Save state feature on PSPgo supports drop in, drop out play
Feature allows you to quit games without saving, then resume progress
Just two weeks before the launch of PSPgo and we're still learning new things about the portable including this welcome surprise: save state.
What's that, you ask? It's a feature that enables you to exit a game at any point - during a fight, a race, a cutscene, whatever - and return to it later.
Unlike a regular save, however, you're able to do this at any time during play; in other words, you don't have to reach a save point.
It functions similarly to the iSave feature used in iPhone published by ngmoco that lets you resume gameplay after having taken a call, respond to a text message, or accidentally hit the home button.
Save state on PSPgo works by pressing the PlayStation button on the handheld to bring up a "Pause Game" option. Once selected, you're dropped back to the cross media bar. Scrolling through the games tab prompts a "Resume Game" that you can select when you're ready to get back into the game.
GameSpot UK broke the story, demonstrating the feature while playing MotorStorm: Arctic Edge. It's not clear if the save state data is retained in the event you power off your PSPgo.
Since the feature works independently of hardware, there's a possibility save state could make its way to older PSP models in a firmware update.
PSPgo launches in the UK and US Tuesday, October 1.
