PSP GO is a really good system, I had one but I would recommend just getting a Vita and Modding it because it can literally turn into a PSP and play all PSP games on a bigger and better screen plus the Vita collection of games.
As someone with both I prefer to fill my PSP with emulators, PSone games and PSP games. PS Vita is just for steaming my PS4 games and I have more room for games that actually require two sticks. Btw you can still buy games on PS Vita but you can't load more money on the Vita. You can load money into your wallet though another console or the website and then you can buy games on the Vita. I just bought the Uncharted prequel a couple weeks ago. I'm interested in modding my PS Vita now that they discontinued the PS Plus benefits(except for that singing monster crap).
at this point, i would say the best PSP is the PS Vita, especially when homebrewed and has adrenaline. it's essentially turn your Vita into a PSP and you also have access to PS Vita and PS1 games, plus on some PSP games you can assign the second analog and some addons has it natively for some games, like GTA and Metal Gear and Overall, it just has a better screen, with the ability any of the PSP's screen types.
I had one at launch and it didn't have any games so I sold it. Now I play it everyday, its my go to console over anything. I own a switch, 3ds, ps4 etc. I got RetroArch on it with all the classic consoles and its set up so i get achievements on the games which brought new life into the games. Also the "Free" PS Store" is outstanding and so convenient! I'm constantly adding to it and making it better. I did this with the PSP but it can hardly play SNES, and the PSP Go isnt much different sadly.. Great for GBA though! I retired my PSP and will be giving it to a friend to hopefully pass on the nostalgia train. Don't buy a PSP Go, buy a PS Vita now because they will only go up in price and right now its an amazing value. Much more for your money than the PSP Go, unless your just looking for size.
Its better to have them both since the PSP games look WAY BETTER in the PSP itself specially the 3000/Go, the Vita its preety good for what it is now with Homebrew but the bulk of its value its the PSP games which look off in the Vita, im hunting down a decent PSP since my old 3000 died and i cant get over the NOTICEABLE pixelation in adrenaline...all in all the Vita(with homebrew) is a solid 7/10 but the PSP was a beast 9/10 and its games stand next to the legendary SNES/PS2 games
I was fortunate enough to get a PSP 1000 and it was the best console I ever had. Love everything about it from the build quality through to the overall small finishes. Sony really did a good job with the PSP as a device, alot of "authentic" playstation design and feeling. I would really hope to see more mobile consoles, but phones have taken the market moreso than Nintendo.
@@prla5400 mass sales meant poorer quality. Back in the 90's and 2000's gaming wasn't as mainstream as it was now and a PSP back then was very rare (at least in my country)
You didn't mention it, but one of the best things about the PSPGo is that it's a great PS1 console if you have the dock. You can connect a PS3 controller to the Go via Bluetooth; use the dock to connect to a TV or monitor, and if you have a PVM or something, it will play PS1 games in the original 240p (scanlines!). And, I mean, if you're running custom firmware, you can play any PS1 game that you got.
@@hatefulgaming1800there definitely is China is pumping out a massive amount of different emulators. I have one that can play upto ps2 games and it’s not even one of the best ones out
To me the PSP Go launched way to early. Sure noy being able to use your prior bought UMDs was a major problem but in the tech age of today a straight digital hand held like this wouldve worked a lot better.
@@FlapSmear78 That was a good deal . I had saved searches and notifications on ebay for years for Sony Ericsson cell phones that used the M2 micro but could never find anything with the 16gb . The majority came with small capacity cards and nobody upgraded apparently .
I remember playing Spiderman 2 on the original PSP when it came out. Then I had Need for Speed Carbon, GTA Liberty City, Naruto,…I can keep going but I might cry. Coming home from school, watching Naruto and Dragon Ball Z the Buu Saga..eating milk and Cookies and playing with my PSP.. they had amazing technology amazing games.
@@jrob0021 Yeah it's pure personal preference, you do get a lot of advantages with emulation but playing with the real thing feels great. As someone who uses PPSSPP on Android and play with my PSP 1000 model it's fun either way (and on top of that some games run better on the actual handheld cause of emulator compatibility).
