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Redesigned PSP, PSP 2.0 Or Just Leave It?

Posted Jun 13, 2006 at 10:29AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PSP Tags: Sony Bend

Roughly five minutes after the PSP hit store shelves whispers began circulating around the net that a redesign was in the cards, these rumors rose to a mild rumbling as gamers began to realise that while the PSP was sexy looking piece of kit, it did have a number of design flaws.

- Only one analog knob (one knob to rule them all): Nintendo figured out back in the 32bit era with the N64 that a single analog stick is inadequate when it comes to articulate control in three dimensions. Intelligent developers like Sony Bend and Zipper Interactive have managed to work around this by mapping functions traditionally allocated to the second analog stick to the PSP's face buttons, with varying degrees of success. A second analog stick would free four buttons up, giving the console greater functionality and making it more suited to fluid control in 3D environments.

- Nub placement: Bad enough that there's only one stick, but did they have to stick it in a position where it'll cause sever thumb crampage? I have no idea what sort of placement would be better, but that's why I'm not a highly paid hardware engineer, this one could use some finxin' boys.

- The UMD Disc format: They look cute as all heck, and people "oooh", and "ahh," when you pop 'em out to show 'em off, but the UMD disc format has caused more bad for the PSP than good. First off is the fact that it's just too darn slow to load, granted this could be improved with a hardware revision that upgrades the drive seek time but it still takes time to start spinning the drive. Speaking of spinning drives, this and the laser needed to read the discs uses up a fair amount of the PSP's already precious battery power that most of us would rather conserve if we had the choice. Lastly, the UMD format has a fixed capacity at 1.8GB, we're already seeing flash memory that more than quadruples its storage capacity and has lower power consumption and faster seek times.

So now we've listed some of the problems that need to be tackled but what's the best option for the job, a redesign or a full blown successor to the hardware? That's still a tough question, let's have a deeper look shall we?

The Redesign: A redesign could take care of most of the problems if not all of them, and it would probably be cheaper for Sony to manufacture as they'd be able to implement new power saving technology developed since the PSP's launch and possibly shrink die sizes. However, a redesign would mean that a very large percentage of PSP gamers would be left with the original older units, units that have only one analog nub (ruh-roh!) This would effectively split the user base in half, granted it's been done before with the PSOne and its move from the original controller (which had no analog sticks) to the Dual Shock, (which had two) but that was a $40 peripheral, not the entire console.

Releasing a redesign would be akin to asking your entire user base to chuck their current hardware down the poop shoot and plonk down some hard earned dough to get a swanky new PSP - Lite. The reason Nintendo's been so successful with their GBA and DS redesigns is that the basic functionality of the system was carried over. For a PSP redesign to work Sony could conceivably get away with changing the position of the nub, and possibly even nixing the UMD drive, but every console would still have only one nub and that's a problem.

The PSP2: For the record, "PSP2" would be really lame name, but in the absence of something more creative we'll go with it for now. A PSP2 would be Sony's best bet for fixing all the design flaws in the PSP and they could include upgraded hardware components, increased memory, faster processing chips, include a hard drive, the whole deal. Plus they'd have the benefit of hindsight and experience in the handheld sector to better design the beast. The big question is whether gamers feel the time is right to purchase the PSP's successor, the console's only been out for just a little over a year and many feel it's only now beginning to gain some momentum. There's also the fact that we're yet to see the full potential of the PSP, the clock is still locked at 222MHz and dammit, I want to see some 333MHz games before I have to drop another $250 on a new handheld!

In the end it's almost a given Sony's explored both possibilities, and if I were a betting man I hedge my bet on Sony not releasing a PSP2 or a PSP - Lite for a while to come. The PSP is doing just fine at the moment (it actually beat out the DS in sales for the month of May) and the platform is finally starting to get some good games, Sony realises this and knows how much time and effort developers are putting into the system. Releasing a PSP2 or a PSP - Lite right now would be pulling the rug out from under developers and worse, consumers.

So what say you guys, PSP2, a redesign, or just leave it as it is?

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The flaws that you point out above can be evaded. First of all the one nob problem.

When playing gran tourismo on the PS2 you also only used one analog stick and the X button. So I don't see the problem... When adding another analog stick I start seeing problems. Where do you put that second one? In the middle of the 4 buttons? Under it? (you will get the same problem as you get with the first one, pain in your thumb) My tip for sony; don't add a second nob!!!

Second the pain in the thumb. I agree on that (though I never use the nub, maybe becuase of that reason). But moving it will be another problem. If you look at your PSP you will see that the arrow keys and the 4 buttons on the left are ib ibe horizontale line. The nub is right bellow the arrow keys and the nub is already as close at the arrows as it can get. What might be a solution is moving the arrows and the buttons up slightly but that may cause some physical problems as well...

UMD to slow problem. Yeah UMD is real slow, I agree. But this can be evaded! I played pretty much games now. Wipeout Pure, Burnout hell even The Sims 2. Wipeout and Burnout wern't any problems, the game time whas way longer the loading times (although Burnout had long loading times when doing those crash races which are of course short). But The Sims 2 had hudge loading times, just unbelievble!!! The difference is verry simpel; Burnout and Wipeout both loaded most of the date in the PSP already but The Sims 2 loads something from the UMD every time you tick your X button.

Also a solution might be using the memory stick that is in the PSP as some sort temp. saving (just like your memory in your computer). Conclusion is that UMD is slow when the makers of a game didn't thougd about it...

Flash memory as replacement? I think flash memory of 2 GB will cost a lot more then a UMD disc...

I don't think sony needs to change this design for now! But I do expect a new design when the PSP2 arives. (which will take a lot of years)

# Hm.. — Guest 2006-06-13 11:50

Im cool with the PSP right now. But if I was to change something.. it would be all the holes. Like the speakers. Why couldnt Sony make the speakers like the Gameboy sp or something and also, TWO analog nubs would be good. otherwise. DONT PUT FPS ON THE PSP gawsh. I also wish that dust couldnt get into the PSP so easily.

Better get it started Sony

# Just leave it alone — Guest 2006-06-13 11:52

Its only been out for a few years. Why does everyone think it needs to be changed. PS2 & PS1 had like 7 year life spans at atleast 5~6 before talks of the next one. The psp is the greatest handheld ever built. Its a brand new dimension just as the ps1 was with videos and such. Just leave the little guy alone. He has some small flaws but nothing is perfect but it is damn sure close...

# P.S. — Guest 2006-06-13 11:53

.....And on another note.. FIX THE MOTHERF@#%*&! backdoor!!! JEEZUZ. damn thing wont even close anymore (T_T)

# Redesign! — h3inousguy 2006-06-13 11:59

I love my PSP, but... I wouldn't mind a change, I agree with everything in this article, but if they wanted the PSP smaller (which I want) the analog stick will not be moving. And maybe, the new PSP will run Linux like the PS3 (more compatibility also) and then we could have homebrew, not ISO loaders, or all that illegal stuff, but like eloader junk, because anything you can get in Eloader is legal (except some illegal roms, and small things). PLEASE!!!

# It aint all that bad! — Guest 2006-06-13 11:59

Okay, a PSP2 will happen at some point as it'll make $ony money, but untill then what we have is genuis

machine that people seem to quick to moan about.

Come on, if your used to a Dreamcast controller -

the PSP's setup isn't too much of a problem once

your used to it.

The PSP should never have been named the PSP -

people automaticaly expect it to be a "playstation"

replacement.

Granted the UMD format was a very bad idea, but

this matters not to us homebrew users...

But anyways - what we have is fine. Yes I think a scaled down cheaper version of the PSP would be

great... but it would piss me off no end if it had more

features.

