Okay, I've pretty much decided to start playing a lot more PSP again compared to what I have done recently (i.e. none at all for a long time). There's many great new games coming out that I want such as GT, PJ Monsters Deluxe, Colin McRae Dirt 2 (which I'm getting on PS3 and possibly 360 as well lol), Socom: FT3 and many more.

I've considered the PSP Go from the start as the bluetooth is really appealing to me, mainly due to headsets and the added bonus of using a PS3 controller (with limited function). However, I like to have a physical product when I buy something and I'm not a fan at all of the whole download-only media market idea. I'm the same with iTunes...happy to buy exclusive singles and bonuses but when it comes to an album which you can get for less on Amazon and have the physical thing it's a no-brainer for me. I'm a big fan of UMDs and honestly, if it had been bigger or in any way included a UMD drive I'd be getting one right away. I feel that they should have really planned to sell games on small Memory Sticks as a physical product, it would have been a nice touch! Another issue is the screen size, which is the same as my T-Mobile G1's roughly, and I feel it's just too small for serious gaming. Also, I dislike sliding screens as they tend to get loose around the hinge after a while. The high price too is an issue for me....mainly because I can't jusify it when paying for a full-price downloaded game. Memory Stick M2 is nice but buying an adapter for M2's to fit into the older PSPs isn't hard....there's one in my original one now. No battery replacement could be an issue too!

Now, on the other hand is the PSP-3000. It's bigger, has a much improved screen compared to my original PSP, is lighter, has UMDs etc. There's no bluetooth...yet I have the original headset anyway which I barely used at all. I notice that it has been hacked, not that I'm too interested in it as I only really used "back-ups" and only a couple before I stopped playing. It also has Skype which, if you have an Android phone and thought you'd use Skype on the go you'd see why Skype on the PSP really is great! And ofcourse, the price is much much lower!

I still have my original PSP, albeit it was my third one I think, but it works perfectly but for one dead pixel and the incredibly short battery life. It's got M33 on it so no PSN and to be honest I won't get back into PSP gaming with it. It would be nice to keep it around though, for use of homebrew and mainly because I don't like to sell my stuff (I get attached lol).

As you can see, I'm greatly in favour of the PSP-3000 right now, just want some comments really. A friend is also looking to replace his dilapidated original PSP and to be honest I think a PSP-3000 would suit him perfectly in the same way and for the same reasons.