Originally Posted by camelking6969 is there no way to look it up on the gamestop website

Nope. You have to call. It only shows the refurbished ones on the site. I lucked out. The place closest to me had a few floating around.

Got a white one at the Gamestop in Bridgeville Pa. I've seen a bunch of them at Toys R Us and Walmart still, but their marked at $169 still.

I guess I said something I shouldn't have before, so I'll just repeat the important part. Make sure they plug the Go in at the store. I went through 2 stores where the units wouldn't charge at all before hitting pay dirt at the third store.

I see many valid pros and cons in this discussion. Its fun reading thru em considering how much of a bad rap the PSP GO had upon release and rightly so in some regard. Things have a way of working themselves out in the end and regardless if this system was a failure financially, im still impressed what it has to offer in such a small form factor.


For those worried about M2 Memory Cards and storage don't fret. The internal 16GB of storage is plenty considering it takes hardly anytime to transfer what you want with the Media GO Application. In the mean time scout around for a decently priced 16GB M2 Memory Card. I paid around $25 for mine on Amazon but that was 2 years ago. I see prices have gone up but im sure you can snag one on ebay bidding on one.


The D-Pad is decent but the form factor will as one user stated give you GBA SP cramps.


Battery life for me is average. A full charge lasts me about 4 hours of gaming with brightness cranked and bluetooth and wi-fi disabled.


I was able to buy the dock and a extra ac adapter, travelers case and screen protector on clearance @ TRU for barely nothing so definitely check.


If you want to pair this with a dual shock controller remember that six axis controllers work as well. These controllers are lighter than the DS3 since their is no rumble feature. They are also a pain in the butt imho to pair with the system so Its nice to have a dedicated controller solely for your GO.

Sony needs to release a Vita model with the PSP Go form factor.

Still kind of torn on this.
I want to get one for its portability, but I just got a Vita and another PSP 1000 to replace my old one that broke. I have an 8, a 4, another 4, and a 2GB memory card for the PSP.

Maybe I could trade them in along with some old UMDs. GameStop's low TiVs scare me off though

Originally Posted by J7. Sony needs to release a Vita model with the PSP Go form factor.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/17/ru...images-leaked/

When Sony was in development of the PS Vita, they went with the PSP Go design first but later decided against it. Pictures of the prototype in the above link.

Originally Posted by htz http://www.joystiq.com/2010/11/17/ru...images-leaked/ When Sony was in development of the PS Vita, they went with the PSP Go design first but later decided against it. Pictures of the prototype in the above link.

LOL. Why do these "leaked" pictures always look like they were taken with the same camera used to photograph Big Foot.

Glad they did not go that route. I think it would have made it more cumbersome.

I picked up one of the $59 "Recharged" ones (using store pickup) since I didn't have time today to call every store to hunt down a "used" one and I know in my area any good deals are gone by the first day.. (only 2 stores in a 30 mile radius had them) and what a joke for the extra $10. Mine came in decent (but definitely not "like new") condition, cables haphazardly thrown in under the unit rubber banded together, screen protector already on (thankfully whoever did it did a good job) but the wrappers/etc for it all tossed, headphones (used? new? who knows...eeew!) and a few random hairs (eek) for good measure. The Go's memory was wiped of any games, but the previous owner's PSN account, email, Wifi setup, etc, was all still on the unit. (and strangely that person's birthday was only a day away from mine). Sounds like a lot of you got a lot better "used" ones..!

The screws on the back of the screen seem a bit lose too, and I just noticed 3 of the 4 screws on the back of the main unit are stripped, so maybe mine did have some repairs done to it. By someone entirely incompetent. :/

I think mine was maybe a "Recharged" that someone returned in crappy condition and they never really looked at it when they took it back.

That said, I really like the form factor and I can see myself maybe using this under the right conditions as a music/video player that can play some games. I picked up a $10 dock at TRU and am looking now for some TV cables.

Tempting to track down a GO so I can load my Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions on it and play it with a Dualshock 3 on my nice HDTV

Just wanted to add that you can buy a red or blue Go shell for around $20 if you find one that's really banged up. As long as the screen is scratch free you can make it look like new again. The screen itself has no protection unlike the original psp.

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Originally Posted by One51 Nope. You have to call. It only shows the refurbished ones on the site. I lucked out. The place closest to me had a few floating around.

Where In NY. I'm in NYC and kinda want to pick up a system!

Originally Posted by TheOpusFuller Where In NY. I'm in NYC and kinda want to pick up a system!

I just picked one up from Steinway, Queens. When I left, they had 2 more in stock. Both in very good shape.

well , TRU dock link is in store pickup only, and none of the ones near me have one in stock :(

Love my GO, great when I have to fly for work. Would like to have a dock so I can bring a DS3 and play it on the tv while in the hotel.

I believe monoprice.com has cheap cables needed to hook it up to the TV as well (since the dock, stupidly, doesn't come with cables IIRC).

Buying a psp go was the best choice ever. (bluetooth + playing it on a tv = win)

I traded in some ps3 games yesterday that I probably won't get around to playing anytime soon and amazingly got $80 in trade credit. My Gamestop had at least 5 used psp go's. I managed to find one in good shape. I love it's form factor, but not sure yet if I'm keeping it yet or not. I connected some video cables to it and works seamlessly with video out. This thing would be great with some component cables, ps3 controller, and jrpgs.

Originally Posted by sainrub I see many valid pros and cons in this discussion. Its fun reading thru em considering how much of a bad rap the PSP GO had upon release and rightly so in some regard. Things have a way of working themselves out in the end and regardless if this system was a failure financially, im still impressed what it has to offer in such a small form factor. For those worried about M2 Memory Cards and storage don't fret. The internal 16GB of storage is plenty considering it takes hardly anytime to transfer what you want with the Media GO Application. In the mean time scout around for a decently priced 16GB M2 Memory Card. I paid around $25 for mine on Amazon but that was 2 years ago. I see prices have gone up but im sure you can snag one on ebay bidding on one. The D-Pad is decent but the form factor will as one user stated give you GBA SP cramps. Battery life for me is average. A full charge lasts me about 4 hours of gaming with brightness cranked and bluetooth and wi-fi disabled. I was able to buy the dock and a extra ac adapter, travelers case and screen protector on clearance @ TRU for barely nothing so definitely check. If you want to pair this with a dual shock controller remember that six axis controllers work as well. These controllers are lighter than the DS3 since their is no rumble feature. They are also a pain in the butt imho to pair with the system so Its nice to have a dedicated controller solely for your GO.

Im not cramping on the psp go. I just think they rush it. The only thing i dont like is the form factor. Everything else i like and can do the same on the psp 3000 besides using a ps3 controller while hook on tv. They had to do that on the go because it be awkward to play with the screen flip up.
Oh, anyone know how to get the games display full screen on HDTV? It only does the letterbox.

How come all my posts get deleted here?

I asked for someone to help me get one.....

Originally Posted by Johnnybeachboy How come all my posts get deleted here? I asked for someone to help me get one.....

Mine did too when I responded to you. Anyway, there are a bunch at the short hills GameStop if you are close to that.

great post. was able to find a white one in really good shape with a case. Win for me!