# :> — Guest 2006-06-13 12:01

ds is funer

psp is for serioss gamers who hate the sun

# Oh jesus.. — Guest 2006-06-13 12:01

A redesign would just give Sony another reason to raise the price. The DS has no control problems unless if you've been playing Dragon Booster. That game blows.

# number 15 — Guest 2006-06-13 12:07

Tell me, how many weeks has it been since you've been off your computer chair? :> ^_^; :'(_ _ _

# Just a couple of things.. — Sherjakt-Flawke 2006-06-13 12:11

A second nub would be nice, and perhaps make them clickable, like the PS2 has L3 and R3 in them. And if they could implement a second set of L and R, that would be really cool. (Then the PS1 emulation would be really great on it!) Also, they should work on the UMD format, and double the space on it, and increase the reading speeds of it. I am sure they can squeeze in a couple more layers on that disk. : ) And more RAM in the PSP would help it a lot....and battery consumption should be fixed as well. But other than that, the PSP is all good.

# No finger prints anymore — Guest 2006-06-13 12:13

I would love that

# a comment title goes here — cory1492 2006-06-13 12:17

Instead of making a USB camera with firmware addons, go ahead and build a PSP2 but release a USB external periphal controller (or adapter to PS2 controllers)

Solves the bloggers qualms at any rate.

The PSP _reminds_ me of that dog food that they spent millions developing and engineering to be the "perfect dog food" - and it was nutritionally perfect, and should have been perfect taste wise... only problem was the dogs didnt eat it.

The PSP... well it looks great, and works the way they designed it to... it just doesnt fit in our mouths..er... hands very well.

my 2cents are free today I guess.

# hmmm... — Guest 2006-06-13 12:29

yea the button placement is very cramping on the thumbs but the way the psp is designed there is nowhere else to put them and its already pretty big so adding more nubs would be pointless.

now to the UMD... they load slow but another laser would drain power too fast and memory sticks are actually quite cheap these days but i would rather be able to put something with more space in the psp because memory sticks only hold so much and are tiny so if anything would be good it would be an extra memory stick slot.

there wont be a new design in a while mostly because they are about to release ps3 with psp compatibility so a lot of people who get a ps3 might invest in a psp and then not want to buy the psp2 because they just spent a crap load on a psp; so that would give the psp at least 1 more year after this coming christmas before redesign. it also still has a lot of updates to be incorporated like the camera, gps, and 4 and 8gb memory sticks(not to be confused with HDD) because the psp can't load an 8 gb stick yet nor is there one available but there is an article from a while back talking about them.

# PSP2 ? — Guest 2006-06-13 12:29

I like the design of the Sony PSP! I just wish that it had alittle more.

*Keyboard. (a design that doesn't look stupid)

*Homebrew (for all firmwares accepted)

*Better Quality TV-OUT Hardware.

*More Functionality e.g. run various applications like skype, msn.... etc. (Properly Assigned Software for PSP use)

*Better Flash Support, Shockwave Macromedia Player, Java Plugin.

*Larger and Cheaper Memory Sticks e.g. 20GB - 60GB (would be nice).

As you can see i have stated the obvious (it can be done!), and i have been (kind of) realistic about my views.

If sony wake up and allow the following, i bet a lot more people would hold on to their PSP for a lot longer.

Let me know what you think or evan better, add any additional software or hardware you would like to see, that i have not already stated above ;DD

!!PSP RULES!!

# hardware — Guest 2006-06-13 12:39

I want the PSP To be stronger, like, 1ghz lol, 128mb of ram,

ATi Radeon Video card, and a 20 GB Built in Harddrive. :)

I want all of that in the PSP2 Lol

# Hardware — Guest 2006-06-13 12:41

Oh Yeah, and i would like a Operating System :)

# uuuh — Guest 2006-06-13 12:53

will soemeone explain to me why no one thought of UMDs before?!?

it's *****ing genius, you can't scratch teh damn things unless you try really hard

# Right... — Guest 2006-06-13 12:55

"*Larger and Cheaper Memory Sticks e.g. 20GB - 60GB (would be nice)."

... Are you stupid? 20-60gb flash cards are NOT gonna ever be what I would call cheep, at least not for the next 10-20-30 years or something like that... If we are paying $250 for 4gb now, how much would 60 cost? sheesh.

# lol — eggwonder 2006-06-13 12:56

in other words sam you want a 30 pound psp that you carry around in a wagon and whenever you turn it on it burns your eyes out of the sockets and dies in 20 minutes but holds all your mp3s, videos, homebrew, operating systems, and pictures without being slow which would make you extremely happy but you would pay like $1000+ for it

# nah — Guest 2006-06-13 13:02

dont you think sony is too busy making sure ps3 is ready and fixing it and making it better to even THINK about redesigning psp? and psp still has high sales. Homebrew is technically illegal unless sony can somehow filter to see who REALLY has those games. the only thing i can suggest is doing what nintendo has done. Creating a lighter and brighter ds, but sony can create a lighter psp with a better anolog stick. but also, rmemeber all of those people who used their old ps1 controllers to replace the psp analog? there are many ways to improve on the psp. And i also remember seeing designs for an add-on to the psp to make it capable of using a variaty of memory cards. PSP2 isnt needed quite yet.

# feels fine.... — Guest 2006-06-13 13:03

the psp feels fine to me, i dont see any flaws....

# cruisx — Guest 2006-06-13 13:10

....think about it. Havent you ever once said "man i wish my psp had ___________."

# . . . — Guest 2006-06-13 13:12

Here is what they should fix

1.2nd analog

2.Foget UMDs and just make smaller disc than the Gamecube

[ or samesize ]

3. add to more shoulder buttons. Just make the should buttons smaller and have them hug the corners.

4. Allowed homebrew but patched ISOs

5.Make it so you can play your psp out in the sun somehow

# Let sleeping dogs lie. — Guest 2006-06-13 13:21

I say leave it as is. Doing anything other than slight hardware revisions, such as a redesign, is a total nightmare. It's also far too early to release a succesor to the PSP, it just hasn't reached the needed saturation point in the market. Sony can try it in 2008, but it's just not feasable right now. As for the afforementioned flaws, I'll admit that they exist but it hasn't really made any difference in how my PSP performs and feels. I've played BoTB & TWC for hours on end and have yet to have any problems with my thumb, so it's not all that bad.

# yea theres flaws but.... — kevin102 2006-06-13 13:24

its their 1st console and their obviously will be flaws! so jus leave it as it is until the psp2 is released!

# hmmm — ANGER 2006-06-13 13:28

yeah sony isn't going to put a pc os on a handheld get a grip not to mention if they do make a psp2 its probably going to be way more than homebrew proof without serious hacking and i mean serious hacking maybe even a necessary modchip and look how long it took for a psp modchip

does any one know how much a gp2x costs and if it has solid snes emulation yet?

# I like the psp — Crash 2006-06-13 13:30

I have a little carpul tunnel in one of my thumbs from banging on one of the buttons on that damn ds. My hands are too big for that little thing. The psp is fine for now. Sony should concentrate on software not hardware.

# PSP Toaster — Guest 2006-06-13 13:38

u could use the umd drive and laser to toast small pieces of bread and then pop them out with the eject button :)

# stop asking for a portable ps2 and enjoy you psp — Guest 2006-06-13 13:39

I think that the problem is that people keep expecting to have their full fledged console as a portable device. you have to judge the psp for what it is... portable game system. nothing more. it is an emazing machine as is. I think sony knows it. could they make something better, sure they can. but just because you can doesn't mean you should. i think that a better suggestion is to tell developers to stop porting console games into the psp and start making games that make sence in the psp. look at loco roco. it uses 4 buttons. and yet is a great game.

