PSP-3000 ripped to shreds for your enjoyment

Now that the PSP-3000 (or PSP Brite, as our Joystiq friends like to call it) has hit the streets, it was only natural for its innards to be splayed for all the world to see -- it's all part of the circle of life, or some similarly cliche lyric. We wouldn't really know where to begin running through these parts and figuring out what's new, but Impress Watch says it's pretty much the LCD getting all the love here, and that otherwise they're seeing way fewer internal changes than they saw when Sony released the PSP-2000. Sounds about right to us, but we're really just in it for the senseless violence of it all.

[Via PSP Fanboy]

[rock99rock @ Oct 16th 2008 10:35AM]

Looks like 5.5yr old tech to me. Oh wait!

[required @ Oct 16th 2008 11:19AM]

Yet it has more features than the latest itouchie-faux'n.

[rock99rock @ Oct 16th 2008 12:40PM]

Indeed. So does a foam cup.

[Robert @ Oct 16th 2008 10:38AM]

Man, this made me dust off my old PSP-1000. Maybe it's time to upgrade; I just don't wanna stop playing Doom and Zelda on my PSP. :)

[James @ Oct 16th 2008 10:46AM]

Was just about to trade in my PSP-2000, then read this Sony forum about issues with screen interlacing. Any 3000 owners able to verify this?

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=psp&thread.id=3398529&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

[namtastic @ Oct 16th 2008 11:04AM]

Yep. Definitely happens. I actually think this is a factor of old games using interlacing as a performance trick (because the ghosting hid it), and the new screen being so responsive that it's now visible.

Point being, I saw it immediately in the SF Alpha PSone, but it was not a problem in Wipeout Pure. It all depends on the title, it seems. But obviously with this hardware out now, we won't see it in future games.

(Worth nothing that the game *felt* more responsive and smoother with the 3000 screen even with the interlacing visible)

[Mike @ Oct 16th 2008 10:52AM]

Yes the screen did get love, but there's also changes to some of the chips on the motherboard that prevent the unit from powering up at all when a Pandora battery is inserted. So in a major change, currently there's no way to enable service mode on the new PSP, so it's a no go.

[MyHeadisFed @ Oct 16th 2008 11:00AM]

Ah, shitty! I still like my FATTY-1000. Although the buttons are starting to really wear down =/

[andy @ Oct 16th 2008 2:27PM]

until its cracked, i wont be buying one.

[Static @ Oct 16th 2008 10:59AM]

The screen was the only reason why I upgraded and especially after holding them up side by side, it was well worth it. The improved color and brightness actually changes the experience.

http://www.gameargus.com/2008/10/15/psp-3000-having-screen-issues/

I noticed screen tearing on killzone liberation but I thought it was always there. I haven't noticed any other issues with the other titles I have played. In most cases it makes the experience better.

[maveric101 @ Oct 16th 2008 11:03AM]

i want a portable system with two analog sticks. like pandora, but smaller and more ergonomic, w/o keyboard.

[Lars @ Oct 16th 2008 12:37PM]

I like the Pandora, especially with the keyboard. Once I get some spare money I'm gonna snag one for sure. Just gotta buy a second PS3 for my wife first, so she stops hogging mine.

[NHAnimator @ Oct 16th 2008 11:14AM]

Just compare Engadget's opening paragraphs regarding the teardowns of the PSP-3000 and the new MacBook. You'd think the Apple teardown was the unveiling of the Shroud of Turin.

Nope. No bias.

[Sean @ Oct 16th 2008 11:26AM]

Oh, it still has a UMD drive. Boy, imagine how awesome the PSP would be without a UMD drive. It could be 1/3 again thinner -- or maybe have room for twice as much battery space.

Seriously, Sony, especially now that you're selling "UMD Classics" for direct download from the PSP store, why are you still wasting my money with this bullshit tech?

[required @ Oct 16th 2008 12:02PM]

I like UMD. I also like Blu-Ray. I even like DVD and CD. If they ever remove the drive from the PSP as you desire they had better offer an add-on drive.

[Extinction @ Oct 17th 2008 2:17PM]

Yeah, imagine how awesome a PSP would be if it couldnt play PSP games /sarcasm

[GenBanks @ Oct 16th 2008 11:28AM]

Any reviews of the 3000 up anywhere?
Also... still no EU release date? :(

[silverblackvoid @ Oct 16th 2008 12:16PM]

im just waiting for the next gen psp with dual analogs and ssd:)

[emirabal @ Oct 16th 2008 2:54PM]

No dice, not buying it unless it falls off a truck (COUGH COUGH)