SCE: PSPgo's 480MHz clock speed references USB, not CPU
By Ross Miller 
posted July 6th 2009 12:04AM
posted July 6th 2009 12:04AM
posted July 6th 2009 12:04AM
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Looks like we can expect an even slower device for twice the price.
Its like Apple but the opposite :D
Wouldn't it still have the same processor as the 3000? But I agree, it is a ripoff, and even Sony themselves admit it.
The portable gaming console market is out...all-in-one portable devices like the iPhone and the Palm Pre are in.
First off, the PSP Go isn't twice the price of the normal PSP-3000; its $70 more. And it ain't slower, it will at the very least match the normal PSPs speed (which is 300mhz).
lol, yeah, the portable gaming market is out alright...
Very few phone games match handheld games. Some surpass, but when it's all said and done, there's no flipping comparison.
Phone gaming is akin to the Wii shovelware. It's casual, it's bubble gum games. Sweet at first but the taste only lasts for so long before you pitch it. Few are worth swallowing.
AIO devices will only surpass the market once contracts are gone. So, not for a bit...
I'm sorry, I love my PSPs (playing FFVII and Monster Hunter Unite) but this PSPGo IS a rip off and I will NEVER even think about buying it at 200+. Anyone trying to justify this is a moron like them Apple fanboys trying to justify a Mac Air.
A couple of corrections, PSP has a 333Mhz CPU ( it goes up and down as it is needed ) and that CPU has been there sine version 1.0. Changing the clock speed on a console revision is generally a very bad idea. And 2nd, iPhone is still quite far from being a mobile gaming device. Some games are coming out and recently publishers have announced support but 2-3 companies like EA really do not make it a gaming device. As far as the Pre goes ... it's such a sad platform that I can't even find words to express how far away from a gaming device it is. If anything Android will become a gaming device long before the Pre does.
But the PSP Go is a quite crappy. The new design looks weird and if Sony were going to go down the no UDM road they should've done so 2 years ago.
you mean exactly the same right?
apple laptops are a complete rip off!
my laptop for example is 17 months old has a 2.6GHz( T9500) CPU 4GB ram ATI HD 3650 GPU 500GB 7200RPM HDD full 18 inch 1080P screen bluray player.
basicly top of the line when it was released 17 months ago.
but to get the same specs now in a apple im spending at least 800 bucks extra and thats 13 MONTHS LATER.
i can get a faster laptop from asus dell toshiba HP than i can get the model down from apple from the same price.
apple is the worlds biggest rip off.
"Anyone trying to justify this is a moron like them Apple fanboys trying to justify a Mac Air."
Why do you people have to bring Apple into every single post possible? Do you like talk to someone about microwaves and randomly mention how it's better than an iPhone?
Wait, I take that back. Looks like the latest iPhone would be "cooked" much faster than a microwave...
well my computer is super good, cuz im a graphic designer and dont really care on gaming
this psp is a joke!
isn;t as good as the iPhone 3 GS where S stands for speed
As far as I'm concerned, if it only has one analog stick, I'm not interested.
How could Sony fuck this up so badly?
I hope AVGN gives SONY an angry review for this.
Because this isnt the PSP2?
How idiotic are you, all this is, is a PSP refresh, if they go and add another analogue stick idiots like you would be whining because you cant play the latest games because your old PSP only has 1 stick.
If you want 2 analogue sticks wait for the next gen PSP.
because the form factor of the pspgo was what what sony intended the original psp to be..
also, that's like asking what getting the dsi would be in reference to the ds lite.
no gba, add sd.
no umd, add flash memory.
Homebrew will take that extra umph and redirect it to it's proper places, more homebrew.... Can't wait till October.
What the heck is up with sony lately, it's like every battle they win, they quickly lose it.
Samsung is kicking their as* when it comes to TVs, they lost the high end console war to Microsoft, lost the PMP to Apple, their cameras have the worst picture quality available, i mean you can grab a nikkon or olympus for $100 less and they do a better Job. Seriously WTF is up with this company.
I think the only reason people buy Sony is because they have brand name equity.
Other than that, you're right, everyone seems to do things more intelligently than they do.
The PSP is a FAILURE despite its sales being good. It succeeds at everything ese but what its suppossed to - playing games. How the fuck did Sony think that 3G gaming could work on a system with one analog stick? Most of the games on the market (Rainbow Six Vegas, Fallout 3, Call of Duty) etc, could actually be played on the PSP over wifi multiplayer and be great games if not for the lack of the 2nd stick. But what really burns me is that they IGNORED the cries from the people and made the GO without 2 analog sticks. I know nintendo wouldn't have fucked this up that badly.
I just learned that for Every PS3 that Sony sells, they lose over $300. something tells me Microsoft is going to continue to dominate this console war generation and the next one.
