The PSP does a lot of things right. The one thing that really blows about the system though is that d-pad. It's just horrible. There's no good way to control a fighting game on the PSP ...

At the risk of appearing controversial, we'll say it: the PSP D-pad is smelly doo-doo when it comes to fighting games. Sony whipped together one hell of a system in the PSP, but fighting games ...

Miyamootoo from GameBrink sends us word of a new PSP D-pad cover that will come with the Japanese release of Tekken. No word on a US release of the accessory, but we wouldn't mind having 8 ...

Some other subtler improvements were made to the PSP's D-pad, which was raised slightly due to consumer feedback that cited poor feedback, as well as a repositioning of the PSP's speakers from the ...

Better yet, PSP Go's D-Pad is nowhere near as painful for playing the game as the PSP Fat was when it was first released on UMD. So you get faster load times, no pain and a fraction of the ...

In terms of operation, the inclusion of PSP-3000 style d-pad and face buttons is a nice touch. Pulling off combos and more complex moves in games like Tekken didn't present us with much of a ...

Now we need to go to the main portion of the PSP and cut an opening in the plastic D-pad base on the , as shown below. This hole will vary in size depending on what type jack you use and where you ...

It’s the triangle button by default on the PSP, even though you accelerate and ... ways—you still lose speed on the stick versus the D-pad. Hard steer is only supposed to unlock that upper ...

I fired up my PSP-3000 yesterday to give the service a whirl ... automatically zipping from panel to panel every time you bump the d-pad to the right. This auto-pilot feature doesn't always ...

The D-Pad is above the analog stick (the way it should ... This time around it’s Dreamcast and PSP emulation that proved touch and go. I had to turn frame skipping on for most games.

If the new device is coupled with the video out function of the slimline PSP, it could allow players to control PSP games via their TV and the new PlayStation 2 or 3 gamepad making it a full blown ...