Japan Is Ready For The PSP2

"The ongoing popularity of Sony's first handheld system stands as a testament to its success in Japan. The PSP has now grown up alongside a fresh generation of gamers, and the system has proven to Japan that someone other than Nintendo can make a great portable. This market is ripe, and I'm gonna come right out and predict that Sony uses its upcoming PlayStation event to unveil the future of handheld gaming with its second portable system: The PSP2." -The Most Interesting Gamer in the World

[alexcosborn]

I know, seriously. I am SO ready for another Sony handheld.

[doctorstrange]

Now Feb 20th makes total sense!

[profgerbik]

Really, you think they are releasing an entirely new PS Vita when it's only been out a year. With practically another 9 years left in it's cycle?

Where do you people come up with these wild accusations.

This crap is getting old, first people are assuming it's about the PS4 now people are assuming they are already releasing a new PS Vita, which in fact the PS Vita is the PSP 2.. which is even more stupid to think about..

I thought this article was just talking about how Japan is finally buying PS Vita's but then it turned into another huge assumption just pulled out of someones ass or magic 8 ball.

[dlpg585]

@profgerbik
are you sheldon? and can i have your autograph?
srsly though, the comments and the article are in jest. people aren't that stupid dude.

[Kevin ButIer]

if true... here you have a PS Vita mad user...

[darthv72]

@profgerbik
to be fair, the psp 2000 series came out roughly 2 years after the original 1000 series. With that they made some important improvements. Such as a better screen, doubled the internal RAM and changed the placement of the speakers to make it sound better. They also added TV out.

If sony were to revise the Vita, why is it so hard to believe that it would be a year after the initial release? They could do some similar improvements (especially TV out) while at the same time, reduce production costs like 'possibly' removing the 3G support.

Looking back at the adoption rate of the PSP 1000 vs the 2000 we can see the 2000 (and 3000) sold to a higher number than the original 1000. Sony making a Vita slim could lead to increased sales of the newer unit over that of the original.

IMO a big disappointment in the Vita was lack of direct UMD compatibility. But hey, sony had their reasons for dropping the format in favor of the Vita's.

[Gamer1982]

Indeed Vita is still in its infancy theres not way Sony can afford anew handheld right now since they made ZERO profit from Vita yet.

[Ju]

I miss the big red "/s" in that article. Reading through that seems they are serious. Seriously? BTW: Did you know that Vita devkits are internally referred to as PSP2?

[morkendo23]

your article is bad you should feel extremely bad

[mi_titan27]

an interesting thing to point out, this is not an image of a PSP2 (playstation portable 2), rather a PS2P (playstation 2 portable)

[strifeblade]

maybe its a ps vita 2000 with a price cut to 199.99? kina like psp 2000????

[007Bond]

Keep being ready handheld sales are trash nobody wants to develop for a dying market.

[insertcoin]

The Vita just needs a Monster Hunter to do well in Japan.

[Jason143]

thanks now I dont have to say it for the umpteenth time. Sadly nintendo has exclusive titles so they are going to have to come up with monster hunter 5. Dont know how long exclusive lasts. We will have to see how long before minecraft hits sony to figure that one out.I bit the bullet and bought a 3dsxl for MH. I figure if sony did have a title it would be portable 3rdG or something and Im so sick of that game after playing it to death on ps3 import. The question is do I hold onto my vita now. We have phantasy star 2 which is free to download and play coming but its also on pc. Im not sure what to do. I would hate to sell it and regret it but all I have played since launch is freedom unite and dracula x psp on it.

[bothebo]

I think there was an article on here stating that Nintendo will get MH exclusives until 2014. HOWEVER, we have Soul Sacrifice coming out! This game is supposed to be similar to MH but it is rumored to be even better since there is more depth to it. If I were you, I would not sell my Vita because we are only just starting to see quality games come out for it.

[Protagonist]

JP also needs new IP´s. My point is it does not have to be MH that does the job, Soul Sacrifice might be a big booster for the PS VITA in JP.

