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]

Sony finally revealed the official details of the PSP Go!

Pricing and launch date:

• US – $249 – 1st October 2009
• Europe – Euro 249 – 1st October 2009
• Japan – 26,800 yen – 1st November 2009

Specification:

• 3.8-inch Display
• No UMD
• 16GB Flash memory
• Available in Piano Black and Pearl White
• Sliding Display
• Bluetooth (connect to headset/PS3 controller)

I think the price is a bit expensive since the current PSP-3000 core pack is currently selling at $170 at Amazon. [PSP 3000 Core Pack - Black]

Someone just leaked the detail of the new Sony PSP Go! I hope that this is not a PR stunt by Sony, coz this is probably going to spoil their E3 press conference. The pic above look very legit (and high quality press release photo), so I doubt that this is a fake.

The design of the PSP Go! is very similar to Sony’s existing PMP, the Mylo. I wonder if Sony is just recycling the unsold Mylo to the new PSP. ^_^;;;

The possible spec of the PSP Go!:

• 3.8-inch display
• Almost half the weight of the PSP-3000
• 16GB storage
• Built-in Bluetooth
• No UMD drive