Big Fat Rumor: PSP Go! Hits Japan In September

Second stick would be nice...

I know this is a mock-up but no second stick = No Sale.

I am hoping Sony isn't stupid enough to pull a Nintendo and just do a hardware refresh.

If they pull a new PSP out at E3 that is more powerful and better designed it would bolster their flagging sales exponentially and probably liven up PS3 sales as well.

Download-only & one analog nub = no go. (Pun intended)

I still really wish that there is a UMD feature. Because my old psp broke and I dont want to buy another to be able to play my old games.

"I still really wish that there is a UMD feature. Because my old psp broke and I dont want to buy another to be able to play my old games."

What I would like our of digital distribution only type PSP is for them to move away from console style 3D games, and go more towards smaller stuff. Set the PS Store like the iPhone app store, and make it open to anyone to develop stuff, with basic moderation. Make  it a platform indie developers will want to make games for. So it would basically be an iPod Touch... but with decent game controls.

i personally prefer this one --> http://kotaku.com/361385/psp2-concept-is-totally-fugtastic

Oh come on! There is no reason that 'backwards compatibility' should hold back a second analog nub. All they have to do is stick in there, and older games just ignore it. It just wouldn't work on older PSP games.

I still have the PSP PHAT, and have been waiting for a decent change. I'd probably still buy it though, because it looks significantly smaller and might actually fit in my pocket.

I personally on the other hand can't wait till handhelds and consoles in general go all the way through digital downloads.  I think the industry has proven already how these mediums are used widely by gamers.  Steam, Xboxlive, PSN and even iTunes with the iphone are all digital downloads and look how well these devices work.

So I am hoping the new PSP has a hard drive or built in storage flash, and games are bought and downloaded through the internet.

I really wish they would do a redesign that helps prevent the screen from potential scratching. It's my biggest peeve about the current PSP models.

PSP GO!? More like PSP NO! Am I right!

how they hell could anyone reach the shoulder buttons when the screen is up?

Looks like a downgrade to me. How do I get my games in there? Are you saying all my games are worthless on this thing?

Just make it PSP2, add the second Nub, and move forward with new software that takes advantage of the hardware.

Ha.

Love Photoshop.

Meh, looks OK, wont convince me to buy a PSP still though...

-- God Bless.

I don't know about this, that mock up doesn't look that comfortable to me, sure I would have to have it in my hand to know for sure but doesn't look like a better design from a visual stand point.  I also think they should think more about moving on and making a more powerful system with 2 nubs and just ditch this half fast no UMD design.  Unless they can make this hand held much cheaper with no UMD I don't see the point.

Well, that isn't what I was looking for! I say "no thanks" to this.

I want a second analog stick im sick of not having one

I like a physical copy = I like to pirate my games.

Sorry, there is no way Sony is going to release an iterative PSP with a UMD drive from this point forward due to the unbelievable rampant piracy present on the device.  And yes, it should have a second damn stick, which in no way affects backwards capability.

As i already own all the other console and handhelds, the psp and the ps3 are the next in line.  So come sometime christmas 2009 i may consider one of these.  Download only doesnt bother me.  Stuff just collects dust in my room as it is.

"1up... Giving more reasons for fanboys to fight".

again jumping the gun with it's rumors.

did anyone ever notice how the PS1 when it released the dual shock the 2nd analog stick was pretty useless?  I think the new PSP will be the same case. it may have a 2nd nub.. but it will be rendered useless unless the new game that requires it. But then again..  they should just be blowing smoke again.

Wow, they sorta just turned me off on that. I don't see what would hurt about adding a second analog stick. This fails.

they need the other analog stick

Do some of you actually think thats the real thing?

"No UMD support? Does this mean, that the UMD games we've bought will be unplayable on the new system? I've seen this before..."

at least add a second analog stick, so I can at least  get a bit  excited  !!!

No second analog stick would be the most epic fail in the history of video games. I would think (hope) Sony realizes that...

Am I the only one who noticed that the shoulder buttons would move up with the screen?  It would be impossible for me to reach those buttons in "slide up" mode.  I sold my gen1 PSP awhile ago but man, seriously.  Buttons.