# This is what should be done... — Guest 2006-06-13 13:40

Okay, sorry. That list in the article is just not realistic. It's not acknowledging the current user. This is what sony needs to do for a legit redesign that wouldn't leave anyone with an obsolete system.

A better, non-scratch screen,

A detachable upper clam shell to cover the screen when it's in your pocket. (Like the one from pelican but tougher).

Fix the placement of the half chopped Square button and right d-pad.

And also raise the D-pad so you can press diagonal. That all can be done.

All but the screen would be cheap too. There's no need for two nubs because this psp wasn't made for it. Maybe the next one in 3 or 4 more years. What do you all think?

# sorry about the accidental nocomment — ANGER 2006-06-13 13:43

anyway if you put a hardrive on it

1) it would be bigger (i have big hands so no prob)

2)(and this is good) you could forget about umds and sony could have a paypal download service at game stores

3)You would pay out the ass for it seriously

# yea, I rmemebr the square button — RaiderX 2006-06-13 13:45

lol, but it really isnt a great big problem, everyone forgot abotu thta and Ive never had a problem with it when playing

Now yes, all these flaws are true and yes, what they need to do is just let the PSP live for now, and in a few years, sony needs to get their act together and make te PSP2 with fixes for all these flaws

# Wow — Guest 2006-06-13 13:47

The PSP Lite, where have I seen that before?

# I am totally for a smaller unit with an integrated HD — Guest 2006-06-13 13:50

I like the psp. But, i find the unit difficult carry around in comparison to the Lite. It's a shame though. Because, the games and the multimedia/web experience that i would like to carry the psp around for, is just not worth it compared to the form factor.

Handhelds should be light and easy to carry and hold. Also, i pray that sony learns from nintendo's wisdom on either designing a built in cover for the screen, or go completely clamshell. This makes the unit more fun to play and less worry about protection of the unit.

Last, an integrated HD. The advantages are obvious.

# Nubby — Guest 2006-06-13 13:51

Why not just release a standalone analog nub that connects to the USB device. It's the most economical solution. I'm sure the chaps who design it could come up with a decent way to attach it to the psp. You could also easily remove and reatach such a periperal, so that your old cases and accessories that rely on the psp's original layout aren't made redundant. Also it opens the door up for a redesign that does have 2 nubs as people who want a new psp get the redesign and those who don't want to part with their hard earned $$$ just shell out a couple of bucks for the analog USB attachment. Everyone's happy!!!!

# ah the square button — ANGER 2006-06-13 13:52

i got no problem with that i have big thumbs so i can just rest the center of my thumb over the center of inbetween the 4 buttons and tilt my thumb to press buttons (it works great for coded arms)

# d — Guest 2006-06-13 13:53

"*Larger and Cheaper Memory Sticks e.g. 20GB - 60GB (would be nice)."

Hey idiot, pro duos have been around before the PSP dolt. It's not like your PS2 memory card, the pro duo is universal.

"will soemeone explain to me why no one thought of UMDs before?!?

it's *****ing genius, you can't scratch teh damn things unless you try really hard"

Holy crap how badly do you treat your discs? Instead of horrible loading times let's get discs that can scratch easier, load better and you can go to game crazy and pay a buck or two for them to re-buffer it.

"yeah sony isn't going to put a pc os on a handheld get a grip not to mention if they do make a psp2 its probably going to be way more than homebrew proof without serious hacking and i mean serious hacking maybe even a necessary modchip and look how long it took for a psp modchip"

First of all, EVERYTHING has exploits waiting to be found, even the future PSP2. Second, I'm tiried of idiots say

OMG TEH [insert hardware] is [insert high price]!11!!!!one!!!!11eleven

Not when sony orders it direct in mass qualities, or make it themselves (which they usually do).

And who thinks two analog nubs is bad? It's called a redesign, they'd get it to fit. Since you're here, let's assume you're American. Most Americans love FPSs, unlike the Japanese.

# how about built-in video out? — Guest 2006-06-13 13:54

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to connect an s-video cable to the headphone jack just like the video ipod? :)

# nope — Guest 2006-06-13 13:56

I talked with a dev and he said that when sony tests the games before they go to print they check to make sure it doesn't use the memstick anywhere else in the code (that's why the PSP's OS boxes come up when you use infrastrure, load something, etc.). It's the same reason as to why 360 devs can't use the hd. UMDs are fine, nub's fine, and nothing much can be done, since they fixed the square button with the white psp. Therefore, NAY, AS IS

I SAY!

# I agree wit 41 — Guest 2006-06-13 14:01

Number 41, I agree with you. The psp's screen is scratched to easily. two nubs woudlnt be a bad idea though.....

# what if... — ffaldkja 2006-06-13 14:07

if sony's listening:

how bout a new homebrew friendly firmware

something like this....

any msduo stick based programs are required to have a special code

this code has a counter code on the umd discs

if a homebrew program tried to play a umd originat game the code that allows the homebrew to play will be counteracted by the counter code imbedded in the umd based game.

It would defer people from using iso's, there would be no reason to hack the psp's firmware to enable homebrew, and if you did it would be for illegal psp iso's. So it would give sony ease in cracking down on illegal use of homebrew and copying iso's.

Sony, why do you care if people use their psp's for other older non available console games that arnt yours. You shouldnt be held liable for people breaking their user agreements(upon this firmware) and using homebrew for illegal purposes. You have lawyers to be able to slide all liability for such things to the purchasors, like the gp2x or what ever its called. Think about it.

# NO — Guest 2006-06-13 14:13

NO NEW DESIGN!! I JUST BOUGHT MY PSP LAST WEEK.I DONT WANT IT TO GET OLD:(ALTHOUGH I EXPECT A NEW PSP IN 5 YEARS:)

# woah — Guest 2006-06-13 14:15

Hmm... well i have an idea of why the PSP outsold the DS in may. NOBODY WANTS TO BUY A DS WHEN IN A MONTH, A NEWER AND BETTER VERSION IS COMING OUT. Seriously man. Yur dum.

# PSP Is Fine For Now! — Guest 2006-06-13 14:44

The PSP doesent need a change right now, They need to wait till mabye they can just kill the UMD drive and fill it with a HDD

like the Video I-Pod. Obviously the Mini HDD doesent cost that much. And mabye a bad ass touch screen if thay want to beat the Nintendo DS as well. They need to make a home system that can play the UMD's (Mabye Even Bluray Playback) If they do retire the UMD's.

I dont see what the fuss about there only being ONE Analog Stick, You really dont want or need a new one that would suck, And about aches from the stick, Get a Pad or Rubber cover for it! The PSP needs to drop the idea of using the DUO Memory Sticks, The are not big enough!

There are some problems but they will soon have more kick ass stuff, Just wait! Video RSS will come soon!

# if they.... — bigshynepo 2006-06-13 14:50

=====> Move the joystick up to the level of the top button of the D-Pad and place a matching one at that level on opposite side about where the triangle button is.

=====> keep the UMD AND add 1-2 GB of flash memory

=====> move the d-pad and 4-buttons down and compact them

=====> make the L + R buttons a solid divider and put the L1, L2, R1, R2 buttons back in on either side of that divider

=====> add tv out on top and move mini usb to the bottom, give it USB-OTG and beef up the chipset.

also...get rid of the heat when the wifi is turned on.

# PSP2 — Guest 2006-06-13 14:51

I think they need a psp2 but not for a while i mean things for the psp are just starting to get better. oh and #8 GTA can run at 333mhz if you have firmware 2.6 or lower using edison carters cheat device so booya!

# Ideas — Guest 2006-06-13 14:51

I think they should do basically all said for the new PSP (PSP2 as most of you are calling it) around 2008. I also think a motion sensor would be great for games like locoroco. Imagen just tilting the psp and then the game screen tilts, or playing Burnout or Gran Turismo and tilting the PSP when you want to turn.

