With the global economy in a dubious state, this year’s GamesCom has been all about austerity so far, with huge cost cut already revealed. The Sony PSP is the latest to join the budget ranks, with the new PSP E-1000 set to take on the newly affordable Nintendo 3DS.
The Sony PSP E-1000 is the latest games console to head out of GamesCom, and it looks suspiciously like the old Sony PSP 3000. Same shape, same design, with only a new lick of matt black paint to distinguish it.
Internally, Sony has made a huge change to help it dip below the 100 Euros mark, and the company hopes this will be enough to help it compete with the Nintendo 3DS until the PS Vita is launched in 2012.
Unfortunately, the change is the omission of Wi-Fi, and it could well be enough to put most people off. It means you won’t be able to battle online in some of the latest titles, for a start, and the lack of internet connection also means you won’t even be able to download the latest titles straight from your PSP.
You will still be able to download games – but it’ll involve a computer, aUSB cable and a lot of faffing around.