Yesterday, we brought you the PXP-2000, which is actually a clone of the new PSP Go despite its name. Almost the same PSP Go hardware, with different gaming focus–NES emulation. For only $83.99 it’s worth thinking about. But, wait a minute. What if retailers slashed a few bucks off the $250 PSP Go MSRP. Would that change your mind to buy original? Anyway, I’m not too surprised some retailers have already cut prices of the newly released Sony gaming console. It’s quite a hefty price of up to $50 USD, so come on and give the PSP Go a chance.

[via pocket-lint]

Sony has made the PSP Go, their latest gaming handheld, in stores a couple of days ago and the reception is a less than lukewarm. You know you’re in trouble when what’s supposed to be a sleeker successor of your hot-selling device is called “a fail” by one of the most respected tech blogs in the Web. Mainly it’s a question of price and the lack of redeeming features, which is basically all the bad points you need. For $250, it’s not so easy to conclude that the iPod Touch may be a worthier gaming platform for your money.

So where does Sony go from here? PMP Today has no idea. It took them years to come up with a redesign and some sort of a successor to the PlayStation Portable, so it’s highly unlikely Sony has an idea either.

No one is pre-ordering the PSP go in the United kingdom. People in the U.K. are not too keen in going UMD-less, or maybe they just find the retail price of the go, which is £130 pricier than the old PSP, too prohibitive. Joystiq reports:

The sticker shock may be scaring off customers, as independent shops are telling Edge some frightening pre-order stories. “I don’t have a single pre-order for PSP Go at the moment,” Chips’ Don McCabe told the outlet. “We haven’t got any [PSP Go pre-orders] at all,” repeated Grainger Games’ Chris Harwood. While the head of SCEE believes consumers will pay an early adopter premium, McCabe believes otherwise. “We can’t see where that price justification comes in when effectively it’s a lighter, slimmer PSP. It’s got a bit more memory, but memory’s not that expensive. It can’t handle UMD so part of the mechanism disappears, so where does the price come from?”

Well, that is shocking if no one at all, and I mean nada, went out of his way to pre-order a PSP Go. Still, that may stillchange. Perhaps before the official release on October 1, someone’s favorite uncle may have his eyes set on one before Christmas and making sure he has his hands on one by pre-ordering

[joystiq via engadget]

Apart from the scrapping of the UMD and the obvious sliding mechanism, we also now know that the PSP Go comes with a 3.8-inch display, Bluetooth that supports tethering and headsets, full PlayStation Network support, PS3 integration, 16GB of internal memory with Memory Stick Micro slot for additional storage, and weighs 43% lighter than the PSP-3000. Now this is what I call an upgraded PSP. As for the games, Little Big Planet, and a new Gran Turismo and Metal Gear Solid are confirmed to be headed to this new portable gaming console with more games to follow from other developers as well. We’ve more or less got the gist of the what the PSP Go has to offer, but check back soon as we’re expecting a few more surprises when Sony official launches the PSP Go.

[via engadget]
Videos and more pictures after the break.

The PSP Go, as it’s called, is a UMD-less version of the Sony’s premiere mobile gaming console. Apart from ditching the UMD media, it might also feature a touchscreen display, sliding mechanism to hide the controls, and be released in two storage capacity variants – 8GB and 16GB. The image above is just an artist’s rendition, but we won’t be surprised if it actually is spot on.

As UMD is now out of the picture, Sony and the new PSP Go will capitalize on the online retail of downloadable content which Apple has proven to be a very viable revenue source with their App Store. Unbound Saga will be one of those games that’ll be available as a download only while Patapon 2 might still continue to be a download voucher for the PSP franchise with more games to follow. We’re still clueless as to its price (console and game), but with E3 just around the corner, we’ll find out soon enough how much it will actually cost.

[via arstechnica]

This is the most blatant and boldest cloning we’ve seen here at PMPToday. The Geda VX690HD PMP totally supports HD and Blu-Ray resolutions and with the 4.3-inch touchscreen supporting 1920 X 1080 pixels, it’s the best screen on an HD MP4 player we’ve seen. I’m not so sure copying the PlayStation Portable form factor is such a bad thing. Look at the button all around the face of the screen. Would you believe it’s even WiFi-enabled.

Specs include multiple gaming format support including GBA, SNES, NES and NeoGeo. Btw, anyone can tell me what Open the Zoo (OTZ) is for?

[via imp3 forums] Another cool phot of the Geda VX690HD after the break.

The PSPhone could still be made, says Hideki Komiyama, president of Sony Ericsson, during an interview with the Financial Times. It may not have escaped Komiyama that Sony Ericsson’s market share is in trouble and a gaming phone line to add to its Cyber-Shot and Walkman Phone lines can only help. Can SE actually make such a phone? Short answer is, yes, a PlayStation Phone can actually be done. Sony will have to reconsider, if, as rumored, they’ve already said no to such a device.

[source via theregister]

Sony must be dreaming thinking new colors would be enough to continue PSP’s hot-selling streak. These new seven Carnival of Colours has been announced for Japan some time ago. We’re not sure if this video is meant for other places in the world as well. Anyway, that’s more than enough colors for japan’s PSP crowd, I think. There’s also reports of a Lime Green PSP. For North America, the Lilac version will have to do for now, not that it’s not a pretty awesome Lilac.

[joystiq video feed via everydayplaystation]

Atree disappoints somewhat after “teasing” us with a new player in shadow and disco lights. As it turns out, there’s nothing reall hype-worthy about the “Red Ee” J2 PMP. It’s looks adorable at least, with several color choices that should appeal to school kids, very young school kids. The Korea release does not include price. Specs are too ordinary: 2.4-inch screen, support for AVI and WMV and various audio files that includes OGG and Flac. The Atree J2 has Flash 3.0 support, a dictionary and 4GB and 8GB storage options. Dapreview rightfully thinks it’s too much like the iRiver E100.

[atree]

So many PlayStation Portable rumors. No one has heard anything concrete. The most interesting rumor has to do with the new look. The next PSP will be a slider leaving the device to be mostly screen space when the buttons are slid in. It will also be thinner after Sony gets rid of the UMD drive. Unfortunately, rumors don’t include processor or graphics upgrades. The PSP-4000 should be offically announced later this year. So will you hold out buying a PSP till then?

[via pcworld]