electronista.com - 7/2/2009
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Sony's PlayStation product planning head Naoya Matsui today told Japanese publication GameBusiness that the company had always planned a version of the PSP without the UMD drive. He claims that the company had wanted downloadable games from the hand...
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sonyinsider.com - 7/2/2009
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sonyinsider.com —
090618_01 According to recently filed FCC documents ,
the PSP Go (PSP-N1001) might be faster than we...
originally expected. While the official specs stated the clock frequency of the processor at 333MHz, FCC documents have pegged this tiny UMD-less, ...
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Sony’s PSP Go True Processor Speed Revealed
play.com - 7/3/2009
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play.com —
Go versatile. Go digital. Go anywhere. Introducing the
smallest and mightiest PSP system yet. Download rich, immersive...
digital gaming or the best movies and TV shows saved directly to the ample 16GB hard drive. Browse the incredibly deep lineup of PSP ...
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Play.com (UK) : Sony PSP Go Console - Black (New PSP ...
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Sony planned UMD-less PSP all along
CrunchGear —
... enough sales to not look like a total chump. Well, Sony, if you’re okay with that, I guess I’m okay with that. Mainly because I’m not one of the loyal customers you could have done better by.
Okay, I’m giving them a bit too hard of a time over this, but seriously, they could have had a revolutionary product (which, if I’m honest, we would have laughed at when it launched), but instead they stuck us with good ol’ UMD. Nobody wins!
[via Electronista and Develop Online]
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