I think a built in camera would be nice but not nesecary. I also would like 2 analog nubs. I know the battery's right there but it would be nice. Removable flash memory and possibly a bui;t in hard drive would be awsome.

# Curious to know what... — Guest 2006-06-13 14:56

What is the average age of the people here?

# Not yet — mbslrm 2006-06-13 15:05

Maybe after 6 years. Maybe then we can see even better improvements. I don't want another PSP for like 6 years, since I had to put an arm and leg to get mine.

# maybe... — Guest 2006-06-13 15:05

hey! why dont we have sony put a 6000 gigabyte hard drive into the psp?

and then we can put windows XP and mac os on it!

and then we'll HAVE to ask sony for some type of update that will give us XBox 360 - like graphics!

we could also have sony put 6 memory sticks slots on it!

and then we will just scrap the UMDs for no reason!!!

hahahahaha

come on everybody!!! serously... every one is asking just way to much... the PSP is an excellent system, especially for sonys first handheld... its fine the way it is...

(and scrapping the UMDs??? why? they really arent that slow if you think about it. i dont know about you guys... but i can wait for a minute of more for my game to load. just be patient!)

Love,

Buka

# No PSP-Lite/PSP2 required — Guest 2006-06-13 15:12

- I hated the fact Nintendo released DS Lite 1 year after DS. I do not wish Sony to follow Nintendo's ripped off path. Thus, no PSP-Lite

- 1.8GB flash card will cost way more than 1.8GB UMD, which may drive the game price even higher. Thus, no flash card for game

- Sure there are games with longer load time, but there are games that have virtually zero load time (eg. Tales of Eternia). Conclusion is, load time will depend on how hard working the developers are.

- Hdd will reduce the battery life even futher (eg. Ipod Video), thus no HDD.

- 1 Analog nub is better than no analog nub, don't get too greedy

- I'm pretty satisfies with the battery life too... it may only be 6 hours, but it is better than my 1 year old DS. Yes, when I first bought the DS, it can hold 8 hours of game per charge, but after 1 year, the battery can only hold 4 hours.

- Square button position was faulty, but has been fixed.

We do not need PSP-Lite or PSP2 now, PSP is still young and still have plenty of life in it. Like some of the poster said, the load time can be improved even futher, if Sony (is willing to) released a firmware to allow games to use MSDuo for temp space. Anyway, what we need right now for PSP is more original games (maybe better ports as well).

# oh and... — Guest 2006-06-13 15:13

I know American;s don;t always play FPS. I love action RPGs, platformers (you couldn't beat me here), and my favorite is side scrollers. But look who makes FPSs, Bungie, Valve, ID Software, are they Japanese? Guess again dolt.

# . — Guest 2006-06-13 15:25

a psp lite would be horrible for many reasons. wait and launch a proper psp2 (xmas07 or later ONLY, this xmas is for the ps3), which needs to be backwards compatible.

# battery life — Guest 2006-06-13 15:37

10 hour battery life for games and movies

# no psp2! — Dremth 2006-06-13 15:41

If sony came out with a psp2 anytime soon I would be so pissed because some of my very few friends that didnt get a psp would get a psp2 and leave all of us 1st generations sony handheld gamers in the dust. I agree that the psp has some major fixing to be done, but it shouldnt be dealt with in the next year or two.

# UMD — The Unbiased One 2006-06-13 15:44

I hate the idea of UMDs. It was a horrible idea. Maybe in the future UMDs can work, but as of right now, it drains battery, has loading times, and cost more. Personally, I hate all FPS games for the PSP, the controls are pretty rough and slow.

# . — Guest 2006-06-13 15:51

Socom would be so much better with 2 analog sticks.. I hate always locking on the enemy - its too pointless then and thats why so many younger noobs get away with kills.... shooters use to be so much funner when you actually had to aim instead of holding the R button the entire time

Adding a 2nd nub and keeping the psp size would be basically impossible - Internally! the psp has no god damn room so they would end up expanding the size - making it less portable.

Moving the nub is a great idea - my thumb is still cramped after only 30 mins on socom

For the loading times - Use ISOs on your memorystick. Faster loading times, less memory, and just swap games on your computer. Its not piracy if you own the games in the first place.

# ...... — Guest 2006-06-13 16:09

Why the hell am I reading a bunch of Sony fanboy comments saying ridiculous stuff that will never happen?

# controller — Guest 2006-06-13 16:36

i say they just make the PSP2 shaped exactly like a ps2 controller with a screen on it, may not be as compact and sexy, but it would feel way better.

# UMD — hackra 2006-06-13 16:42

UMDs were never really that good an idea anyway, sure you get 1.8Gb (allegedly) of space, but how many games actually use all of that?

The UMD format was just a gimmick to try and turn the PSP into a portable movie viewer.

# 38. » PSP Toaster — Guest 2006-06-13 17:15

u could use the umd drive and laser to toast small pieces of bread and then pop them out with the eject button :)

by Y (Unregistered), at Jun 13, 2006 at 05:38PM

i believe that is the best idea ever lol,

i had this idea once of using the way the UMD's pop out of the drive as a clay pidgeon device. there's way too much power in the umd drives!!!! the discs are always flying all over the place lmao..........

and because they are sooo slow you'd just wanna shoot em anyway

# to 73 — Guest 2006-06-13 17:17

haha you wasted your money on a DS or an XBOX obviously....well that's what i personnally think, and if anything your the fanboy....i mean fangirl

# Hi — Guest 2006-06-13 17:58

One thing i wish the psp had is a usb port. From there you could plug in a keyboard, memory stick etc etc.

# To the PSP's point... — Guest 2006-06-13 18:07

The PSP was sexy on the first try. What's up Nintendo DS?

# ... — Guest 2006-06-13 18:13

The DS probably couldn't come out in this form first due to cost and such. Now that Nintendo has made a butt load of $$$ redesigns are cheap.

# They can't A.T.M. — BM03 2006-06-13 18:39

If you remember correctly, there was some issues with the Square Button beacuse it was too close to the screen and had to make the PSP a little bigger and move the button to the right a little. I think they are well aware of the flaws in the PSP but simply couldn't perfect it before the release date, they were running late anyway. There's no place for a second Analog or a more comfortable place for the existing one. We'll have to wait one or two years for the technology to be perfected a little further and a new version of the PSP, like Nintendo somehow inexplicably keeps selling. GBA Micro and DS Lite, that must seriously be a joke for rich people...

# homebrew — pavey 2006-06-13 18:53

dont u think if the release a psp2 its going to be the absolute ultimate in blocking, its bad enough sony are chekin sites every hour for some1 to crack the 2.71 only to totaly patch it in 3.00. psp2 would desroy homebrew for at least a good 6-12 months

# PSP2 — Guest 2006-06-13 18:53

Currently, the PSP is fine the way it is. But i would expect a better portable game console in the future from Sony.

Some of these should be considered...

1) Larger RAM, 32 MB isn't enough for smooth running of the games. Since the ram is little, games loads longer. Having a larger ram is cheap these days considering the prices of memory unites have dropped.

2) I would love a touch screen for the PSP. That way, the games would become interactive, and many new possibilities could be churned out... On screen keyboard anyone?

3) Better resolution screen. Current screen is large and lovely. If screen gets bigger, that means the PSP will be larger. So a higher resolution screen would be a huge improvement. That would mean better graphic chips and so on... more expensive hardware, which might not be the case in a few years to come...

4) Anti-Aliasing! very important. Current PSP graphics are crips and beautiful (GTA, Untold Legend:WC) but pixelized lines are very visible. So better graphic hardware i guess...

