The PSP Go remains a hot item this week. Nasayers still think it's going to fall flat on its sliding non-face. Sony, for their part, is busy touting it as a success, throwing out some impressive -- yet ultimately still unsubstantiated -- sales numbers. While the "go or no go" tug of war is happening, unscrupulous types are capitalizing on the new handheld by releasing their own thinly-veiled knock off version.

The Hardware:

• Rumor: PSP Go features digital game rentals? Link
• UK stores dropping PSP Go prices to 199. Link
• SCEA: US PSP sales up 300% thanks to PSP Go. Link
• Retailer: PSP Go will "fail miserably", Apple's success on digital distribution is Apple's alone. Link
• Fils-Aime: PSP Go is fundamentally flawed in concept, no thanks for mobile. Link

The Games:

• TGS 09: Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Aqua gameplay. Link
• Half-Minute Hero hits the PSP on October 13. Link
• New Monster Hunter Unite DLC: Beasts of the Dunes out now! Link
• SNK announces new Metal Slug game for PSP. Link
• Armored Core 3 Portable getting US release. Link
• Bring on the crazy: PSP Go gets Crazy Taxi. Link
• SCEA: Publishers are the ones setting PSP Minis price points. Link
• Video: New Valkyria Chronicles 2 trailer. Link
• Capcom to bring five more UMD Legacy titles to PSN. Link
• Video: The first official Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars PSP trailer. Link
• Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier dated for the PSP. Link
• Road Rash remake - in the works or in the trash? Link

The Knock-off:

• PSP Go? No, it's the PXP-2000. Link

- Karl B