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PSP1000, PSP2000, PSP3000 or a Go?

King Mustard

King Mustard

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The Vita is too expensive.

Should I grab a PSP1000, PSP2000, PSP3000 or a Go? (and why?
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I hope to run some homebrew, if that helps.
 
I would go with the 3000 or the Go. The 3000 uses a standard USB cord, and you can get an adapter so it uses a standard microSD card. But the PSP Go is smaller, which is nice. I put homebrew on my brothers PSP Go it about 5 minutes while highly inebriated the other night.. so its not to hard. I've got the files for the psp 3000 and the psp go if you dont want to pull up google.
 
SyndromeOCZ said:
I would go with the 3000 or the Go. The 3000 uses a standard USB cord, and you can get an adapter so it uses a standard microSD card. But the PSP Go is smaller, which is nice. I put homebrew on my brothers PSP Go it about 5 minutes while highly inebriated the other night.. so its not to hard. I've got the files for the psp 3000 and the psp go if you dont want to pull up google.
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Since I'll want the option to be able to play my game backups from whichever system I choose, I'll need a decent-sized memory card (16GB+) as games are often quite large (1GB+ each).

The PSP Go uses M2 memory cards. 8GB is £16 and 16GB is £50.

The 1000-3000 use Pro Duo. 8GB is £15, 16GB is £25 and 32GB is £50.

I have used Play.com for those prices - I doubt other retailer's prices will stray too far away.

I think I'll have to stick with the 1000-3000 series due to the memory card prices.

More specifically, a 3000 (due to the better screen than the 1000/2000).

The 3000 is £70 on Amazon.

I'm researching second-hand prices of the 3000 as we speak 🙂

CEX are doing a second-hand 3000 for £65. Rip-off.
 
There's not a heck of a lot of difference between the PSP-2000 and 3000. The latter has a better screen with faster response times. Ghosting was always a problem on the early PSPs. The original is more easily hacked, if that's your thing. However, it has slower load times due to having only 32MB of RAM vs 64 in the latter units.

The PSP Go should be avoided. It has no UMD drive, and a large chunk of PSP games are not available for download, nor can you buy used games cheap for it. Plus it's supposedly not that ergonomic. The biggest joke about the Go is that Gamestop here in Canada is still selling them new for $200. Though they're listed as out of stock. You can get the Vita with memory card and a game for that price.
 
I saw a PSP Go at Sams Club for $55 last year, but when downloading demands full price ($20+) on PSN while buying hard copies of games can be had for half as much on Amazon, I'd say go with one with a UMD drive. I own a 3000 myself. I love it. 🙂 It can be had for a Benjamin at Target and the games are dirt cheap.
 
Get a PSP 3000. It has better ergonomics and it still accepts UMDs, unlike the Go. You can buy lots of cheap used games for it.
 
Though I have a PSPgo and games like FFIV play great on it, the go is just not suited for fast-paced games like Street Fighter or Pinball Arcade. I would take a look at what games I play the most before making a decision. Or, maybe get both! I still have my 1000 for when I do want to play faster-paced games. Lastly, you're supposed to be able to hook up the go to your TV and control it wirelessly with a Dual Shock 3. If you don't have an HTPC or jailbroken PS3, it might be nice to be able to play homebrew from the comfort of your couch.
 
JonathanYoung said:
Though I have a PSPgo and games like FFIV play great on it, the go is just not suited for fast-paced games like Street Fighter or Pinball Arcade. I would take a look at what games I play the most before making a decision. Or, maybe get both! I still have my 1000 for when I do want to play faster-paced games. Lastly, you're supposed to be able to hook up the go to your TV and control it wirelessly with a Dual Shock 3. If you don't have an HTPC or jailbroken PS3, it might be nice to be able to play homebrew from the comfort of your couch.
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Ooh, I didn't know you could do that! Can that be done with the PSP-3003?

If so, I'll also buy a Dual Shock 3 controller. That'll work with my Android tablet for emulators, too 🙂
 
Hacking shouldn't be a concern. PSP master key was discovered a while ago allowing you to run anything on any model or version PSP. I believe the only difference is some of the later models you just can't flash a ROM permanently but you can still run whatever you want whenever you want now that everything is signed.
 
PSP Go was the most convenient with the 16GB built-in memory and form factor. Used it to play PS1 games, and it was easy to put a custom ROM on it.
 
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