I left behind the PSP a long time ago, and one reason was the lack of a second analog stick.  Made games just chunky without the now completely standard 2nd analog control.  I don't mind the no UMD since I don't have any of those anymore.  I like the idea of it being a couple of gigs of memory, though if everything is download only isn't 16 GB a bit small?  I mean don't UMD's hold 1GB each?  

pass

Cool on paper, not in reality

Where is the second analogue?  FAIL

Bollocks, that's not even a mockup... no PSP like that would ever be released. One couldn't use the analog controls sitting almost in the middle of the device.

two analogs just means more ports 

How do they come up with these images?

Okay ummm I wasn't impressed with the PSP anyways, I mean come on! The only reason you would by any game console by sony anyways is for graphics! Seriously it's the exact same as the sony PSP only you get ripped off! You have to rebuy your games! And even if there is a second analog stick it's not like it changes anything, the gameplay is still the same, the sound sucks, and the graphics suck, so no thank you, unless they can actually make all those better, I'm sticking to a laptop.

i can not buy it for a couple reasons! first of all you have to buy games online  which is dumb! second of all it is lacking the second nub which is even dumber!and third of all  PSP 3000 is a lot better!oh yeah and please note that PSP 3000 is NOT the second PSP cuz PSP 2000 is second!!!

Two things..... they need the second analog. This will make many more types of games much easier to play.
As well, No UMD no problem as long as we get to download a digital copy of our games for free so we don't have any other charges.

If you charge me for a copy of a game I already have then I will be very angry indeed!!!

I would be interested in a hard drive based PSP. That really is the one thing now that keeps me from playing with mine. The fact that I can only have one game, for the most part, on me and I don't know which one to take. So I always end up saying, fuck it. But, Sony does need to come up with some kind of system where you do pay for the games you already have on UMD when you go to download them.

Dear Giant Bomb Staff:

oh come on sony just give us the second analog nub already i dun give a shit if its uncomfortable.

They DON'T need the second analog stick and it's going to be a huge mistake if they add it.  If they put a second analog stick in, they splinter the market between games that can only be played on the PSP Go! and games that can be played on the previous PSPs.  They need to keep this PSP Go! as compatible with the three other revisions of the PSP they've released as possible so you don't splinter the market.  For the most part, according to rumors, it's just losing the UMD drive, picking up a solid state hard drive, and acquiring games via download.

If you add a second analog stick, you isolate users of the nearly 50 million PSPs already out there, don't you realize that?  Or are you too busy trying to be one of the cool kids going "on 2nd anlog stik, xpic phails!1111!!one" without thinking for a moment.

And for people saying that the picture is turning them off, this is a mockup based off the Mylo 2 that 1UP put together since the Mylo 2 was a (for the most part) failed internet device put out by Sony.  In other words, it's a guess to what it might look like, just like every picture of the PSP Go! we've seen for the last three months. We haven't seen an official picture of this PSP Go! and probably won't until they leak closer to E3.

And for people talking about interaction with the Playstation Store, you can redownload things off the Playstation Store, based on your login.  It'll have a symbol next to things that it recognizes you've already bought and won't recharge you for those items.  It's also supposed to have a Pro Duo slot for the memory sticks currently being used, so you can use those which are dirt cheap now to swap around rather than UMDs.

Who cares bout UMDs? All I care about is how long it will take to boot isos.

stop spending so much money on making the psp1 better and just make a new psp. When you have the chance to put another analog stick on there do it. I know this isn't the real picture but you need to completely change how the psp works. I have sold and bought a psp about 3 times now and everytime i think they have some good games and a good platform im wrong. Another reason they may not want to change how the psp works is because of the terrible breakdown of the PS3. They have no money to waste and thats about it, they can't take a risk which could destroy Sony as a whole.

I need to get a PSP soon, so I guess this'll do.

So, could this rumour have sprouted from the GO! bundles Europe is getting? It has to do with some video service subscription or something. Weird coincidence if not: http://www.edge-online.com/news/two-psp-goview-bundles-uk