I also have a PSP GO with me. It was really a cool thing during those times. Used to take this console in my school and play it during boring lectures. The games which I have played on it was Assassin's creed bloodline, legacy of Kain: soul reaver and SmackDown VS raw 2007. Those days were really good. I feel so bad when they shut down the servers of it.
I once bought a second hand psp go in 2014 , it was apparently in neat condition . It came with box, manual a post expect the charger . The ex owner told me she had dropped the charger and it wasn't working anymore so she threw it away . I believed in her and bought it without the charger . I spent some more bucks and bought another changer and to my surprise the psp go wouldn't charge 🥺 . I didn't understand why it wouldn't change if it was in such an impeccable condition. And then I examined the charge port and to my sad surprise it was damaged 😭😞 I had been scammed , I tried contacting the seller but she blocked my number 😡😡😡. That goes to show we can never trust anyone !
Obviously what u should have said is you can't trust 'some' people.. its very immature to say u can't trust anyone as though everyone in the world is alike.
@@moosetraxx not really. If he doesn't wanna trust people its his choice and anyone should respect it. It's not like as if he said we are all untrustworthy
imo a psp 3000 is the best option because of price, screen and ability to use a sd micro card in an adapter with custom firmware, the disc drive not really needed either beacuse of that.
I have a white one that I modded with an internal SD card reader... it was a very custom part, but awesome to be able to use a huge SD card... I mainly use my Vita for PSP though...
One cool benefit to the PSP Go is that like the 2000 and 3000 models you can hook it up to a tv, but unlike those models you can actually sync up a dual shock 3 controller to the PSP Go Dock giving you the advantage of comfort and a set of L2/R2 triggers.
Opinion: The PSP GO was GREAT, just unfortunately too far ahead of its time. Had it come out even five years later, it would have changed EVERYTHING. Nowadays, portable, hybrid game systems, especially digital-based ones are bigger than ever. Also the fact that it's a literal proto-smartphone/handheld video game hybrid? I don't think anything else could ever be more "ahead of its time."
the one that doomed it is the fact that it was released at the turning point of two generations, and historically consoles released within that period is doomed to fail
Personally I think they would still fail due to being proprietary memory cards and they are custom size, not standard thus charging 2 or 3 times to what your standard Sandisk may cost.
Still have my launch GO. I remember putting it in my draw in 2014 and picking it up in 2019 while packing for my Peace Corps staging, it still had battery life. The issue with the Go is that it had a small amount of internal storage and Memory stick duo minis were excessively expensive for what little storage you got. A Vita is a much better buy, specifically a slim model since you get the internal 1gb storage, since you can use a game cartridge to microSD card.
gosh, i still have my psp 2000 and all the games still work. but since I got the iPod Touch 4G back in 2012, I haven't played with it like i used to. I used to go everywhere with the psp, then everybody bought the ipod too and ditch playable stations like the psp. just like the psp replaced the ds and the ds replaced the gameboy. Now I just have my phone and my laptop, which is all i need to survive currently. good ol memories tho.
I owned every PSP model, and the ''PSP Go'' was by far my favorite. I heard a couple complaints when this device first came out. It couldn't play UMD's, and it's size gave some people hand cramps. I personally didn't find these to be an issue for me. I noticed UMD's broke really easily, so I was already going full digital. The built in 16GB of storage was sweet! Also I really liked the fact games simply looked more crisp because of the smaller screen. :)
I remember my cousin had this and I was excited to see her play this..always by her side to watch her play.. couldn't afford one, that was maybe in 2010-2012 and until today I've never touch a psp..it was really my dream to have one
@@therunawaykid6523 sorry i'm late. on the psp go the battery can last from 3 hours to 5 depending on the game. ps1 games for some reason are more demanding but playing psp games is way better. having a custom firmware helps a lot so you can ajust the clockspeed to 222(psp games) or 266 (ps1 games) to longer play sessions.
