What’s the one thing every user wants in the PSP? If you said a blow job attachment, you’d be right. However, not what I was referring to in this case. I’m talking about a second analog nub. Think how much more you could with with a right analog stick on the PSP: better shooters, better platformer camera control, etc. While it would be great, Sony debating the issue and shot it down for the PSP Go. In the latest issue of Game Informer, the President of Sony Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida, talked about how it all went down.

“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.”

I completely see the point here. You can’t go changing the hardware that drastically with essentially a new package on the device; it would completely segment the market and cause consumer confusion. Now, when the PSP2 launches, I have a feeling a second analog nub will be among the new features being introduced. If Sony wants it already, you can bet they’ll work it in as soon as they can. What I wonder, though, is why the PSP Go was introduced instead of moving to the PSP2 already.

[via PlayStation LifeStyle]