PSP2: Sliding touchscreen & dual analogue sticks ?
Some fresh new rumors have come out for April 2009 and no there not April fools jokes. Not this one via Chris James @ Pocket Gamer
There’s also been a lot of talk about how Sony might react to the competition on offer from the phenomenal success of Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch.
Unsurprisingly the console manufacturer has been comparatively mute in both cases, denying the existence of a PSP sequel and any threat from Apple. However, having spoken to an insider source – who’s not Dave Perry, but is a developer working on the new hardware – we can reveal that the new handheld will arrive before Christmas and will be far more similar to the iPhone than the current device.
Like Apple’s newcomer, the PSP 2 will be a compact device with a large touchscreen. However, where Sony’s machine has the edge is when the touchscreen is slid open as it reveals familiar buttons, D-pads and – praise the Lord of Handhelds – dual analogue controls.
This new format should allow for both existing hardcore console titles as well as simpler touchscreen games along the lines of those currently available in the App Store. And like the App Store, (and in the absence of UMD), the games will all be available for digital download via the PlayStation Store.
Although this hasn’t been confirmed, our speculation is that Sony’s initial plans for a small upgrade to a PSP 4000 model have since been accelerated by the success of the iPhone and arrival of Nintendo DSi.
As yet those are all the details we have, but we understand the full specs and pricing will be unveiled at E3 in June.
I guess we just have to wait till E3 to see if Sony will announce the PSP2 or just a lame PSP-4000 revision….Stay tuned.
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April 17, 2009 at 11:42 am
i bet when it come out it will be really expensive like the psp was when it first came out
But i think it look’s rather cool
May 2, 2009 at 2:37 am
It wont probably enable homebrew.
May 2, 2009 at 2:47 am
looks too fragile……i’ll prob be scared to also carry it around with the fear of it being stolen…..
May 16, 2009 at 12:48 pm
WoW,
if the Psp2
really looks like that then iam gona find it verrrry
hard to play fast paced games
E.G call of duty /Grand theft auto sanandreas stories
May 27, 2009 at 12:33 am
thing looks huge isnt the idea of a psp playstation portable is to well be portable
May 27, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Honestly, I really like this concept. The only gripe that I have about it is the location of the shoulder buttons. What if there is a game that requires you to push L1 and L2 at the same time? Sure you could still do it, but I don’t think it would be the most comfortable thing in the world. Incredible screen!!!!
May 31, 2009 at 6:34 am
How much would that be? Maybe I Would swap my PSP 3000 with that. It’s pretty cool. But I think this PSP Go will need to download games from PSN in order for you to play.?
May 31, 2009 at 6:34 am
I like it!
June 1, 2009 at 5:32 am
The PSP Go! is confirmed. Go to http://pspslimhacks.com/psp-go-confirmed-internal-16gb-flash-memory-no-umd/ for details. For me, it’s ain’t fair for PSP 3000 Community!!!!
July 21, 2009 at 2:24 pm
this is fake……………….fuck sony
November 18, 2009 at 10:22 am
I can not belive I took this serious. WELL DONE YOU HAVE JUST DESCRIBED THE NEW PSP GO. Looks like this website is pubilshed way too early to even think of a new PSP 2. Next time get your facts right before posting junk and belive what you want to beleve but I can never see two analogs and touchscreen on the same console, there is no point for them both.
November 29, 2009 at 11:31 pm
lmao….. the last two guys that posted b4 me may be right…… sony just released the new psp go…….. but IF sony is making psp2 this early….. that would be awesome but i bet its probably gonna take like 1 or 2 years to finnish….. so dont freak out guys x3
March 21, 2010 at 6:46 am
better not be a psp-4000 to many psp’s out just release a successor “PSP2″ and let it come with a umd drive or a disc slide in like the playstation 3 take the little disc out of the white case thing and slide it in the psp2 that would be wonderful
July 23, 2010 at 9:25 pm
HEY!!!!! vinnyboiler the psp go is just a revision of the psp 3000 with a new body not that muck of huge difference the new post on this site say that the psp2 should be introduced at CES 2011