What happened to Sony’s design team?
Have they been murdered? Or perhaps erased from existence in some Back To The Future-style paradox? I ask because it seems Sony’s new PSP (not PSP2) is wearing almost exactly the same face as it’s predecessor.
It’s not like Sony haven’t released redesigned versions before. Both the PlayStation and the PS2 received a whole new look. Yet the PSP gets little more than it’s love handles sliced off*. “That’ll be $199 please.”
Any current (fully working) PSP owner who purchases the new model is an utter plank.
*The ability to output to TV and to charge via USB do not warrant a new system with near identical design. End of.
[...] some may be unimpressed by the updated PSP, I happen to think it’s rather good. The Nintendo DS [...]
Sakuranbo!
July 16, 2007 at 11:55 pm
[...] happened to Sony’s design team? [Part 2] Phil (of Sakuranbo) saw fit to respond to my ‘What happened to Sony’s design team?’ post below. The current PSP looks amazing, so there is no real reason to update it’s looks. It [...]
What happened to Sony’s design team? [Part 2] « Daily Grumble
July 17, 2007 at 5:29 pm
I agree, there’s not much reason to get this new psp if you already have one. Only gaming enthusiasts and kids with rich daddies (or mommies) should chuck their old psp for this slightly new one.
inkblotch
July 19, 2007 at 4:15 pm
Due to numerous spam comments I’ve decided to temporarily close commenting for this post.
6 September 2007 – Woah. That was a lot longer than I intended. Discussion for this post is now back open.
Jamie Clark
August 11, 2007 at 6:21 pm