Sony announces PSP Go!Cam for PAL regions

No real surprises here -- except for how long it took Sony to kick this thing out the door -- but European PSP owners will finally be able to join their Japanese brethren in playing with the much-anticipated PSP camera peripheral now known as the Go!Cam. The €50 (~$68) cam will hit PAL regions on May 16th bundled with the so-called Go!Edit software package, and though we doubt it's as full-featured as the apps shipping with the PlayStation Eye, it sounds like your basic editing and enhancement functions are taken care of. No word yet on a US launch -- we'd expect an announcement to follow quite soon -- but since we almost forgot this darn thing existed in the first place, we look at any release at all as nothing short of a complete and total victory.

[Via DCemu]

[LiQuiD_FuSioN @ May 1st 2007 9:20AM]

It looks like a pencil sharpener, but hey, it is what it is!

Just hope it survives for a good one-to-two years before the next generation PSP comes out with a cam built-in.

Hmm.. wait a minute. I'm getting tired of saying "built-in" now.. I guess it's too easy to say what should have been in something rather than praise the product for simply existing for our benefit and enjoyment.

..nah, if we did that.. then we wouldn't have the products we have here today without our opinions! I guess moderation is the key, we say our piece here and move on. Or at least **try** to.. ~,^

[Simon Tooke @ May 1st 2007 9:39AM]

I have one - it's quite nice, but a hassle to put on because of a finiky thumbscrew, and a hassle to keep on because the PSP no longer fits in a case.

I'm waiting for the NA premier of the GPS!

[Ayle @ May 1st 2007 1:14PM]

Yeah, when are they releasing that gps for the NA?

[Colin @ May 1st 2007 9:44AM]

Simon...maybe you can confirm...some sites are saying you can/will be able to upload videos direct from the PSP to the intertubes...is there a built in service (Grouper maybe) that works with the software?

[Simon Tooke @ May 1st 2007 12:05PM]

I think there is a service, but it's sony psp camera specific. You know, like you'ld expect Sony to do.
Googling around for chottoshot, I got this site: http://vision.ameba.jp/cshot/ which has (c) Sony Japan in several places, but I can't read enough Japanese to tell if it's owned by SJ. The Sony Chotto-shot pages point to it. Some instructions on the ameba page seem to indicate you can't directly upload, but have to use USB cable or memory stick. Unfortunately I'm moving this week so my PSP + cam is in a box somewhere.

[Iscariote @ May 1st 2007 9:56AM]

Will Sony release an adapter so I can use this and the GPS at the same time?

[Big @ May 1st 2007 10:13AM]

Had SONY released this camera with a keyboard it woulda made PSP a competent WEB BROWSER / VIDEO CHAT DEVICE.

That's SONY for you. They make great devices but they never get any 1 device just right.

[Danny @ May 1st 2007 11:15AM]

If only the PS3 Eye was this shiny...

[JLaughl @ May 1st 2007 11:23AM]

Where the Heck is the GPS, it's the only reason I have not tossed my PSP in a drawer and I'm starting to really miffed.

[Chrizlax @ May 1st 2007 11:48AM]

its not so brilliant, current firmware only supports taking photos and videos. no video chat, no audio chat, no uploading service. Basicly turns it into a glorified digicam (yawn). Sorry if I sound pesimistic.

[zmcnulty @ May 1st 2007 7:30PM]

Videos can be uploaded to YouTube directly using the PSP's integrated web browser:
http://www.psp-vault.com/Article791.psp

[FlamingGhost @ May 2nd 2007 1:34PM]

hahaha you can get the camera and the gps already in ARGOS, i saw them today in town :D, if only i had a brick of a psp... hmmmm