@@therunawaykid6523 i never had a standard psp console but in those you can expand your battery with bigger ones, the psp go doesn't have something like that
The store still kinda works however they removed the function to buy games using credit or debit you now must preload the account with money and then you will be able to buy stuff this is valid for psp psvita and ps3
Kinda sad that Sony no longer makes phones like Xperia Play. With how mobile gaming blew up and how hard it is for Xperia phones to compete with conventional phones I think they might benefit from bringing back that kind of device.
I always wanted a PSP, but my dad who was an avid gamer at the time always called it "the DS for rich people" and never bought one. But then again he was an Xbox (and later 360) player so maybe he just had something against Sony. Oh, and Forza Horizon 3 was the racing game that started it all for me.
@@liammeech3702 I personally kinda felt bad for the kid with the PSP while everyone was trading Pokémon or playing Mario Kart after school. The social aspect just wasn’t there nearly as much.
Wow I had the sony xperia play it was similar to this but was a phone also ...its the device that got me into hand held gaming...its a great device it still works amazingly
Recently picked up a used psp go in really good condition. They had it listed as not working because it could not connect to wifi, the charging cable was also missing. They wanted 100 for it but i talked them down to 60. I ended buying an aftermarket cable for 8 dollars while I found an original off Ebay which i did. Seeing as the cable is proprietary its always a good idea to have extras.
14:14 yeah i remember i always use to remap the accelerate and brake buttons in racing games on the ps2. I used the right analog stick for acceleration and braking and it was a lot of fun that way
I dont know how many times its been talked about in these comments, but firmware flashing and pumping these full of emulators is definitely a way to make good use of it. (Just like any other old PSP) Youd be surprised how many old games you could fit on 16Gb of storage. Even with emulators included. You could certainly get a lot of mileage out of that. I also recently found my old psp go i bought on release in a drawer, somehow magically next to its charger, and somehow it still actually took a charge and the battery works just fine as if its not a day older than when i bought it. So at least mine had excellent shelf life.
i have my PS Vita 1000 model with a SD2Vita card 64 GB just in it's package still for when it's my birthday next week and i think the Vita is better because you can then play both PSP and VIta among other systems ion it and there's plenty of game ports... and imo if it were done right Nintendo's 3ds could've lost to the Vita since it's definitely a Portable CONSOLE edit: my Vita had only 1 previous owner and He had it jailbroken already which is another reason why i got it for my Birthday gift
I had a psp 3000 and played around with my friend's psp go. I found the buttons to have less movement, and the thumbstick was a downgrade. Looks clean tho.
If you HAVE to have a PSP and dont want a Vita v2 for some reason the Go is the best model for modding. The internal memory and save states is absolutely worth it. Plus the ones that are around seem to have been kept in much better shape than most of the 1, 2 or 3ks floating about (the ones still in the OG shells that is). It does have Blutooth and it's shockingly portable with great battery life. The biggest down side is the memory card, good luck finding anything decent. There are projects to mod in a microSD but I haven't done that myself.
Love my psp, favorite handheld that I had when I was younger. I've officially retired it as a shelf piece, it still works, but to prolong its life I switched over to an odroid go advanced and play via emulator.
these were pretty cool for the time and while you can use it for emulations a modern smartphone would outperform this. I cant really see any point in grabbing this unless you want to play on the original console, or you are a collector.
The first crew game is one of my favourite driving games, I love how you can drive around the whole of the USA and see other players driving around also really fun to drive around on mount rushmore
The PSP Go is one of the greatest compact gaming handhelds, it has Homebrew developers still keeping it alive and it's a beautiful and reasonably powerful device for it's size and era. I have two PSP Go's, one black and one white and I interchanged some of the pieces so both are now black and white in a way :P. Also I really have some weird love for sliding actions and also clamshell designs, even if these designs are much more prone to breaking. Also, the fact that this has no UMD drive, I don't care a single bit, I am much more a fan of digital media, and it's certainly not a huge problem for me, if Sony closes the PSN and wants us to start pirating, alright, it's their fault and in my opinion it's now Abandon'hard'ware so Abandonware rules apply. Only thing I hate is the proprietary junk from Sony, Memory Stick Pro Duo are hard to find for a reasonable price and transfer cables also, in my experience most of the cables sold are just charging and allow no connection to a PC, which is now how we have to transfer games to it since there is no PSN. But I plan to fix all that, gonna try to make an adapter from Memory Stick Pro Duo to a Micro SD reader, and the most daring, I'm gonna see if I can convert it to USB-C.
