PSPgo coming to Australia on October 1

  • By kozanecki, GameSpot AU
  • Posted Jun 3, 2009 1:12 pm AEST

Leaking news before a big event like E3 is nothing new in the world of video games. So when Sony officially announced the new model of PSP, the PSPgo, this morning at its press conference, nobody was particularly surprised given the recent rumours. At least Sony Computer Entertainment America's...

Leaking news before a big event like E3 is nothing new in the world of video games. So when Sony officially announced the new model of PSP, the PSPgo, this morning at its press conference, nobody was particularly surprised given the recent rumours. At least Sony Computer Entertainment America's Jack Tretton had a sense of humour about it, jokingly calling it the world's worst-kept secret.

Aside from confirming the existence of the re-worked handheld at Sony's E3 2009 press briefing, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. boss Kaz Harai told those who attended the event that the PSPgo would be launching in US, European and Asian territories on the 1 October. GameSpot AU confirmed with a local Sony spokesperson that it will indeed be making its way down under on the same date.

At this stage there's no local pricing available for the PSPgo, but Kaz Hari told the attending media to expect pricing to be similar to the PSP's original launch cost, which in Australia was A$400.


The PSPgo.

The PSPgo features a host of new improvements over the current PSP-3000 model, including a 16GB hard drive to make up for the lack of UMD disc drive, a new sliding interface that houses the control buttons underneath, and Bluetooth support so you can hook up your SixAxis controller.

5 Comments

  • curtdoggLP5

    Posted Jun 8, 2009 5:12 am PT

    I don't really like it. It looks ugly IMO, and I perfer having hard copies of my games. And smaller screen?

    I'll stick with the 3000.

  • benboz

    Posted Jun 3, 2009 10:40 pm PT

    THEY NEED A SECOND THUMBSTICK

  • pharcyde1521

    Posted Jun 3, 2009 4:27 pm PT

    Another toy to add to the colection Great idea for bluetooth controller connectivity and 16gb internal. Christmas in Oz will be sweet this year! Might have to hold off the FFXII psp store download till then

  • doobyschmo

    Posted Jun 3, 2009 4:13 am PT

    and yet there is no second analog stick. how hard is it to attach a ps3 controller to a screen.

  • raghraghragh

    Posted Jun 2, 2009 8:22 pm PT

    When it gets down to $250, I'll probably pick this up.

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