A PSP I'd buy

I always hated the PSP, and since I had SMT: Persona delivered I had a PSP game but no PSP! Now I have to buy a PSP, but don't want to!

Hated PSP for various reasons, to me it is the best example of how to not make a handheld. It's bulky, heavy, ugly, power hungry, lacks games and innovation. Sony fixed a number of them, but I kept away due to principle and lack of playable games.

PSP Go had me hoping for a better PSP, but it wasn't any better, in fact it was worst in some ways, and while I liked the idea of killing UMD, I wanted Sony to go with flash cartridges and not digital distribution only. There was also no way of transferring UMD purchases, which means my SMT: Persona is unplayable.

How to make a better PSP:

Start with the PSP-3000

1. Use flash cartridges while offering a supported way of transferring UMD games
2. Internal storage, for digitally downloaded games and storting existing UMD games
3. Replace screen with the smaller PSP Go screen
4. Shrink device's width and height while keeping buttons the same size
5. Add a second thumbstick
6. Go for broke and make the screen touch sensitive, preferably multitouch

PSP-3000

PSP-4000S (a quick mockup I made)