5) Blue-Tooth : a battery saving wilreless tool, essential. Wireless is fine but for short distances, bluetooth will save alot of juice. If the Battery technology still doesn't support longer life, then saving batter could be a solution. Bluetooth might be handy, for example, trasfering data between phone and PSP, i always want that!

6) Phone function. PSP is already bluky enough for a portable device! carrying another bluky device is inconvenient (A handphone!). (But, that would shorten the battery life, a really bad point there...)

Wow, i worte alot for my first time posting

I am satisfied with the current PSP, for now. But in the future when technology becomes avilable, i wish to see Sony produce a new PSP! Would be a new defination for portable entertainment...

# L + R buttons — Guest 2006-06-13 18:59

the l and r buttons r to sensitive, make them less sensitive, and if u can put in l2 and r2. also before u even talk about making a new design WAIT A COUPLE OF YEARS.

# Anolog Stick and D pad not too comfterbal — Guest 2006-06-13 19:03

After playing for awhile anolog stick starts to get irrating as well as d pad.

# Redesign? Later. But for now...BETTER GAMES!!!! — Guest 2006-06-13 19:19

I feel the key problem with the PSP is the lack of great games. Don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing the PSP's library, but the killer apps seem to be far & few between. If we were getting AAA titles at the rate of the PS1 or the PS2, I doubt gamers would have the time or will to scrutinize the PSP for its obvious shortcomings.

Hopefully Sony and the developers can start churning out more hits this year.

# far Out... — Guest 2006-06-13 19:56

nocomment

# far Out... — Guest 2006-06-13 20:04

Jesus Sony cant go and stick another L2 R2 and analog stick on the psp, how will normal psp's be compadable with new psp games. Sooo Stupid. Hell Sony cant go and get rid of the UMD format either.

However Sony can re-design the umds laser reading system, so it uses less battery power, and adjust load time; there will be a way to do it :P.

I would like to the a thinner (even though its thickness is decent ) psp, The analog nub re-positioned, so its isnt as far down, re-postioning of the speakers (who the hall puts speakers on the bottom of a handheld!), adn a backlight screen, that can be viewed under sunlight, like a mobile phones.

Hardware wise Sony CANNOT change anything drastically, exept ajust the clock speed for certain games, and the umd reader ect. If they add more memory, faster cpu, flash card games, the original psp will be rendered useless.

Hell it would possibley be one of the most stupid moves in hand held history, to re-release a new psp with more nubs , buttons ect. a year after the first came out

A re-design however is a good idea (GBA SP, DS Lite).

# Ugh... — CarXCrashXHearts 2006-06-13 20:21

I hate Christopher C...

Just shut up with these idiotic articles already. This is forum content. Say what you want to about the PSP and the little problems with it, but it's Sony's first handheld and the best handheld to date as well.

# sticks — Guest 2006-06-13 20:58

why the hell didn't sony put TWO analogue sticks on the psp?

Playing a FPS with one stick is pointless. You can't aim properly, and automatic lock ons defeat the purpose of playing.

BIG DESIGN FAULT SONY!!!!!!!! FOOLS.

# Damn Crosspad — Guest 2006-06-13 21:20

One thing, fix the damn cross pad, diagnals way more difficult than they should be, did nobody at sony notice this when they where testing it ????

# switch — Guest 2006-06-13 21:25

omg what nobody even said to move the on/off switch or the wifi i guess they dont play that long.

# the games — Guest 2006-06-13 22:49

i love it as it is!!!

but

the game umds are to easy to mess up. i hate it!!

# yeah.. — Id 2006-06-13 23:16

What i'd like to see:

Wireless Products with the use of the UBS port or Wireless capabilities of PSP, and a matching PowerStand for when using certain Wireless products. (for example for use while watching a Movie. Lay back and relax playing your portable heh...), oh and when i say wireless i mean:

Remote(for movies and music)

Controller(Yay! )

Keyboard( Helya!)

Eyetoy

S.Controllers(lik e DDR pad, Guitar, strange controllers)

Headset (for like Socom)

Blue tooth Cellphone piece(I dont wanna hold up a Ginormous PSP to my ear....wth, its just retarded to even think about it..)

Heavier UMD's/Dual layered?(More space in the UMD's to battle the Speed issue?)

-and/or-

An OPTION for Using Partial Card space to store Gamebits/Information/Files, to speed up Loading....this would help ALOT....but ofcoarse this wouldnt be an issue if they werent retarded abd included a mini Harddrive...lol

Fix Speed Issue, Crank the machine up to 333 for the sake of UMD's...battery life? Thats what extra batterys are for.

Stronger Batteries! = Juice!

For future referance...Its could have been posible to add more buttons or add the second Stick by other methods....like a controller(....wich i hope they release for the PlayStation Emulator....) or Smarter thinking lol. Sony....give us more attachables...

SOFTWARE is god...learn that lol, Sony+Any sofware can make big bucks if they sell small Downloadables like: Macromedia Flash player, java, MSN, AIM, Photoshop, Adobe, Music editing/making programs, etc...but hey..i like frebies too..so lol. Again, These can be stored in Memory sticks...its really is all about having the PSP being compatible with em'

What else can i say...

Operating system would be nice, HHD, Mic Recorder, cell phone,CAMERA ATTACHEMENT.....etc.

Please.....Make this the one Tool of the future, the monster of utility and BEAST of entertaiment.

# oohh! — Id 2006-06-13 23:19

I COMPLETELY forgot about the garbage ass PSP speakers and the Volume...its all sooo sad...

# . — FLai 2006-06-14 00:12

i think that the analog stick should be a real analog stick. but a small one. like the dreamcast one. the d-pad should be alot better and not painful to use. it should have 2 analog sticks. and it should have 2 shoulder buttons. but the most important thing is to get rid of the nub, put it in place of the d-pad and put the d-pad below it. and a better d-pad.

# design flaws — insa8ne2k4 2006-06-14 00:55

If you design a console that has everything, only a small amount of people can afford it.

More features = more £££

so i think yes the psp could have been a bit more powerful and a bit more open-source-orientated (homebrew allowing)

(especially the speakers #93/94)

but FOR THE SAME PRICE!

and i think sony should recall all psps and upgrade them to the new model, and allow us our homebrew.

# yea redesign...indead — Guest 2006-06-14 01:03

TRHE PSP SHOULD BE REDESIGNED, BUT THIS TIME WITH TWO ANALOG STICKS....OH MAN I CAN C IT NOW....OH AND MAYBE A RUMBLE FEATURE....THATLL MAKE THE PSP THE BEST...MORE THAN WHAT IT ALREADY IS.....AND ALSO SUPPORT FOR MEMORY STICK PRO...THE LONG ONES.....SO YEA ADD THEM FEATURES AND IM GOOD

# My opinion — Guest 2006-06-14 01:15

Lighter, slightly smaller (or at least thinner).

Improved UMD bay.

I don't think we are ready just yet to take the leap from Disk type drives to flash drives, at least not in the PSP. Unless you don't mind having the rough textures that the DS has.

If companies are making games that require long load periods, they are the ones at fault, not Sony. The PSP should be just as fun if you're playing for 10 minutes or an hour. If the developers fail to achieve that you should blame it on them.

I'm almost certain homebrew will never happen on a future revision of the PSP, unless, it uses a Linux-based OS or someone flash-mods it.

# . — Guest 2006-06-14 01:16

as long as the psp2 allows homebrew and backups then i will get it.

