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[Raptrex]

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    Nearly 5,000 units are returned to Sony for buggy button; Kutaragi unapologetic about the handheld’s design.
    TOKYO–About 4,800 Japanese PSPs have been returned to Sony due to problems with the handheld’s square button, according to a recent interview with Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi in Nikkei Business magazine.

    Kutaragi acknowledged that the button is less responsive than the others, in part because it’s so close to the PSP’s 480x272 screen. Because there isn’t enough room to put the square button’s detection switch directly underneath, it’s off to the right, making it less responsive–and sometimes causing it to stick.

    Nikkei Business reported that, to date, .6 percent of the 800,000 shipped units have been returned to Sony for repair. Kutaragi was unapologetic about the issue: “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. I didn’t want the PSP’s LCD screen to become any smaller than this, nor did I want its machine body to become any larger.

    “The button’s location is [architectured] on purpose,” Kutaragi added. “It’s according to specifications. This is something that we’ve created, and this is our specification. There was a clear purpose to it, and it wasn’t a mistake.”

    Offering additional testimony praising the handheld, Kutaragi said, “I believe we made the most beautiful thing in the world. Nobody would criticize a renowned architect’s blueprint that the position of a gate is wrong. It’s the same as that.”

    By Staff – GameSpot
    POSTED: 01/24/05 02:52 PM PST

heres a image of the inside of the psp





this FRILLIN sucks
and games better not use the square button much

[dropout21]

its not that it doesnt work its just not extremely responsive like the others. i find games dont use the [] button alot currently, especially shooters. it can be a jump tho some times. i reallly dont see this being a HUGE issue and basicly he said there arent gunna do anything about it so.. no use complaining

[Joshthegreat]

I'm sure if they get too many complaints from people who can't addapt to it. They may make some with a more responsive square button? Well who knows. It's been out in Japan for ages and there is no articles in gaming sites that say the Japanese are getting tired of it...

[Raptrex]

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Sony Fixes PSP Flaw
Japanese units' square button woes solved
by Christian Nutt
02/22/2005
Sony has announced that a flaw in the PSP's manufacturing process that could lead to stuck square buttons has been resolved. According to PlayStation.jp's support section, the molding of the casing was the problem. Units manufactured in the new year no longer suffer from the problem, thanks to new procedures; older units that did were under warranty and have been repaired or replaced by Sony.

Sony has previously claimed that only 0.6% of the units shipped last year were repaired for square button problems. Anecdotal evidence suggests the problem is more widespread. Either way, it's now resolved, which means that statistics are largely moot.

they finally fixed it

http://psp.1up.com/d...ory?cId=3138532

[stifmeister659]

Raptrex, on Feb 15 2005, 11:48 PM, said:

heres a image of the inside of the psp


this FRILLIN sucks
and games better not use the square button much

Ba

[XeNoToSs]

there are also more problems. users may experience an air bubble on their lcd screen. along with the fact that there might be DEAD PIXELS on the screen. another problem is that if u twist the psp (ex. ur playing a game and ur very into it. ur D-PAD hand pulls that side and ur x triangle square etc button sided hand pushes.) the back of the psp (the part where u put the game disc) will pop out. the disc will acuually pop out.

these problems are rare but dont try to twist ur brand new psp.

[Joshthegreat]

Well can I just say that when reading OPS2 (Official Playstation2 Magazine) Febuary edition, they said that on their PSP none of the glitches or problems turned out to be true. And the square button on their console works absolutley fine. So, can I just say that if there is a problem, it's evidently hardly something worrying about. So no worries people!

[coolboy]

Also somewhere I read that the US and PAL PSPs won't have that problem

So don't worry, SONY will take care of that minor problems!

[stevey]

well sonny are by no doubt really good game makers but they are twice as good as ripping people of, its certein that the psp is so sexy but, well the price tag and that of the games and accessories and memory cards, its like someone living you int the desert with food worth for only a week.as much as i like sony i jus dont like the style.

[dontmaimyourself]

I know this was a while ago, but I must say I have never experienced any of these problems (barring one , hardly noticable, dead pixel). That is however becuase my PSP is fairly new, so these problems have been sorted out. I will agree that Kutaragi was abit foolish (arrogant, too) to claim that it was a design choice.

P.S. about the twisting thing, you know you really shouldn't be twisting your PSP, anyway (now maybe I need to work out more) I really cannot twist my PSP (not that I would) I'ts pretty rigid. and The new ones (the white ones especially) are supposed to be even better quality.