DISASSEMBLED: Sony's PSP Go
By - Source: Tom's Hardware US
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What's this? Why, it's the PSP Go like you've never seen it before!
The folks at Rapid Repair are always good sports when it comes to letting us know when they're going to tear apart the latest gadgets. We've come to suspect that they don't even turn the thing on, they just get out the screwdriver and have at it.
Always reliable, they just emailed us to let us know they finished going to town with the PSP Go. Planning on purchasing one? Just interested in seeing it splayed out on the operating table? Peep a selection of the images below to satisfy your needs. If that's not enough for you, you can check out the entire gallery and (if you feel like ripping apart your new toy) a step by step disassembly by hitting up Rapid Repair.
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what?
Thank you for clarifying this out, English is not my first language
I know that's gonna happen, after warranty!
I got you, no problem with that sentence, English is not my first lang too!
Definitely. Sigh.
What?
Too bad that the battery dies out after 3hs of play..
There, that better? *sigh*
"The new, UMD-less PSP Go is an absolute dream for Sony. Since it lacks a way to play games purchased at retail, Sony gets to set the prices for every piece of content bought on the system. Who cares if the store down the street has a game for $10 cheaper? You can only get your games from one place; competition with discounting and used games is gone. Sony will now be selling you every game that goes into the Go's 16GB of storage, and without the ability to buy or sell used games, Sony now owns every single piece of the market with this system. And without an easy way to switch the battery for hacking purposes, piracy won't be as easy."
I like their new PS3 slim but the PSP-Go can just go the way of the dinosaur.
Its smaller, more portable, lighter and slicker than the regular PSP. NINtendo also has a DL service for their games, as does MS with their Xbox360. So in the end, the PSP-GO's DL service isn't any really different from anyone else.
BUT what is ODD that the PSP-GO is smaller, less mechanical parts - costs MORE money. That is a mistake. At worst, it should cost the same as a regular PSP. And considering PSP's position compared to the GameBoy family... the PSP-GO should be a bit cheaper to compete against the DSi.