PSP Go’s Impact to Portable Console Market

Sony eventually announced its new project on portable console market on E3, which is what we suspect as it happens. However, this time PSP Go doesn't appear to be a handheld savior with a brand-new colorful look. According to the official specification, PSP Go does nearly no improvement in hardware compared with PSP3000, so people may begin to be suspicious of something about Sony's real intention. Despite the new handheld Zune of MS and iPhone, will this PSX console be the new threat to Nintendo DS? And how?

According to incompletely figures, the most disgruntled voice from gamers is the ordinary in appearance. Surffing on the net and you will find boatloads of discontentments focusing on the design of PSP Go, the smaller slide screen, the inconvenient button postion and the UMD cancellation. The staffs of Sony design department is without question the most inventive men at the peak of gaming field, but this time they are out of favour with their fans properly. People begin to worry about the hand feel and wonder how unaccommodated to this console while playing, on the contrary, more excitement and curiosity were emerged when Nintendo DS was announced.

At modern times, the perception of gaining benifit in videogame area is changing day by day. The online shop platform mode should be the latest and most faultless way as now since the endless conflict between console makers and pirate manufacturers lasts for years. Microsoft introduced the concept, Sony and Nintendo then followed the way. A notable process has been registered in improving the networking and interaction, as well as profit. Sony decides to cancel UMD driver meanwhile declaring the new PSP will be mostly accessable by download at PSN shop, yet there will be exclusive download games on PSP Go. In this way PSP Go might put portable handheld market up-side-down in the following period of time, consequently effecting the trend of other competitors.

Do you ever still remember the PSX, the luxury pack of PS2? Sony intended to develop new market by this advanced PS2 console which implanted serveral new features like video record and AV equipment applications. However, it failed at last. How similar the relationship between PSP Go and PSP3000, all thing copy the history besides the unknown result. We have to accept the possibility that PSP Go may play roll as an exploratory pioneer, a soldier at the very front line. Wish a redesign before formal release in Oct, whatever.