[badjournalism]

Your article is bad and you should feel bad.

[dbjj12088]

I liked the article. It's hard to be a Vita owner, and really the performance of the handheld is a joke. Might as well have fun with it.

[adorie]

The Vita's performance is far from a joke, sales and games, however are lacklustre compared to what it deserves.

The tools are there,the hardware is definitely there, but the games in amount and quality are lacking. There are some gems out there for the little powerhouse, but not enough, I fear.

[TongkatAli]

I feel bad for you.

[LordHiggens]

Dude have you seen the new PSV Killzone? Have you played Uncharted? The PSV is a powerhouse...there are two things needed for it's success and revival.

1. Price Drop.

2. Price Drop...on memory

That's it.

[knifefight]

PSP got its own original Metal Gear close to launch, and had its own original Final Fantasy announced and with screenshots within about a year of release. I hope the same thing happens with the next PSP, because I like those series.

[dbjj12088]

I know this is all in jest but as a Vita owner it makes me quite sad.

[ziggurcat]

"Japan Is Ready For The PSP2"

it's called the PSvita, you fool.

[Shadow Man]

more like psp beta.
jk

[WeAreLegion]

The Vita already has more must-have titles than the PSP had, throughout its lifetime. I don't understand the gripes.

[Kalowest]

"The Vita already has more must-have titles than the PSP had, throughout its lifetime"
WTF, no it doesn't.

[KwietStorm]

No it really does not.

[Kingthrash360]

Not yet at least. Psp saw similar hardware sales and got a lot of support. I dont think the devs would pass on a system like the vita. Once it gets a price drop hardware sales will pick up thwn we will see games like gta and mgs *if phantom pain isnt for vita* and the others...not to mention the multiplayer aspect of the sports games and fighting games (I really want tekken). The psp had a great amount of support better games but just wait like we did with the psp, the vota will have its day

[Kratoscar2008]

Really? I can only think of like 3 Must have tittles:

1. P4G (Altough i have the PS2 version so im not totally interested).

2. Uncharted Golden Abbyss

3. Gravity Rush

After that there arent too much games that a gamer must have.

I have nothing agaisnt the Vita is just that i love my PSP more.

[Ult iMate]

PSP didn't had titles that strong in its first year. Not to mention other good games like Assassin's Creed Liberation, LBP, Zero Escape, Ninja Gaiden, Unit 13, a bunch of good fighting games and some others.

[Protagonist]

"After that there arent too much games that a gamer must have"

Are you Pachter? please stop telling what gamers "must have" and talk solely for yourself.

I personally want most of the 60+ and upcoming PS VITA games.

[Kalowest]

I have P4G and Gravity Rush both are really awesome. I played the Ucharted demo and hated it.

[TheLastGuardian]

I don't know about throughout it's lifetime, but it's definitely off to a better start than the PSP was game wise. I barely had anything to play on my PSP the first year or so. The Vita however is a completely different story, it's got more good games than I can keep up with. All the bitching about the Vita's library is really uncalled for. It's got a great library.

Good PS Vita games I own:

Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation
Lumines: Electronic Symphony
Dokuro
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Gravity Rush
WipEout 2048
Persona 4 Golden
Mortal Kombat
Ragnarok Odyssey
LittleBigPlanet PS Vita
Super Stardust Delta
Mutant Blobs Attack
Escape Plan
PlayStation All-Stars
Jet Set Radio
Puddle
Frobisher Says
Retro City Rampage
MotorStorm RC
Sound Shapes
Foosball 2012
Jetpack Joyride
Stardrone Extreme
Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus

Good looking PS Vita games I don't own yet:

Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Smart As
Sine Mora
escapeVektor
MGS HD Collection
Unit 13
Touch My Katamari
Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational
Need For Speed: Most Wanted
New Little King's Story
Silent Hill: Book of Memories
Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed
Street Fighter X Tekken
Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
Orgarhythm
Sumioni: Demon Arts
Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend
When Vikings Attack
Knytt Underground
Big Sky Infinity
Rayman Origins
Army Corps of Hell
DJ Max Technika Tune

Upcoming PS Vita games I'm getting:

Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
Guacamelee!
Tearaway
Killzone: Mercenary
Soul Sacrifice
Warrior's Lair
Phantasy Star Online 2

There's more than enough good games to play on the Vita. Some people are just too hard to please or don't know what they're missing.