Even when it came out I wasted my money. I sold all of my physical games thinking it would be cool to go all digital. Here I am today trying to login to the psp store.
I still play Gran Turismo on my PSP all the time! Gran Turismo is the all-time classic sim racing game, but for PC users, I always suggest getting Assetto Corsa and learning to install mods, because it's such a blank slate for so many fantastic racing scenarios.
Soft modding the psp it's one of the easiest things to do, I've done it I was in high school 15 years ago and still use it, I'm actually considering buying a psp go cuz I think it looks amazing and since on my psp 1000 the umd drive doesn't really work anymore, although I will try to fix it myself when I'll have some time to spare, the mod has kept me able to play it with iso files onto the memory card without problems related to the store being shut down.
These are hard to find especially in South Africa. Lucky I got my hands on one it was preloaded with 10 games and the unit itself came in a 8 out of 10 condition so not too bad and honestly given how hard it is to come by I can't complain. After all we're talking about a 2009 console here 🤷🏾♂️😂
@@holyother1 sorry about that man. Maybe it wasn't meant to be at the time. Hopefully you come across another one it's nice to have it in your collection. A vita is a good option whether you're a collector or if you just wanna play.
50/50, Pastor probably didn’t know he was there and took the line as normal, but Lewis was pretty much halfway alongside so was entitled to at least make the move
I remember by the time the Psp Go and Vita came out, nobody cared. The library sucked, they proprietorized the crap out of what ever they could... Even after the launch of the Vita, it was still more common to see the original, and the slim... And those were the people that didn't mind having a brick in their pocket everywhere they went. Imo these are beyond useless and have been ever since ppsspp started getting good.
I got one used back in 2017 and love it! It's in near mint condition, so I don't use it much anymore to keep it nice and clean, but it was an emulation powerhouse! I just got a Retroid to fill that role now haha
Hey Jacob, I've been watching your videos for awhile now. You actually got me into collecting retro consoles and games. I've really been looking for a ps go for awhile now and they are all just so over priced. Especially cause of the storage issue. So I was wondering if you still have any spare psp go's, I would be happy to buy it off of you cause ik your really good on price. Thanks for the consideration Jacob, Keep making your banger videos!
heat up that clear packing tape with a regular hair dryer and it'll peel off boxes without tearing 99% of the time My local thrift loves to cover everything in packing tape and ive had some delicate operations with 1960s model kits and other vintage stuff getting the packing tape off without damage.
CFW for the psp and vita make them really shine. The load times are so much better once you go all digital. I still buy tons of physical games, but these handhelds are best when just playing off a SD card in a memstick pro adapter. No disc seek sound, faster load times and about as much space as you could ever want. Really solid system.
I still find it laughable that the majority of the people who mocked the concept of the PSP-Go were proven wrong. They were the "downloading games will never catch on" physical media elitists. Now even most physical games have large initial updates to just make the game playable, and Steam has shown that most people don't care as much for physical media as they use to. The storage left much to be desired on the Go, but everything else was beautiful. Once this thing is soft-modded, it becomes one of the most useful and compact handheld gaming platforms around to this very day. I bought my Go for $44 on clearance at an electronic store after it sat on the shelf brand new for years after being marked down several times. I bought one of two, and we legit had to eventually send the other one back because no on else wanted it. In hind-sight I should have gotten both, but I at least cared enough to grab one. I still play mine to this very day.
The PSP Go is another example of why I will absolutely never go all digital. Why would I want to own a console with the risk that I can't buy a new game legally when that company shutters the store? Soft-mods on consoles aren't always a thing.
