A question that often comes up in a variety of different formats is “which playstation portable psp console is the best”. Now, being completely honest it very much depends what you are after and how you like the design of it.
I think the original sony psp game console still has a lot going for it – it still works very well and is still as powerful as a playstation 2. It has a good screen with good resolution and the controls are pretty easy – although I have never been mad about the thumb stick control. There is a wide variety of games available on disks which load pretty quickly. Whilst newer models are thinner – the design pretty much stays the same. You could perhaps argue that it is not the most portable games console in the world – I mean it will not fit in your pockets – but it will fit in a rucksack or bag very easily indeed. Overall this is a great and established console which will certainly do its job of entertaining you.
The PSP Go is the newest offering from the wizards at Sony. This psp handheld console from a design point of view I think is awesome. It is more like the smart phones you see people using on their commute into work/the matrix. The battery life is certainly much improved on all previous models – you can certainly play for around 5 hours if not more – should satisfy most hard-core gamers. Well, I would hope after 5 hours plus of playing most people would want to do something different!
This portable psp console is most certainly lighter than its predecessors – and you would expect this really given the fact it is download only. I would say it is more comfortable to hold than other models – but that is just me! One of the main issues at the moment is that as it is such a new console the online Playstation store does not have many games currently. I am sure this will change as the inevitable popularity of this console increases. Overall, this is a great console, but perhaps aimed slightly more at more hardcore gamers.
Continuing on where I left off the other day some more of my thoughts and observations on the console psp. I mentioned the other day that I went for the psp console black as my first psp purchase and why I liked it. Whilst there are many different varieties of psp consoles for sale the “classic” psp is still available and very entertaining for all ages. The few things I am not mad about is that the screen is easy to scratch (so you will need to get a case) and as a result this might not be the flavour of psp for young children. That said there are screen guards and shields available.
I had originally planned to make this quite a long post but thought a video reviewing the psp would be helpful at this point.
First a bit of background. I first bought a PSP when I flew to Las Vegas two years ago. Now, there aren’t too many options when you are after a direct flight between London and Vegas – in fact there was only one – Virgin Atlantic. Now, I do like that airline a great deal, it is just flying from Gatwick their planes rarely have a games system, and if they do it is from 1995 and we all know games and game consoles have moved on a fair bit since then! For those of you that do not know, the flight time is around 11 hours, and watching films on a loop (no on-demand system for movies) would have made me go insane! So, I took action and got myself a playstation portable psp console.
Now, you can get many different colours, even a pink psp console, but I went for the psp console black. I also got a few games with it.
During the flight I played it a fair bit and it certainly helped pass quite a few hours I assure you all!
What I liked about it was the high quality graphics – as powerful as a playstation 2, just you can hold it in your hand. I know a few people have complained that games are slow to load, but I really did not experience that at all, a few seconds really and that was all. I am aware that 15 seconds or so can be long for some people but I am fine with it!
Now – what I did not like so much was the controls. I love the joystick control on the playstation 2/3 and am surprised they did not decide to scale it down for the new psp console.
Anyway, that’s it for my first post. The review will continue in the next post which I hope to do soon.