[FamilyGuy]

From your list it looks like the Vita is in serious need of some RPGs. Maybe they just aren't listed because of your particular gaming preference though?

[Kalowest]

I didn't see any good PSN games for Vita and I'm not buy console ports for Vita(I can play them on my PS360). When it come to actual Vita only games theirs not alot right now.

[remanutd55]

And im ready to see the psvita future on the 20th, i know i already saw a glimpse (Sly, Soul Sacrifice, Tearaway, Killzone Mercenary) but i think sony needs to announce new vita games at the event, a price drop wouldnt hurt either.

[BIGTAMR]

This article is terrible it's like it was written before the vita was released...
The vita is the psp2 just sony seems to have forgotten how to market the system as well as make decent games like the psp. 3ds was just the same in the first year before the price cut and the stream of games! So sony if you read this take the opportunity to make better games for the vita and make people buy it like the psp!

[pedroyamato]

This is a joke right?

[Ripsta7th]

WTF?? I dont think sony would do this, that would mean R.I.P vita :( and also alot of angry PS Vita owners. Feb 20 is going to be Gaikai and maybe a little ps4 tease

[-Gespenst-]

This article's a joke right? He's like pretending the Vita never came out to make points about how a PSP successor aught to be... I think.

I'm barely bothered to read this. I suppose it makes all the points we're familiar with.

[animegamingnerd]

wow why do people think if a system is not selling well the company should kill it and make a new one news flash it didn't work out so well when sega did it

[danny818]

This is an old article -.-

[nevin1]

I still think PSP2 should of been the name.

[Soldierone]

1 Sony announcing "PSP 2" would kill their market entirely. You don't put out Vita and market it, then randomly abandon it.... Vita IS PSP2, buy it or don't. Sony also stands behind their product for years before letting them go completely. Several MP3 players and so on in their history totally bombed, but they kept support behind them for at least 5 years.

2 Why would Sony host an event and fly everyone out for game announcements to Vita? like I've been saying, game announcements would be held at Destination PlayStation or around E3 for convenience of PR. Especially for Vita unless it's confirming MGS5 on it lol

[CNCOMICS]

LMAO! That must have been ghost written by Darth Clark from the Game Infarcer magazine!

Seriously, take it down a notch guys, he is clearly joking.

[profgerbik]

Was it hard to tell, either way it's really not that funny. If you want hits to your site write good articles then not nonsense jokes.

[profgerbik]

There articles are getting ridiculous just completely random assumptions now.

Also the PS Vita is the PSP 2.. It would be completely moronic for Sony to start making a completely new handheld when currently it isn't selling well now as it is. From a business perspective you would want to sell the first version well before even attempting losing money on a new one.

And no I am not hating on the Vita, I bought one and couldn't be happier with the purchase I just think these articles about this Feb 20th event are getting completely out of hand.

Something someone could've wished up with a Magic 8 ball.

Shake, shake, shake "Will Sony release a new handheld on the 20th?" Magic 8 ball says yes, it must be true!

[shadow2797]

I think the world is ready for the PSP2, we've been waiting way too long for a successor to the great PSP.

I also think Nintendo should announce the Wii 2 at E3 this year and catch Sony and Microsoft off-guard. Maybe they can find some way to combine the DS and Wii so you're gaming at home on two screens with optional motion control. That would be awesome.

Speaking of successors, when is Microsoft going to release the sequel to Windows 7? I love that OS, I just wish it was more tablet-y.

