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Guess what, we don’t have to wait until Tuesday to see the first images of the heavily rumored PSP GO! thanks to the PlayStation Network newsletter Qore, pictures of newly designed handheld have been leaked onto the internet.
Most of the gossip surrounding the features of the unit did become true. The PSP GO! will include a screen that will slide upward and feature the same button layout, also there will be no UMD slot-drive and the only way people can play games is to download them using the PSN Store. The only thing missing from the rumors is the touch screen interface.
A video was also leaked online, which we embedded after the jump, that confirmed three unannounced PSP entries; Metal Gear Solid, Jak and Gran Turismo. However, no images or video has been revealed for the games themselves.
While the unit certainly looks snazzier than its predecessors, I’m not terribly impressed with the new look. It looks to much like the artist rendition that has been floating around the net for sometime, which is a little unoriginal in my book.
Although I have one bigger complaint already, why not include two freaking analog sticks, and why is the only one it includes, still small!? I just think this is lazy development on their part. I would have loved to play some great first-person shooters on the handheld, but without two analogs, I don’t see that happening.
It should be noted that Sony does not intend to make the PSP GO! a replacement to their existing models, it is for now — an upgrade.
Even though Sony has continually said that the PSP GO! was not in development, the truth has finally come out. And I wonder; how much longer Sony will keep whomever leaked the video employed?
After the jump, check out more images and the video for the PSP GO!
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