Sony: It’s still too early in the PSP’s life cycle to add a second analog nub
The “second analog nub” mantra has since become sort of a call to arms for a vocal portion of PSP users. When Sony revealed that the new PSP Go would still have only one analog nub, these dissatisfied users ranted and raved about what they considered a “stupid” decision. There’s a reason for every decision, though. As for the lack of a second analog nub on the PSP Go, Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Worldwide Studios, says that they did consider adding it, but it was just too early in the PSP’s life cycle to implement it now.
The “second analog nub” mantra has since become sort of a call to arms for a vocal portion of PSP users. When Sony revealed that the new PSP Go would still have only one analog nub, these dissatisfied users ranted and raved about what they considered a “stupid” decision.
There’s a reason for every decision, though, no matter how stupid they may end up being sometimes. As for the lack of a second analog nub on the PSP Go, Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Worldwide Studios, says that they did consider adding it, but it was just too early in the PSP’s life cycle to implement it now. Here’s what he told GameInformer:
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 didnÂ’t want to divert their efforts either.
It actually makes sense to me. They did accede a bit and added support for the Sixaxis and DualShock 3 controllers, which is a welcome feature. Of course, I still expect a second analog stick on the PSP2 or whatever name they ultimately choose to call it, but that’s neither here or now. Any thoughts, guys?
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