Its been two weeks since the PSP Go was unleashed on the world, and does anyone really care? PSP as a brand in the west has the same amount of appeal as an Xbox did in Japan before Blue Dragon came along. The system looks great on paper, well except for the over expensive "Minis" (Sony's "take" and I use that word loosely on Apple's iPhone apps), no UMD backward compatibility offer from Sony (Seriously Sony WTF!) and the price (PSP GO 16GB five year old tech £224.99, PS3 120GB Blu Ray 1080p goodness £249.99). I can understand the price due to retailers needing to make a profit on everything they sell but otherwise I just don't get the PSP GO's audience.
It comes down to games when all is said and done, many a system (Sega Saturn, anyone?) has forgotten its games that make a system not hardware. The legal drama around UMD becoming downloadble is surely a headache for Sony. Developers and publishers need to be asked if their games can become downloadable its not down to Sony, afterall the copyright of a PSP game in the past has only covered UMD distribution not digital (except for developers and publishers who have allowed it). God forbid you have a UMD game that has IP in it such as Lego Indy etc, an absolute nightmare.
Personally as a PSP owner from the Japanese Launch of the PSP 1000 (and built up a huge UMD library) its incredibly difficult to have any reason to pick up a GO. Unless gamers are happy to pay again for their games on the Playstation Store I can't see the system gaining any ground on the mega collosus that is Nintendo DS Lite & DSi.
In the mean time if anyone is playing Dissidia: Final Fantasy and lives in Manchester I WANNA BATTLE!
