Second Analog Nub Was Considered For PSP

The latest issue of Game Informer magazine includes an interesting quote from Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Worldwide Studios:

We also felt - like many users - that we wish we had a second analog on the PSP. But we are talking about the mid-life cycle of this platform, and the PSPgo is designed to be perfectly compatible with the PSP-3000 and all the games that released before that. So we had a very serious discussion about this particular subject, but we decided not to add a second analog, and some of the developers are doing quite a nice job translating the second analog functionality to different buttons. We didn’t want to divert their efforts either.

What this means for the future of the PSP is unclear. Maybe someday, when Sony actually does release a PSP2, it might have a second analog nub. Or maybe it won't. It does show that Sony is listening to fans, even though it sometimes seems that they're making decisions that have nothing to do with what gamers are asking for. ->Read More...