Buying a PSP Go in 2022 - Unboxing and Playing

I'm the minority but I loved my PSP Go. In this video I bought a new one just to unbox and try to get working with today's technology.

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[nmanifold]

A PSP Go modded with the M2 MicroSD Memory Card Adapter and PS Vita Battery(with bigger back plate) is the ultimate pocketable handheld. An amazing little machine!

[retrobreit]

Great vid, I added a PSP Go to my collection a few years ago and every once in a while I'm still coming back to it... The last digit of the model number is in fact the region-code, 0 is Japan, 1 North America and 4 Europe...

[swissmrkc]

This thing is cool, never owned one myself, I have that Sony psp Experia phone that's like a cross between this and an n-gage.

[ordoveritas]

Still use my original PSP and have it soft modded for 8-bit, 16-bit and PS1 emulation.

[doubleHLabs]

I bought this day one and still have it. It was perfect for my traveling job at the time. I hacked it as soon as the exploit came out for patapon 2

[Jackzira]

Watching this from Sacramento! Just checked out Fair Game recently myself. I also recently picked up a PSPGo after only having the PSP 1000 back in the day. I now have a Go, a Vita, and a 1000 model. Long live the PSP!

Btw after playing all of them, the go is my favorite. The form factor is great and I love the sliding mechanism. So satisfying.

[speedwaynutt]

I still rock a PSP 3000 the ability to play games and movies is awesome.

[akildukes]

I own 3 of these now. I just got the white one CIB maybe 5 months ago. I put a bunch of emulators on it. Usually my carry everywhere system.

[FintanMoloney]

Really enjoyed this John. Was nice to see old tech working - I remember buying my first PSP - I imported it from Japan and got hit with loads of customs charges lol

[HighguyMcfly]

an easy way to get that back online is to either find wifi that dosn't have a passworld or you can go into your router settings and set up a wifi guest account without a password, that should let you get online again easy.

[dwightdixon]

I absolutely loved my og PSP. It was a massive success for Sony and had so many great games & playing movies was a neat bonus. Current WiFi routers are too advanced for the PSP so I believe you may need to get an older router to successfully connect. Too bad the PSP Go had small internal memory and Sony’s proprietary memory cards were costly.I almost bought the Go but purchased a 2nd PSP 2001 instead. Just felt PSP could do everything the Go (yes it’s more compact) could do with bonus of playing physical UMD’s. Vita wasn’t as successful but too bad Sony is currently out of the portable market.

[eatyoursupper]

All digital was fine. The problem was certain games didn't appear on the digital store. A big one being Crisis Core. I think, at the time, it was only way to play PSP games on a TV via a docking system so it was a cute switch-like device.

[barny]

I wouldn't mind picking up a PSP Go nowadays as a backup since PSPs are so easily mod-able at this point, but I remember being skeptical of "all digital" when it came out. The PSP is such an amazing console though, and I still fire my 2000 up from time to time.

[samfrito]

I bought my PSP Go off a college student in my town. Great system. Played a bunch of PS1 and PSP digital games on it. MIDWAY (greatest hits) rocks for this thing. Shame we don't have Sonys portable love anymore.

[Cyko..]

That is one nice and clean looking PSP Go! I never had one back in the day because I was totally against an all digital system. I owned several PSPs, and eventually a few PS Vitas. I did however pick up a PSP Go a few months ago, and I modded it, but there's only so much you can put on that 16 GB of internal memory. It's still a unique and compact system to add to your gaming collection.

[DebitAdams]

Most likely your 2.4 and 5 wifi connections are combined, you will need to separate them in the admin settings to connect to the wifi. PSPs can only get to 2.4.

[gdchaos]

had one of these when I was in the Navy and it was honestly perfect for me. we had limited space and time so it was super convenient

[charlieunderwood]

I love the white psp go.
Such a stylish console!
They even run Ps1 natively so you can add games without even hacking it.
I currently own 2, a black one for a Psp library and the white one for an all japanese Ps1 library.
Couldn’t be more happy.

[chaseman]

I had one that I found at my cousin's house probably because they didn't like the all digital idea and it was cool but it was smaller than my white Star Wars PSP so it didn't feel as comfortable to hold with my big hands. I eventually hacked it and sold it on Ebay. The PSP was my go to device for music, movies, and games especially when I started working as a School Bus Driver from 2006 up until I got my first smartphone a Samsung Galaxy S2 in 2013.

[NWEDC]

Nice! I have a black one that I am currently modding. Such a cool little system.