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January 27, 2005

PSP Problems Mount

When Sony’s hot new PSP handheld was released in Japan, people snatched up units as quickly as possible. Like all new hardware, these first-gen PSPs had their share of problems – dead screen, stuck pixels, etc., but one problem seems to be persistent.

Apparently the “square” button (no, it’s round like the others, it’s just he one with a square on it – like on your PS2 controller) has a tendency to either get stuck or be less responsive than the other buttons. Thos in the know say it’s because there’s so little room in the PSP’s case, and the trigger for that button is slightly off-center.

Gamespot reports that Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi told a Japanese business magazine, “This is the design that we came up with. There may be people that complain about its usability, but that's something which users and game software developers will have to adapt to.”

Uh…can you say cop-out?

Link: http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/24/news_6116985.html

Posted by gamegal at January 27, 2005 10:16 PM