We Are Qore! – PSP Go! announced on leaked Qore video…ironically no one still wants to watch it
So, over the weekend, some videos leaked over at Sony involving a certain piece of hardware that was highly rumored to be announced at the E3 press conference this year. Of course, we are talking about the PSP Go!, the slide screen, more compact PSP with no UMD drive.
The video was actually from a early release of Qore, Sony’s subscription based downloadable video magazine for the PS3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObElhJIcOKE&feature=player_embedded
The leaked video announces a few games previously rumored, but then shows the actual PSP Go! unit. Of course, this is a big reveal announcement, so no answers were given on the fact of how you’ll get to play those UMD games you have on your PSP.
Another ominous rumor posting about from this weekend was another factory picture of the PS3 Slim. What makes this picture more interesting and believable is the fact that one the picture is the box for the PSP Go!, which is quite similar to the box of the PS3 Slim that was rumored, shot down, then given a shot in the arm when Sony started sending out cease and desist letters to websites carrying the photos.
It also seems more credible since the photos of the PSP Go! looks exactly like the one that is on the videos for the PSP Go!
Brad’s Take: First off…what a foul-up by Sony for shooting their load too early on the PSP Go!. Yes, everyone knew this was going to happen anyway, but you couldn’t hold off for 3 more days?
Anyway, I suggest you watch the video to see what the PSP Go! looks like because it actually looks pretty slick. The small slide screen with the nice interface definitely screams playability and portability that the PSP simply never aspired to. Personally, I love the look and would love to get my hands on it.
Of course, the video doesn’t really answer many of the key questions. What happens to your UMD games if you want to play them on your Go!? How much does it cost? Is there or is there not a rental service?
John Koller specifically says on the video that this is not replacing the PSP-3000, which could very well mean that they have no intentions of making every game downloadable anytime soon, so it looks like the PSP Go! exists, but there are still numerous questions to be answered.
As for the photos of the PS3 Slim and PSP Go!, these still could be made up and false. But, with the fact that the photo on the box has the actual PSP Go! unit on the box, these PS3 Slim and PSP Go! photos seem more and more credible every day.
Bryan Take: I see where Brad could get upset but as a company, they probably don’t want to bring it to the public yet because of competition. If Nintendo and Microsoft knew about this before the handheld came out, it could be a way for them to use some of their ideas.
I can see both sides of the story on this one:
- The public wanted to know about a new PSP and Sony said ‘F-Off’ which was totally rude
- Sony doesn’t want to give anything away until the release date it set
- Companies like to keep these kinds of secretes for bigger ‘wow’ ending.
- The end users are like the children who can’t wait for their Christmas present.
When it’s announced at E3, we will finally know what is true and what is not. As a consumer myself, we need to just wait.