Man I miss the psp days. Playing FTB2 all night long , then when the hackers started taking over , installed my own so I could teleport them to me under map and I could either continuously knife the hacker in the back or grab him and if I did a climbing animation their psp would freeze… good days
Hey i got one too around Christmas time i sent it to an etsy seller who does 128gb memory mod and 1500mah battery mod. My pspgo is a beast and i love it 🔥
I bought a PSP Go for the second time in 2020 for $50 in a 8/10 condition. But I jailbroke it and mainly use it for GBA but also have many other emulators and actual PSX / PSP games. Worth it 10/10 imo
I had the PSP 1000 model (still have it) and installed custom firmware back in the day. While others did it to download PSP games, my main incentive was to get PS1 games on there. It wasn't too difficult to manually rip my PS1 discs (even adding custom game icons etc) and so I did a few, but the game I ended up playing the most (even vs my PSP games, which were all bought on UMD) was 'Gran Turismo'. I can't remember what the deal was with the PSP GT game, I think it was a stripped back version (?). Anyway, I loved playing the original PS1 version on PSP. I think the only PSP games I own digitally are the GTA games (the two 'Stories' games + 'Chinatown Wars'), but I got those for the Vita. Personally I think despite not being the native res, I prefer playing PSP games on the Vita. The original PSP screen didn't have a great response time, do there was plenty of "ghosting". I only ever saw the PSP Go briefly, my friend from college picked one up. It looked nice, but like now I prefer my consoles & handhelds to have the option of physical. I had a decent selection of UMDs and no digital copies at that time, so for me I never really considered the Go.
a psp go with a component cable and a ps3 controller can be turned into a home console, there is a cradle adapter but is very expensive and its only purpose is to keep the psp go fully charged all the time.
Have mine softmodded. Just use the internal memory but have a load of games plus PS1 games and some retro emulators installed on it. I find the trouble with it is it’s a bit too small and causes a bit of cramp when playing it. Tend to use the direction buttons rather than the thumb stick.
I had a white one, what a time that was, Life's been pretty tough from that point on. Thank you for the nostalgia trip, i had totally forgotten about this beauty that i once had my hands on
The beat that you used for the sponsor spot sounded so familiar that I had to go digging through my spotify playlists. It's the instrumental from Solar Return by Kota the Friend & Saba!
UMD as a format is just a continuation of the Mini Disc format. It didn't do that much as an audio format so it became movies/games. (Not the exact same technically as UMD is read only)
One thing that has peaked my interest in the PSP in general is just the fact that the PSP 2000 and 3000 had component cables. I just think it'd be cool as hell to pair that with my Retrotink 5x to PSP games upscaled to 1440p.
I still use my psp go, its literally my emulator dump console its still really good and if you're up to homebrew it its one of the best handhelds still up to this day!
I own PSP3000 for like 10 years+ and it still work and in mint condition, love it and still play it sometimes even thought i do own NintendoSwitch and PS4 and i’ve brought used ps vita days ago, still figure out how it works though but really love the PSPgo appearance it’s the best looking for me
psp store not working anymore is not really a predicament for the kid who buys it and in 3-5 years they are well done with it usually for good. But yes it does suck that the store closed. Also movies on the psp were very great for watching movies on the go, as there really was no other way as good as portable, since it was during the flip phone era. So being able to watch a movie on the bus is pretty epic for the time.
Why have I never heard of this? I am an OG PSP Owner, and I definitely remember the original 1000 (which was my go-to as I wasn't a fan of the later model PSPs), and then I recall the 2000 and 3000 model PSPs (which is what all my friends had), and then the VITA came out. I never seen quote the "PSP GO".
Ahh, the psp go. I had (and still have) the white one and spend my whole childhood playing lego batman or the loco roco series. I also love patapon, i have every part. I also have motorstorm arctic edge and grand tourismo, brilliant games
I might have a vita already, but you can never deny the legacy of playstation portables. From the origional to the go. Definitely gonna make it a mission to get a psp go
I remember my friend in middle school having one, I was so confused how his phone looked like a handheld console. Well I thought it was a phone. Didn't know much about playstations other than the ps1 back then.
