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hey guys john r Ettinger here at the long overdue review for you of the PSP go from sony this sucker is going to run you 250 dollars or - $49.99 what's new and revolutionary about this is that Sony is taking the portable gaming console lease the dedicated portable gaming console to what I consider to be the next generation that's relying completely on a digital download distribution system gone are the optical UMD discs that were found on the PSP 1000 2000 3000 instead this relies on a newly revamped PlayStation Store for download of games so any new releases that comes out will be released in tandem with the PSP 3000 so you go to get a physical UMD disk for the older models and the new downloads will be available on the store so that's sort of positive and negative you can download games in one of actually three ways you can download them directly to the advice via Wi-Fi you can download them on your computer and then trench them over or you can actually download them on your Pillai station three if you have one and trench them over to the device as well so three different ways I think for the most part you're going to be relying on Wi-Fi on your device so you need to make sure you have a quick enough connection I ran a test to download about a gig game took about 15 minutes and then after that to install it looking at again another 15 to 20 minutes so from deciding you want to game to getting a game looking at probably close to a 30 to 45 minutes depending on the size and network speed it's definitely something to keep in mind so let's talk about the design of the PSP go everything about it is completely smaller than the outgoing PSP 3000 and outgoing I should clarify the ps3 3000 is going to be sold in tandem with the PSP go everything is quite smaller and experienced a complete redesign with that redesign you have brand new controls so you've got your typical d-pad but your analog stick is moved to what I consider to be a very awkward position right to the right of that d-pad when you're trying to play game feels a little bit cramped and a little bit stiff it's not nearly as natural as the psp-3000 was with the d-pad on the other side of screen and analog stick right next to it there's a bigger room to hold your hands and that's certainly a victim of size so speaking of size and construction about this everything about it is very thin and like I said completely redesigned and with that complete redesign you lose the ability to access any of the older PSP accessories so this is going to need a completely new accessory line something to keep in mind so with any slider whether it's a phone or in this case a gaming device it's always a little bit of concern about the sliding mechanism how it's going to hold up with abuse over the years what was sliding this up I can tell you right now that I am NOT encouraged by the build quality even they giving this a little bit of a shake I don't know if you can hear that but the screen has a lot of give back and forth and I definitely would be worried that the screen could crack or fall off after some extended use if your gaming and you're holding it in academia op it and it falls on the screen I think you're definitely going to have a broken device on your hands so that's just speculation but I'm not overly impressed with the build quality of the PSP go battery life is going to be just about the same as the PSP 3000 the claim you're going to get about five hours of gaming which I got and I think was about accurate and pretty fair you're getting the same resolution screen as the PSP 3000 but are getting a little bit smaller size you're not losing out on any pixels you're just dealing with a smaller screen I did a full video demonstration of PlayStation Store so you can check that out if you want to know how to download games I'll put a link to it in the sidebar in case you are interested so what I recommend the PSP go well yes and no I recommend it if you really want to be on the cutting edge and you are comfortable relying on digital distribution and no physical media if you're not comfortable I think having a physical disc is probably at least at this juncture the appropriate way to go if you look at recent examples for example thinking of t-mobile Sidekick it's a phone where all the device man from and is stored online and downloaded t-mobile lost although users information I'd be concerned that if I spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars downloading games right onto my PSP go and if it broke or had to send it back to Sony that perhaps I could lose those games Sony's claiming that's not the case but I'm still a little bit skeptical there's no doubt that digital distribution is going to be the future and Sony is definitely leading the way by relying on that with the PSP go I just don't feel like the infrastructure is there quite yet so two new PSP buyers save the money go buy the PSP 3000 comes in about 140 bucks you're going to save you know probably close to $100 not only that games that are available for download are not discounted for example you can go to your local Best Buy Target or Walmart and you can find PSP games that are discounted right by that store so you can get a new game for 10 or $15 off we're here you're stuck with Sony's pricing another downside of the PSP Go which I assume will be rectified later on this is the Sony's PlayStation Portable has a huge gaming library PSP games been released for years and unfortunately all of those games are not available as of now in the PS PlayStation Store which is quite disappointing so if there's an older game that you want and I can be able to play it on the PSP go at least for right now certainly that should change as the store matures so overall it's a good device that does exactly what I expected it to network speeds were fast video playback was fantastic I was able to show pictures and does a lot of little things you also get these mini games that somebody's calling PlayStation Mini is quite obviously but I can't wholeheartedly recommend the PSP go I think you're better off saving your money and getting a PSP 3000 which i think is a fantastic device as well so do you agree or disagree or is the PSP go and if something are going to run out and go get anyway or are you going to look at the ps3 3000 or you're going to wait to see how the go platform matures certainly there will be a PSP go mm at some point when they update the specs and perhaps improve build quality but that's just speculation so text or video response and kind of curious to what you guys have to say anyway I'm John rector contents check me out on Twitter twitter.com slash John four Lakers and to learn more about TechnoBuffalo check out TechnoBuffalo comm links all those will be up in the sidebar i'll see you guys in the next video bye bye