Developer Panel Gives Its Verdict On Sony's PSP Go 55
An anonymous reader writes "A panel of games industry veterans have given their final verdict on Sony's PSP Go. David Perry thinks the handheld is an excellent step in the right direction, though he wants it to include free-to-play games. Andrew Oliver of Blitz Games Studios was also optimistic: 'The iPod has demonstrated that, given a nice small device and a good interface and easy buying process, people are happy to download content. I think this will work and move gamers to accepting legal digital downloads, which is the way we want the market to go.' In total, a panel of eight developers discussed four key issues surrounding the handheld, including whether or not they will develop for it."
Re:Custom firmware please (Score:1, Informative)
Not to mention all the free, pirated games I can download!
PSP Go (Score:4, Informative)
Also know as the PSP Cartman [gizmodo.com].
Re:Terrible. (Score:4, Informative)
They had to go with a disc that holds 1.8GB because cheap flash storage of that capacity didn't exist yet when the PSP was designed. The PSN also didn't exist yet, that had to wait for the PS3. So sure, they could have released games on MS Duo, but don't you remember seeing 1GB MS Duo's going for over $100 at PSP launch? You couldn't even buy 2GB Duo's at that time.
You're probably thinking now :"The DS uses cards" Yes, it does, but they're masked ROMS, not flash, and their capacity is much much less than a UMD, only 256MB.