I greatly thank you, I'm glad somebody else is relising this. Sony is up there with worlds worst companies in my opinion.
The PSP Go isn't PSP2. You're stupid if you thought they would've added a second nub on the Go.
DS has no analog stick, and doesn't play Wii Games over remote-play, so for what the PSP does do it's pretty damn good.
Sony ain't losing the $300 anymore, that was on the older models with PS2 guts inside, and obviously manufacture price has naturally dropped anyway, otherwise there wouldn't be talk of slim's n price drops.
And Nintendo did cock up badly, they removed GBA playback (also losing accessory support) for a SD card to store crappy low res pictures on and threw £50 on top of the price.
And as pointed out the PSP2 can have 2 analog put PSPgo so still fundementally a PSP1, so it can't gain a new control scheme or dev's might make games that need 2 analogs which would close off all the 3k's n older. It'd be like MS just releasing Natal controllers n all games been natal only mid-lifecycle, it'd just lock out all the old userbase from new games.
You're an idiot if you think the PSP wasn't fundamentaly flawed, and furthermore, even if a second analog stick was added at this point, new games would still be backwards compatible with the single analog stick model. You forget that games have controller profiles.
@Quantumphysics
your such a dick
yeah... ms pro duo is flash memory.
you can get 16gb cards for about $70 now, which makes a lot more sense for an upgrade. especially when you already have a cfw psp.
Seriously, while I wouldn't buy a PSP Go, my biggest gripe about the PSP-3000 was its size. The thing is huge, granted it has a huge screen. The PSP Go looks to be the size of a Palm Pre, which ideal for a portal device. I would be all over it if it was priced right, and I would start buying PSP games again.
@AK66
But I (like a hell of a lot of other people) wanted the GBA slot in the DSi...
Just because you replace something with something newer does not make it better
Size. That's why in my opinion the PSP Go is better.
But it's not just "better". It's "different".
Someone else mentioned: The DSi isn't BETTER just because it adds SD--it takes something away as well. It's just...different. Not better, not worse. It targets a different section of the market. Just like this targets people like me. I would have bought a PSP if it weren't for the size. The original through the 3000 are bricks. They don't fit in my pockets (I'm an adult, I don't wear my pants as baggy as I did when I was 13!) and aren't worth it for portability since the UMDs are too much of a hassle. Cartridges are more portable, and even those are a bit of a hassle for actually traveling...
Just my two cents, but I'm willing to buy the Go where I was unwilling to buy the 1000, 2000, or 3000, and where I was unwilling to buy the DS/DS Lite/DSi because they weren't targeted for someone like me. There are some FANTASTIC games on the DS, but there are way too many gimmicks for me.
If I didn't already own a PSP (and I was interested in a PSP), I'd get a Go for sure. I can't imagine upgrading though from my PSP-1000.
holy crap, when did you get back clak?
since when is USB speed measured in MHz? It should be Mbit/s and 480 Mbit/s makes a lot more sense since it's USB 2.
I'm no expert on the USB spec, but if they're sending one bit per clock cycle then they'd need a 480 MHz clock in order to send 480MBits/s.
[More power on a PSP? I use my PSP for podcasts, music and educational learning. It's an excellent Skype device too. It's a very good device for those four reasons (not really IMO gaming but I guess I'm naive so don't use it for that).
That was a Engadget employed nerd who wrote this post in my opinion.]
@ why not the LS2LS7?
TOTALLY agree!! I have a white:jpn gold:jpn, and a black:usa and I love them. Thinking of getting a PSP2000 but still thinking!! But for sure PSPGo is a RIPOFF!!!
Well being a Curious techie I'm going to buy one to replace my Aging 1001.
I wonder if the current PSP Updates work with this or is it going to have it's own.
i think the price is reasonable because
1.The price for the added memory is about the same as a regular PSP with an extra 16 Gig stick
2. Bluetooth headset support for Skype and possible Gaming.
3.I'm pretty sure that sliding body has some expensive tech in it that Sony has not told us about yet.
I've always been with Sony since Day 1 and like my First PSP I expaect greater things to come.
So I don't care rate down this comment if you want to. but really............This is what you would pay for a Ipod Touch with the same amount of memory and this has full gaming capabilities.
For embedded devices, the USB main controller is embedded inside the CPU architecture, hence if the USB controller is able (let's say for example a weird and out of standard case) to runs up to 480mhz then then CPU must run at the same (if not more) speed.
In any case, the USB clock speed is about 60mhz, depending in the configuration and specification (even for usb 3.0.
OH, THANK GOODNESS!!
I thought for a second that Sony did something new there... upgrading the CPU!
Whew! Everything normal... Sony's still stuck in a rut.
Sad really....
Make it $200 and available homebrew software and I'll take it!