# screw that — Guest 2006-06-14 01:32

If sony does a redesign in my opinion it will be screwing a lot of gamers over because we will have to buy a new one only a couple years after launch. As for PSP2, i say release it Nov 2008 and make it have better graphics then the Wii, and just to piss em off a tilt function, like the one in Wario Ware Twisted. =-O

# screw that — Guest 2006-06-14 01:35

# Re design — Ruizland 2006-06-14 02:39

i have made a prototype that alloys you to use your four buttons square,triangle ,circle and x to be used as a thumbstick, it is an attachment which would make FPS much more enjoyable, I have patented it and will go on sale soon. first i will sell prototypes on ebay and see how it goes e-mail me for more info and to buy a prototype. Ruizland@msn.com

# Re design — Ruizland 2006-06-14 02:40

# Why? — huds601 2006-06-14 03:24

Why can't people be happy with what they have? Technology advances, it always will. The second you buy a computer it's out of date, and there's always something more powerful and better designed.

What you have to do is make the most of what you already have. Sure the PSP ain't perfect, it never will be, but for what it's worth, it's bloody good at doing what it does.

So UMD's are slow, it's called patience. For graphics that good on something so small it's no wonder. Look at the Sega Mega Drive (genesis), that was one fat ass console. Now we're carrying it around with an unlimited number of games on a chip no bigger that your thumbnail.

Give the PSP a break. It's an amazing console with some amazing features still yet to be unlocked. The GPS, Camera, Microphone. It'll soon show it's full potential...

# UMD is cheap to make. — Guest 2006-06-14 03:27

UMDs cost less than a dallor to make, that is why SONY

went with the UMD, it saves them money.

Anybody remember how expensive N64 games where

compared to PS1 ? Sticking with cartridges cost Nintendo

the console crown.

# Errr... — Guest 2006-06-14 03:33

A more capable PSP would be nice.

More memory for multi-tasking.

More media friendly. And get rid of that UMD drive.

The UMD drive reminds me of the NeoGeo CD days.

Other then that... The PSP is a very cool, good looking piece of hardware.

# Analog Stick position — lukahn 2006-06-14 03:40

If there were 2 sticks, then they would be best suited above the d-pad buttons etc. Having them at the bottom is a bit awequard, but at the top you retain full grip of the system.

# Super NES CD — Guest 2006-06-14 03:54

Nintendo didnt wanted to stick with the cartridges all way long. Thats why Sony Playstation was born.

# err.... — Guest 2006-06-14 04:02

The analog works perfectly fine for Asian's smaller size hands

We can't modify the design just to fit fat American Sizes...cauz then it'd too big for us to play!

You wonna complain? make your own gaming system,

or just upsize it by 3 inches, how about that?

Also, some people complain about the dead pixiles in their psp's

well, a genuine japanese machine uses genuine Sony LCD screens

American pieces of ***** uses cheap Samsung as replacement

Don't complain to the Japanese!

PSP2 does sound really gay

thats exactly why they're gonna call the next system PSI

(Playstation Interactive)

It will also rid of the UMD system and switch to Mini-BlueRay

Next time you try to come up with a comment like this,

well... just don't!

Don't talk unless you know what you're talkin about!

# addons — Guest 2006-06-14 04:23

sony could just make an addon. it could be as siple as that twkken dpad thing. then you could use the arows as triangle circle, square and x. or they could have a usb addon with a keyboard, second analog stick and a camera.

# addons — Guest 2006-06-14 04:25

sony could just make an addon. it could be as siple as that tekken dpad thing. then you could use the arows as triangle circle, square and x. or they could have a usb addon with a keyboard, second analog stick and a camera.

# addons — Guest 2006-06-14 04:27

# Untouchable — dspidey7 2006-06-14 04:32

Keep the Black Beauty as is. At least for another year. Then maybe release another with a few tweeks like, a built in hardrive and the analog nub and d-pad slightly higher higher, a longer lasting battery. Other than that, leave it alone. On another note it would be great if they updated the UMD format. First make the damn casing more durable, I've had two disc already unglued, and a broken umd case. If possible reinvent the format to include more space than just 1.8gigs.

# Redesign — Guest 2006-06-14 04:49

They need to add one more analog Nub, but move the placement of the first one.

Okay, kids at home. Try this. Turn your PSP upside down, and hold the PSP like you usually do, but put your thumb on the nub. Feels pretty good to have it right there, huh? Now imagine adding one more on the left side, and move all the buttons, and the direc. pad down just a little and you're golden. After that change, I'd say it was set to go.

Of course if they make it, it's going to have firmware 6.8 or something, and my precious precious homebrew won't work! Boo!

# well I............ — Guest 2006-06-14 05:03

don't think they'll do a redesign or psp2 , since on videogames sony has to focus now on the overpriced ps3 ( not saying it's better to buy the also overpiced xbox 360 and stupid nintendo revolution cause they too are not worth ). Right now sony is making what they wanted to make , a multimedia capable device and they may make gams for it if they wanna keep the price a bit lower but I don't expect it to be a gaming machine like most expect , it'll support all image , video and music formats and be foldable ( foldable screen ) so it will be super portable , it'll have internet access wi-fi-like without being on a wi-fi hotspot ( already a few companies like verizon offer that for a laptop but for around 70 monthly , maybe sony can make it do that at a low cost :) ) and have RSS too and something like a location free player but you go to a cable television provider and order a TV program ( for a monthly fee ) to your psp so you can watch TV anywhere , it will be able to stream videos and music and images through that internet and since it will have 120gb flash card ( yeah , it's possible , my friend bought mine at ebay at 40 dollars and it's new unopened packaged ) which will let you save your programs and everything you stream plus it will use 10 of those gb for internet memory so it can go fast but this one will go as fast as cable internet. Then because of the enlarged memory they can make dowlodable ps2 and ps1 games through the iternet for a cost ( sony makes that and because of the money that would make them they can lower the price of this hardware a bit ). Then it will have many additional stupid but helpful stufff like clock , radio , calculator ( make it a graphic calculator that can ) , coin flipper , dice roller , ect. Also the psp will have built-in GPS and Camera ( yeah the gizmondo has a built-in camera , but this one will be 8 megapixels ) and the GPS will cover maps from all around the world , also you can take the psp to a cellphone provider to install cellphone functions to the psp for a monthly fee like cellphones ( ohh the psp must have a microphone also ). Also it will have a desktop ( preferrably windows xp ) and you can save things like macromedia flash 8 so you can make flash videos and flash games on the go , java , and msn games you download of the internet and also by usb means the games from your computer ( like battlefield 2 , half-life 2 , Halo , ect. ) can be saved to your psp andbe played n your psp because the psp will have a drive for connecting a laptop to it and the pspwill be able to play them cause it will have an ATI Radeon 8000 card and a 2.4 ghz processor ( awsome isn't it :) ). Also since the psp will have a microphone it will be able to work as a voice recorder. Starting price for this.... $800 if sony can gett all this for a cheap price from other companies :)

# HDD! — Guest 2006-06-14 05:22

Psp with a HDD!

# More Money — Guest 2006-06-14 05:36

If I were to guess what Sony is gonna do I would say they make both a redesign and a PSP2. That way they get double the money. Nintendo kinda did the same thing with the GB micro and SP. If they do a redesign they will release it in a year or two, then in like 4 years they will make the PSP2. I love the psp as it is now, my thumb does get cramped sometimes but I'm usualy tried of playing by then anyway. I think the PSP2 should have another analog nub on the other side in the same place as the current one, and I would like to see even more multimedia functions like a phone and camera.

# .......... — Guest 2006-06-14 05:50

keep dreaming!!!

# 104!! — Guest 2006-06-14 06:01

104 is absolutely right.... u guys should just wait and stop whining! Sony knows what they're doing. NOTHING PERFECT EXCEPT GOD!

# motion sensor — Guest 2006-06-14 06:24

How about a touch motion sensor instead of an analog stick.... think about it.

# Redesign — Guest 2006-06-14 06:36

If they're going to do anything, a redesign would be their best option. The PSP has not gone through it's full life cycle yet, a new one is just out of the question at the moment as they have yet to make money out of it.