Sony should also give us some more information on that NGP thing they told us about a while ago. Maybe they'll do a full reveal of that right after they announce the PSP2.

I'll be interested to see the responses to this post. Judging by the above responses to this article, they should be pretty amusing.

[Funky_Homosapien]

There is nothing wrong with psp vita they just need to drop the price look at nintendo 3ds when they dropped the price is when the sales exploded.

[Slayer1o7]

sony at playstation meeting, we will like to annonce that their will not be a new home console due to the lack of fans intrested in sony preoducts we will be using gaikai to stream new games onto the ps3. everyones eyes wide open O_______O

[e-p-ayeaH]

It would be something more like this

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[Xer0_SiN]

what? why? the vita is a dream machine. the thing just barely released. like sony said it best, sony products run marathons not sprints.

[Chrono]

Vita is not PSP2, it's not a replacement for PSP, I wish it did have a UMD slot, at least the initial version...

[hot4play]

There is a PSP2 --- its called the PS VITA.

What a joke of an article. Time to down-vote this article and site!

[knifefight]

I love my Vita, but Japan ain't buying it. That's the point of the article.
Are you really getting your panties in a bunch over an article about how the Vita sales in Japan could improve? Vita sales in Japan are LOW and that's just a fact. The PSP is outselling it almost constantly -- in December, PSP sales tripled Vita sales. It's almost as if the system doesn't even exist; that's the subtle message of this article. But apparently it's a little *too* subtle for you, since you didn't get it. ;)

[Tultras]

It's not because of the difference in hardware.

It's because that Japanese developers are supporting more PSP games than vita.

[knifefight]

Bingo. And that's exactly what the article says -- in so many words.

[JimmyDanger]

If such a mythical creature existed, with a UMD drive for my mountain of PsP games I need to catch up on, with memory stick pro duo support, and all the features of vita - and maybe even with a less android-y, better integrated OS/UI, I'd go buy one at launch. I rate the vita, but there are a number of reasons I haven't rushed out and bought one yet. A PsP2, that does all that, would leave me, and a great many psp owners who haven't yet jumped to Vita, almost no reasons not to go out and get one straight away.

By doing this, they'd most likely annoy Ps Vita owners (around 3 million people) , and delight and entice PsP owners (around 70 million people). Surely the numbers make sense. They'd double the Vita sales in 3 months. 10 million worldwide by 2014 - at the least. And with new games basically being vita games (and %100 compatible with existing Vitas), Vita fans of today could look forward to a bigger stream of games to be released than the current user base could support - so really - everybody wins.

Original phat DS, Chunky psp 1000, Original GBA (non sp), lynx 2, even the gameboy colour and mini to a certain extent - not to mention pspgo - the handheld platform has always been one of newer hardware superseding the original model, often a great deal - so it could hardly be seen as reckless. Just follow the handheld success golden rules (copyright Nintendo) 1) It's ok to release a new model, with new features, in the same Gen, as long as the software remains compatible. 2)Always keep backwards compatibility at least one Gen previous. Simple! They dropped the ball with rule 2 with the Vita, and they'd have a great chance to correct this oversight.

Shame it's a joke article, because seriously, this would be great for - 1) everyone who owned/owns a psp and haven't upgraded yet 2)everyone who owns a Vita who is worried about the medium to long term viability of the platform receiving numerous quality releases on a platform with very low sales. 3)The devs who have supported/and/or want to support Vita but are worried about sales/size of potential market for their games. 4)Sony, who sell (easily) 10 million PsP 2s in the first 12 months, and can put Vitas difficult first year behind them. 5) Me. I'd get one straight away!

[DivineAssault]

nope.. Price cut for both vita & ps3 will happen as well as some game announcements for both.. Then vita sales will surge in japan just like 3DS did.. Then vita will get even more games

[givemeshelter]

This made me laugh LOL

[koehler83]

This is satire.. right?

[Gamerita]

japan needs PS4 because i need it.