Sony PSP Go! Reportedly Scooped, But Whats Missing?
So it’s not called the Sony PSP 2, and that’s probably the biggest reveal in a rumor started by 1UP earlier today about Sony’s next portable powerhouse. The PSP Go! — ostensibly named such based on 1UP’s assumption that Sony craves consistency with its Go! brand add-ons — would be a nominally cosmetic redesign of its existing handheld. You’ll see the rumored slide-screen (1UP’s source isn’t confirming touchable, though I’d wager it’s a shoe-in) and we’ll also be getting that rumored absent UMD drive in favor of 100 percent digital downloads. What we won’t see, reportedly, is the second analog stick. That’s last’s kind of depressing, if true. The only reason I’d bother with a new PSP at this point is a second analog nub, a feature that’d finally make first- and third-person handheld games worth playing. Again, if it’s true, and all this might turn out to be more wild-goosing, eschewing the second analog stick only hobbles the PSP as a serious console alternative (if you’re a comparably
