want those games, play them on the consoles, where they belong.

And like someone else has stated a while ago, adding a second analog stick wouldn't magically enable dual stick controls on all previous PSP games. Come on people, get smarter. This is PSP's version of the DSi, I really don't get the big uproar. Don't like the 1 stick? Wait until the next generation of the PSP. The PSP Go! is not that.

This is what happens when Sony can't admit the PSP is going down, and UMD is a failure.  They are trying to bring life to the PSP so they can claim 10 year life cycle.  They need to just suck it up and make a true PSP-2.  Touchscreens are taking over the moblie market.  How can this NOT have a touchscreen? Screw the 2nd analog, I would be at least a little interested if it had a touchscreen and was branded as a new machine. boo.

Sony! Where the hell is the second analog nub? The one thing that could improve the original the most, and the one thing that people complained about the most, and you don't do anything about it? This is why you're in last place.

Looks pretty cool, I still don't totally love the idea of getting rid of the UMD drive but I like the 16gb's of memory.  I don't really understand why this wouldn't replace the 3000, sure its nice to still have the chance to get a UMD drived PSP but at the same time it takes away some of the impact of the redesign.  Its a bit controversial in my mind with out the UMD, I'm hoping there planning on giving a cheaper price tag to this because of the loss of the UMD....  Would be nice to hack this lol.

Does it have a touch interface?

and yet still no 2nd analog stick. hehehe

If this iteration significantly improves load times, I'll be seriously tempted to get one.  I have never seen a PSP game demo in store that had load times I would be willing to put up with in a handheld system.  But lots of games I'd love to try.

I'm not buying this if it doesn't support homebrew in some sort of way.  I own an original PSP and could careless about the new PSP unless it does what I want it to.

Yup that's what you get when you have untrusty employees.

I'm not convinced that download only will work.  There's just not enough room yet...

Honestly, does Sony not care about customer feedback at all? Adding a second analog "nub" was the only major problem with the PSP, and it seems like they're just plain refusing to put one on.

I got out of the PSP a long time ago, but this might be reason to come back IF a few things occur.

1.  It's not priced too bad.  Maybe in the $100-150 range.  (16GB only?  Please.)
2.  The download service allows you to redownload your products anytime.  Otherwise what's the point of downloading new games, I'd lose my old ones! 
3.  It fits my hands. (Doubtful since ever since the first Gameboy I've had to get the add-ons to make portables bigger to fit my hands better. :p )
4.  Game selection.  I don't need an MP3 Player or movie player, it's got to be the games!
5.  RTF viewer.  If I can read my ebooks on it, then it'd be something to replace my Nokia N800. 

oh come on! just downloading stuff........that expensive account and shit its better to keep the old PSP-3000

With its slide-click design, it must be a nightmare for third-party accessories-designers to make a Hello Kitty case for it.