Homebrew isn't going to happen, they want people to buy their games, and if they can download them then whats the point of buying em? So don't even get your hopes up for it.

As for the system design, first off make the system less smudgy. The thing gets filthy and covered with fingerprints in less than a minute. Secondly, put the analog nub at the top of the system. Same spot but above the dpad, where it's much more easily accessable, and you're not twisting your entire hand just to get your thumb down there.

The dpad needs to be stiffer, it feels to mushy at the moment for proper diagnol movements. I never particularly liked the Playstation dpad design, but I have to live with it.

The biggest thing they could do for UMD's is add an option to UMD speed and battery life. Basically, select whether you want shorter load times, or longer battery life. That way, you can have your longer battery life, or you can spend less than 5 minutes waiting for a game to start up.

The PSP has many options and things dulled down. Appeal to the simple average consumer, a normal business strategy. However, Sony can't forget that some of their users may not want simple. They may want more options, they may want to be able to reduce their battery life for better performance. I for one would love to be able to set the screen on full brightness on the battery, but apparently Sony must protect the battery in my interest. I want that option to waste my battery for better screen quality. Give me that option dangit!

# oh sony..... — alien2275 2006-06-14 06:43

#1 sory man but your completly wrong dude controlls on the ds are way better than the psp's for one metroind hunters is way easier to controll than coded arms and that d-pad on the ds is pretty close to a anolog in the first place as for the blog yeah a psp2 would be better however that would be closer to another 3 years down the road idf sony wants to stay smart with what they r doing personaly i dont see anything wrong with the psp(except 2.01+ damn you sony!!!!)but alas i dont see sony releasing a single product that dose seriously well without a redisign psone got it ps2 got it several other products got it, it just seams that sony likes to redisign things so mabee next year or after that we will probobly get a redisign

# Flash memory — Guest 2006-06-14 06:53

It is true that there are memory sticks which has more than 4 times the size of an UMD disc storage and has lower power consumption etc, but they are REALLY REALLY EXPENSIVE. I would NEVER pay like $399 (if not more) for, let's say a really cool game on a 8GB memory stick just because it's faster and drains less power.

Sure the prices would drop when producers put their games on them and more people bought them but I doubt the prices would drop anywhere close to what a UMD game costs.

Maybe the PSP has some flaws but they're far from critical.

# Off Switch.. — Guest 2006-06-14 06:56

Ok.. I know I cant be the only one with this problem. When I play around with the X, O, Triangle, and Square button sometimes I turn off my PSP with part of my hand. Most of the time when that happens I hold the off button up so it reboots and I lose all unsaved memory. It frustrates me when Im playin Liberty Citys and go on without saving for awhile then this happens.. I think they should move the off switch to somewhere new that is no where near your hand.

# writable umds — Guest 2006-06-14 07:00

years ago i used to have an amiga cdtv, and though it used cd roms , they had to be placed in a special cartridge to load them into the machine , this is the way forward , make a writer for blank umd,s and an empty case to load them into the psp , then we can use the unit for whatever software we like , we will have the storage capacity of 1,8 gig per disc at a cheap price , this is the only way this console is going to survive , i mean look at nintendoi ii , it has an sd card slot , and plays megadrive games and turbo 16 straight out of the box , now they have the right idea

# touch screen?? — drew4237 2006-06-14 07:04

i hated the touch screen on my cousins ds it was all *****ing scratched up from running the pointer thing around on it. if sony made it better than that would only get nintendo to make theres better so then it is a win win for both sides

# Sony is not Sega — Guest 2006-06-14 07:21

Sony won't have forgotten the mistakes made by Sega who paid the price for dropping flawed hardware in favour of new improved consoles too soon. Mega CD, 32X, Saturn, ring any bells?

Nintendo on the other hand keep on supporting old hardware that's well past its sell by date, regardless that it may not even be selling that well. They know the value of keeping loyal consumers happy in the long term.

Sure the PSP is flawed, but not fatally so. There may be a minor redesign, like repositioned analogue nub and sorted square button, but don't expect much more than that for at least a couple more years.

# ... — Guest 2006-06-14 07:21

why dont they just put the nub where the arrow keys are and put the arrow keys where the nub is....kinda like an xbox controller......

# about the analog nub... — UltimaXX 2006-06-14 07:42

my one seems to get stuck in the up-left position when i let go of it, and so in gta toni just ends up walking in circles. its been like that since day one, and i dont want to get it changed now that firmware 2.7+ has been released.

anyone else had this problem?

as for the bad positioning, i think its fine as it is.

# Im happy — Guest 2006-06-14 07:49

Im happy with the design of the psp for one reason because I'm sure that if and when they do bring out a new psp2, it will be proper locked down and only some serious soldering / modding would sort that out, if Its possible which I'm sure it will be its still a bit risky and its not as if you will be able to go back to 1.5 on a mod-chip with the "psp2" because sony will have learned their mistakes with leaving firmware open in the past (psp 1.5), so it will be locked down, the only way I can see it getting homebrew would be via custom written firmware....I guess we can only sit back and wait and see. What are people thoughts on how they might run homebrew on the psp2, taking into account the firmware security will be tight as a ducks arse...

# no 2nd analog stick — Guest 2006-06-14 07:56

It would be hard to hold a psp with a second analog stick directly across from the original one and there is no where else to put it

# thats the prototype — Guest 2006-06-14 08:39

see the psp that they were shoqing thats all smooth plus it has a aquarim in the screen that was the prototype for the psp thats what it was MEANT to look like not a future one ( plus has anybody heard anymore of the PSX the playstation meant o be out before teh ps3 nicknamed the ps2.5 read in a mag)

# PSP ROCKS !! — Guest 2006-06-14 09:02

Just bloody leave the poor psp alone,i think it rules and pisses all over the ds !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!

# @129 Ultimax — Guest 2006-06-14 09:31

Ya i have the same problem, but it also does that in my other games so there is some problem with the nub

# Expect too much — Guest 2006-06-14 09:34

For the price the PSP is amazing.

Although it is possible to integrate many of the suggestions above, the price would skyrocket.

In addition the games would become more expensive as many new and different factors would have to be taken into consideration by game makers.

The PSP definately needs refining, but it is still the best in the gaming/crossover market.

# redisign — Guest 2006-06-14 10:36

if the psp get redesigned it would probanly get bigger and i already think is kind of big

# PSP2 Bad name — Guest 2006-06-14 10:45

Should be called:

PS3 (PocketStation 3)

There was PocketStation add on for PSone. PocketStation 1

PSP PocketStation 2 (PS2)

PSP2 PocketStation 3 (PS3)

# :S — Guest 2006-06-14 11:23

#137, shutup :S

# Blogger Must Of Been Bored — Guest 2006-06-14 11:25

this topic is so last year. qj needs to fire some of these bloggers. come up with something more worth reading next time or stop trying to get hits. lame way to do it if you ask me.

# The PSP is fine as is — Guest 2006-06-14 11:31

I just think Sony should stop cracking down on unsigned code (aka homebrew.) But I'll never buy a new PSP if you can't runs isos, because without them the PSP is pretty gay.

# killer — Guest 2006-06-14 12:16

what should really do is change the flash memory on to probably to a 64mb. they should have special memory cards that have half and half like 1 gig of flash memory and the other 1gig of plain storage.

# Fine as is. — Guest 2006-06-14 12:43

The PSP is an amazing handheld that doesnt need to change for a couple of years. Though i do agree that the loading times are huge. Sony definitely needs to do something about that. If sony does bring out a PSP2 my suggestion is to please change the whole feel of the PSP...it's too uncomfortable. But for now leave the psp as is cuz i'm lookin foward to more great releases.

