Biceps

September 20, 2010 at 12:22pm

If Sony still hasn't figured out that they need to put TWO f*ing joysticks on the thing, then I'm not buying.  The PSP I have now is great for sidescrollers, top downs and for movies and music. However, for 3rd person and 1st person shooters/games the PSP fall flat on its face so hard it snaps off teeth on the pavement.

FIX:

• The ergonomics - just looking at the pic above makes my hands hurt.
• The lack of a second joystick (egregious, Sony)
• The crappy placement of the power button that always turns itself off if not locked
• The poor quality of the ports from PS1... spend a little more time making these good
• The stupid-slow Wi-Fi.  If you are going to limit me to Wi-Fi, at least make it faster than your competitors' 3G connections.  How much thought does that take?
• Add a touch screen and productivity apps, so I can USE this thing for more than gaming.  It has the power, give it the input (touchscreen) and the software.

If you can overcome the shortcomings above, which are obvious to anyone who has actually owned a PSP for any length of time (Sony, do you ever talk to your customers?) then I'll look at upgrading next time around. Otherwise, when this one dies, I'm moving on to something else.

joebob

September 20, 2010 at 8:32am

PSP2: because the psp go was a brilliant idea worth expanding upon.

Caboose

September 20, 2010 at 7:28am

I wouldn't call the PSP 2 a 2nd generation console. It's more along the lines of a 5th generation.

You've got the original PSP

Then the PSP 2000 which was a slimmed down version. Provided a brighter screen, and I think imrpoved battery life.

Then there's the PSP 3000, which was slimmer, brighter screen, improved battery.

And then there's the failed PSP GO. Because Sony doesn't care about it's customer base.

And then finally we have the rumoured PSP2.