Ok… the PSP Go! is now available. And here come the question: should you buy it? The price of the PSP is not cheap, so it can be a hard decision to make. Let’s list out some pro and con of the Go.

Pro:

• Slimmer, Lighther.
• Large Built-in storage space.
• Bluetooth.
• Pause game.

Con:

• More expensive than normal PSP and only $30/RM200 cheaper than the PS3.
• Cannot play UMD games/movies.
• Not compatible with existing accessories (Camera, GPS, etc…) unless you buy another converter.

As you can see from the list above, if you own a PSP, PSP Go! is not a good upgrade for you. All your existing UMD games will become useless since you can’t transfer to the Go. Existing accessories is also not compatible out-of-the-box, you need to get an extra adapter for it (and it is not elegant).

The conclusion is, if you don’t own a PSP now, you can consider the PSP Go if you have the budget (the price of the PSP Go is RM1099 (USD249) while the PS3 Slim is RM1299 (USD299)). If you are tight in budget, the normal PSP is the way to go. If you are a curent PSP owner, the PSP Go! is not a good upgrade unless you have the extra money to spend.

A bit late… but Sony finally announced that the PS3 Slim and PSP Go will be launching in Malaysia this coming 31st Oct! The PS3 Slim (120GB) is priced at RM1299 while the PSP Go is at RM1099. Sony is also holding a launch event for it! Details below:

Date: 31st October 2009 (Sat)
Venue: One Utama Shopping Mall
Time: 11:00 am

It seems that Sony is offering a limited numbers of PS3 Slim promotion package for the launch event. The promotion package is RM1399 and you get an extra DualShock 3 controller, a game and a free T-Shirt.

[Press Release @ Sony]

Yes, the rumours are real!The PS3 Slim is official! The new price of the new PS3 Slim will be $299 голова болит секс , which is $100 cheaper than the current 80GB PS3. The Slim will be 33% smaller, 36% lighter and 34% less power use. And there will be only 1 configuration, which is the 120GB version. All features (except for the OS install, which is not available in the Slim) will be same as the current PS3, which means no backward compatibility. The new PS3 will be available on 1st September 2009 (Japan will get it on 3rd September 2009). The existing 80GB and 160GB will also receive a $100 price cut.

Pricing for other regions:

Europe: €299
UK: £249
Japan: ¥29,980

Joystiq posted a easy to read comparison table here.

You can pre-order it now at Amazon. [PlayStation 3 Slim]
If you want the Japanese version, you can get it from Play-Asia.com (pre-order will be up soon) [PlayStation 3 Slim]

More pics of the Slim after the jump.

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