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  Make some space for the PSP NGP will ya? Unannounced during the last announcement but it seems Sony has discounted its slider PSPgo gaming console as well. The PSPgo will cost only $149.99, which is just $20 more compared to Sony’s UMD-toting PSP-3000. Retailers however, are still selling the console at the undiscounted price [...]

  Sony has announced that they’ll release a new firmware update for their PSP console. The update is a minor one to prepare the console for the launch of Music Unlimited service by Qriocity. The service is a cloud-based music service that will give consumers access to millions of songs and synced on the cloud. [...]

  At the outset of the year’s biggest holiday season, Sony has announced a price cut to its latest handheld gaming console. Starting this month, the PSPgo console in the United States and Japan will sell for $199 and 16,800 yen from $249 and 26,800 yen respectively. For the uninitiated, PSPgo adopts a slider form [...]

  UPDATE: The offer below is applicable to consumers in Europe. For American PSPgo buyers, Sony is giving LittleBigPlanet, Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters and SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 as free downloads. This offer runs through March 31, 2011. Sony just went ahead and announced to offer 10 free games with purchase of your PSPgo. [...]

  It’s certain that PSPgo didn’t pick up as much as Sony wanted it to. They’ve lured new buyers by offering couple of games free in the past but this time they’ll pull out a deal that will be tough to pass. Starting next month, Sony will allow users to download 10 games to their [...]

  PSPgo is not a successor to PSP-3000. In fact, it can be termed as a console that was created to buy some time to develop a worthy successor aka the PSP2. Now VG247 has got their mitts on some info on the PSP2 and boy, it looks promising. As per their sources, some British [...]

  Interesting rumor has hit the web claiming Logitech to prepare a UMD drive accessory for PSPgo owners. Other details regarding the accessory are still sketchy but the source claims it will make the “PSP bulky”. Logitech is yet to confirm it but it makes me wonder are there enough PSP owners who upgraded from [...]

  You’re not wrong if you think that the DSi LL (or DSi XL) and PSPgo were introduced just to buy some more time for a worthy successor. A report has emerged on Eurogamer that details on what could power the successor of these handheld consoles. The next-gen DS is expected sometime in late 2010 [...]

  If you’re one of the buyers of PSPgo that went on sale today, don’t forget to update the handheld with the new v6.10 update. The update ensures full compatibility with PSP games as well as MediaGo. Oh yes, PSP owners (with UMD) can also go ahead with the update. The update will add Sony’s [...]

  The teardown specialist is at it again. This time it’s the PSPgo getting the treatment and has not one bit of interesting hardware. iFixit managed to open up easily and found the following: – No internal framework to keep the innards intact – Battery is easily replaceable but has a warranty void sticker pasted [...]

  Sony seems to have finally acknowledged iPhone and App Store as their rivals. In a bid to crush or rather give a good fight to the App Store, Sony will be pricing PSPgo games at 1, 2 and 5 Euros. However, one thing here to note is that it won’t be applicable to all [...]

  Don’t let your hopes about a true PSP successor die yet. Eurogamer Spain claims to have received some information related to PSP2’s graphics. Apparently, the new PSP console will house a quad-core SGX543 GPU chip, same as iPhone 3GS but will increase the peak performance of 133m polygons/sec overtaking the graphical prowess of an [...]

  Ok, it was our bad to assume PSPgo’s CPU speed but the word is now out from the horse’s mouth. SCE confirmed to Engadget Japan that the clock speed in the FCC filing refers to the USB device and not the CPU. So there you have it, it’s the same PSP that gives away [...]

  Hail FCC because we wouldn’t have known what PSPgo packs inside unless confirmed by Sony or ever interested hackers. Sony Insider unearthed a FCC filing of PSPgo (also referred PSP-N1001) that reveals the processor clock speed of the console. The official specs suggest 333MHz but in reality the maximum clock speed supported by PSPgo [...]

  Sony has initiated its Official Licensing Program for the PlayStation platform that will allow third party accessory makers to gain access to technical docs and support to enable development of better accessories and peripherals. In addition to the technical advantages, a third party manufacturer also gets to stick this official logo on product packaging [...]