# every console has flaws — Guest 2006-06-14 13:01

every console has flaws. i dont understand why people are so touchy about the psp's.

# psp — Guest 2006-06-14 13:17

EVERYONE HERE YOU SUCK AND NEXT PSP HAS AT LEAST ! AND A HALF YEAR LEFT IF SONY DROP PSP FOR PSP@ HALF THE PEOPLE WIT PSP WON"T BUY I NO I WON"T SO JUST KEEP UPGRADING THE SYSTEM TO MAKE IT BETTER AND PEOPLE WILL BE ENTERTAINED

# psp — Guest 2006-06-14 13:19

EVERYONE HERE YOU SUCK AND NEXT PSP HAS AT LEAST ! AND A HALF YEAR LEFT IF SONY DROP PSP FOR PSP2 HALF THE PEOPLE WIT PSP WON"T BUY I NO I WON"T SO JUST KEEP UPGRADING THE SYSTEM TO MAKE IT BETTER AND PEOPLE WILL BE ENTERTAINED

# a comment title goes here — Guest 2006-06-14 13:24

they definitely need to do something about the internal memory i mean 32 mb that sucs i hate trying to surf the web on my psp and then have a message pop up saying that ther is not enough memory i want to be able to watch little flash videos cuz i tried watcin a little 2.5 mb flash file on my psp and it wouldnt even load i was like WTF this blos but i still like my psp i've had it since the day it came out in the U.S. but they also need to fix the durability of it i mean if the ds can get droped from 6ft onto a tile floor then damit so should the psp.

# controls — Guest 2006-06-14 13:37

I think the controls could definately be improved. The analog stick isn't precise enough, the D pad buttons aren't high enough and can stick, and the shoulder buttons feel loose. The built in speakers sound like crap, but better ones would be bigger. It really needs a TV out jack or adaptor. Also a microphone would be nice. They don't need to change it though, I like it.

# THe current psp model needs alot of work — Guest 2006-06-14 14:05

i think that the psp does really need a second model, it would be a good idea and not the first time something like that would be dont (ds lite)m the current psp model is harder to use than my large hairy scrotum

# ABOUT TIME WOOOHOOO PSP 1 SUCKS — Guest 2006-06-14 14:36

WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO OOOOOO!!!! RE - DESIGN THAT USELESS PIECE OF JUNK.

# Maybe it needs... — Guest 2006-06-14 18:57

...some games?!?! The only thing that makes the PSP buyable is homebrew and the sexy design. Metal Gear Acid! has become a solitaire, and now PO is gonna be like Pokemon, there is no RE, and Silent Hill has become a fps. Congratulations Sony, but if you make it through the next generation I will be surprized. R.I.P. Sony.

# MGO on the way — Guest 2006-06-15 04:22

Kajima has already announced a REAL MGS game for the psp, not cardbased, and with CQC! MGS portable ops is where you play big boss, doing some sort of mission in the 1970's and it will surely show BB's motives for making outer heaven. I think a redisgn isn't nessacary, devolpers are starting to really get the hang of the PSP, a resdesign would just slow things down.

# gr8t,but the games need-MAJOR-improvement!! — Guest 2006-06-15 04:25

oh come on,other than virtua tennis,GTA and a couple of other titles, the games really suxxxx big time.

# --- — Guest 2006-06-15 05:48

whatever man.. give me another 3 years before you pull out anything new. PSP 2.0- whatever. I'll never be able to convince my parents to get it for me if it comes out so soon

# currently the top selling handheld.... — Guest 2006-06-15 07:22

Sony PSP is the top selling handheld system out. It has its flaws, but the kind of flaws it has is the kind that f*ckn' perfectionist notice.Take the sony for what it is, PORTABLE!!! Its not a f*ckin' home console that you purchase to park your a$$ at home so you can have 30-60 gigs built in and have HDD installed or video mods. All that sh1ts for PC and gaming consoles. People are trying to turn the PSP into something its not. Personally i'm satisfied with mine.I admitt some of the games in the past havent been the best, but this system is not meant for serious gamers who play WoW (World of Warcraft) all day. The psp is meant to attract different kinds of crowds. Thats why it has so many options. I recently attended E3 2006 and let me just say that there is some really good sh1t coming out for the PSP. Im not talking about the camera or any of the new game titiles people have heard of from sites like IGN or QJ.NET. You had to be there to see it. So, for those of you who are thinking of turning in your PSP or just letting it collect dust becuz u think PSP has some sh1tty titles hold on a little longer and u wont be dissapointed. Another thing is that i'm sick of hearing this bull sh1t that DS is better than PSP. Systems like the DS are meant to atrract kids and 40 year old virgins. Gamers think PSP titles are bad, look at DS. What the ***** is NINTENDOGS!!! That sh1ts for my 5 year old nephew and those freaks that play neopets. The PSP is meant to attract an older audience. I think the PSP should stay the way it is. Not to simple, but not to complicated. Sony shouldn't have ot change a whole system becuz a bunch of nerds are complaining about their thumbs hurting, GROW UP! If i want a portable system that has pretty much everything everyones requesting i'll start playing PC games in my alienware labtop more often. The only difference is i paid 6 to 7 grand for my alienware versus my 250$ PSP. So every1 stop B1TCHIN' and accept the PSP for what it is!!!!

# to number 146 — Guest 2006-06-15 12:05

if you have 1.5 you can use devhook to redirect flash access to the memory stick and load 2.5fw from it, then when you use the web browser it wont run out of memory unless you are loading a site that is bigger than your memory stick...

# No — Guest 2006-06-16 00:09

Really guys this is a redesign not a new system, i mean how can you dump the umd, and use cartridges(sony has been very anti-cartridge). its like saying the PSone that plays ps2 games thats how stupid you guys sound, it is a psp-7000k not a psp2-1000k and if the new psp has a second nub than wht is the point of making games without them leaving the psp original to die out and making it a new system with new features but same hardware.. Anyway maybe a better desigend battery and maybe a better lser for disc.

# look..... — blaquespectre 2006-06-16 11:45

look....

Bottom line is that sony has suckered people, myself included. Into buying flawed hardware with nothing but a bunch of ports on it . And nobody is going to make a killer FPS for it because it's so flawed.

I think we need to make a stand and boycott because it seems like be it sony, microsoft, or nintendo WE, US the gamers are all getting the shaff.

Yes I understand these companies are out make millions on us even debating about which system is better. But we need to understand WE have the power.

# look..... — blaquespectre 2006-06-16 11:47

# How do u .... — Guest 2006-06-21 17:43

I need help i want to down grade my psp to v1.50

# change — Guest 2006-06-22 16:17

A change would be good around about august cause DS lite is gonna hit big so Sony needs a hit also, If Sony does do an update put the spreakers on the front under the screen,the umd sucks just cd's the case around it isn't neccesary,more data and a good hard drive, the multiplayer should be from a further distance (it would be wonderfull if i could play my friend from my house and he is at his house), the analog sitck is fine where it is its just that it looks like a speaker and that needs to be changed also it can be a bit bigger,psp to me is thin its just that it is longggg mayb it can b shorter length wise.Sony a change would be nice and if it came out around august it would be great Sony Please make the change.

# UMD Was a Good Idea — Guest 2006-06-26 12:43

To everybody that says the UMD format was a bad idea, yes it is slow to load (i own a psp) but it is much cheaper than 1.8 gigabytes of flash memory would be. A 2 gigabyte memory stick costs $110.00!!! A new UMD game costs only $39.99 and even less for UMD movies and music.

# redesign all the way!!!!! — Guest 2006-07-14 16:55

sony should redesign the psp as it will help gamers to carry their psp around. Also it gives gamers a chance to save money on memory sticks. I hope sony does a redesign of the psp way way before christmas

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