PSP Go / PS3 Slim

[A Black Falcon]

PSP Go: What kind of an idiot designs a new model of a system (and it seems to be just that, no hints of better specs, no second analog, no sign of a touchscreen... it's just a new PSP in a stupider looking slide-down case)... and removes all compatibility with virtually every game that had been released for the system previously (as the Go has no UMD drive)? It's hard for me to imagine why they'd be so dumb...

I mean, yes, digital download (DD) is coming along and improving, even in console world now. But it's nowhere near dominating mainstream. Most people buy console games in stores, not online. Going online-sales only really is a big gamble here... and with just 16GB of internal memory, it can't hold all that many full-sized games before it's full (and at wireless speeds, that'll take a while to download!). NO sales in stores? No better specs or touchscreen or something to entice current owners? Lame slide-down design, with the screen still on top so it can still get easily scratched? This just makes no sense...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=363406

That's blown up. It's actually smaller than a DSi, and the screen is a half inch smaller than the original PSP. This better be cheaper, even with 16GB of internal flash...

Now, I know -- the DSi's exclusive software is so far all download-only. But the system plays almost all DS games (only not supporting ones which require something to be in the GBA slot, like Guitar Hero and a few others), and they could release card-based DSi games in the future if they so desired, as well as dual-mode titles, GBC style. Sony both didn't actually upgrade the specs, it seems, AND got rid of the disc drive. Um... I knew this thing was hurt a lot by piracy, but that's really not the right solution...

Hopefully normal PSPs will be able to download these games too, though, with a memory stick. With a normal DS you can't get DSi games, unfortunately, whether or not they use the new power...

As for the PS3 Slim, it's just a smaller PS3. Joy. I'm sure it still won't have any PS2 BC... or a competitive price, even if the '$50 price drop' rumor is true...