Portable Gaming

The PSPgo will go on sale in North America, Europe/ PAL territories and Asian countries and regions on October 1st, 2009 at a recommended retail price (RRP) of US$249 and euro 249. Japan will, surprisingly, be last to get the PSPgo on November 1st, 2009 at a RRP of 26,800 yen (including tax).

The PSPgo will remove the UMD loading tray and replace it with 16GB of internal memory. This will be greatly useful with PSP now having access to the PSN store.

When the PSP launches, the colors will be Piano Black and Pearl White. The current PSP 3000 will be sold alongside the PSPgo so consumers can choose which one suits him/her best.Read more

Nintendo just announced that their next generation DSi will be coming out on April 5th with an MSRP of $169.99. It will be available in blue and black. I was kind of surprised that they are offering it in only two colors, but who knows…maybe more color choices will be announced closer to the release date.

What makes this new DSi stand out is the DSi Camera – it actually has two cameras - one camera is on the external body, and the second one points at the user when it is flipped open. It has 10 different interactive "lenses" that you can use to do all kinds of silly things to your photos; like stretch faces, add glasses, combine pictures etc. using the touch screen.

Another feature is the DSi Sound application, which is both a voice recorder and music player. But it goes a step further, by letting you choose different audio filters to control the pitch, speed and tempo of a song or recorded voice. There is also a stereo headphone output so you can listen to music saved on an SD card. Read more