Digital Home Thoughts: New Sony PSP is a GO

"The slider handheld has a 3.8-inch LCD, built-in Bluetooth and 16GB of internal storage, all in a case 50 percent smaller and 40 percent lighter than the original PSP-1000 -- a weight savings we're guessing is directly attributable to the loss of the UMD drive. That's right, the Go doesn't have a UMD drive -- games will instead load in through the Memory Stick Micro slot or over PlayStation Network."

I think they have made a few missteps here. One of the things I really like about the PSP is the large, beautiful screen. I'm not sure I'm willing to give up screen size. Granted it is more portable, but given the slider deign, I think the screen could be bigger. Next is the price point. The PSP line is nearly 5 years old, I think they could have offered this at a lower price. At the current price point I think most people will go for a DS at half the price. Finally, they should have been able to announce how UMD will be handled for existing games, this is a major question for those that have any kind of library of UMD games that wants to make the transition.