Very bad concept, firstly it's incomplete the back has no design, no speakers, head phone slot, on/off button, wireless button etc. The mini blu-ray is a good idea as well as the ability to touch the screen for xmb options, the touchscreen dpad is a very bad idea as it is impractical and you'll probably end up breaking the screen when you have to button bash or "touchscreen bash". Also it needs physical analog sticks, and the R/L buttons look ridiculous.
Also it needs to be a lot wider so it doesn't look awkward like it does now.
I think a touchscreen would be great for xmb functions, etc.. but for gaming... I think it is a waste of time. You need an actual analog stick on it... I don't see how it would work as well with just a touchscreen dpad. But overall, as mentioned... I think it is long overdue for a psp overhaul. It could be so much more and I don't care what they charge for it.
Looks horrible. Impractical. Uncomfortable. The list goes on...and that's just from looking at it. So far my favorite concept is: http://img212.imageshack.us...
That's actually not a bad design mock-up. Would be very intresting to see what something like this could potentially cost. I like it and all but the transparent buttons and anolog thumb sticks hmmmm.... I'm not so sure how that would function with the entire interface being touch sensitive. You could accidentally bring up the xmb if the action got to tense. LOL!!!!
All in all it's rather pretty... although probably pretty expensive if it was an actual HD screen an mini Blu-Ray, oh ad let's not forget the harddrive.
That looks sexy but after you would touch it then it would look bad because of the finger prints. So if this would ever become the PSP2 I hope that it would come in another color other then black.
Thats what I thought at first glance playing the Nintendo DS with the stylus. But if the game is good enough it's easily over shadowed being a problem.
Are you guys seriously saying this could be great?
pad on the screen? = WTF? how can you see what you're playing if your hands are all over it... it will certainly be a touchscreen but the buttons has to be separate!
Battery space / connection ports have not been allocated on this mock up. It does seem nice, but not 100% viable. (not enough buffering space around the screen.) Would like to still see the old WLAN hard-switch.
I'll say this however, given the state of OLEDs and the size of Blu-Ray diodes, a touch version could possibly be in the future. Probably replace the red laser UMD drive for a BR-UMD.
The last important component for making such a device is the processor. I just don't think there's one that would push a new generation of hand-helds just yet.
Actually PSP sales have gone up because of some other factors:
* The introduction of the PSP Slim
* Monster Hunter 2 (in Japan at least)
* Upcoming games like God of War
I have bought a Ceramic White PSP, because of the Slim edition and upcoming God of War + the homebrew fun. No intention to buy and connect to a PS3. Heck, almost all people I know with a PSP don't own a PS3, but a 360 or a Wii or both...
Awesome concept. I like the transparent buttons on the screen.
Would hate to drop that thing by accident.
That's actually not a bad design mock-up. Would be very intresting to see what something like this could potentially cost. I like it and all but the transparent buttons and anolog thumb sticks hmmmm.... I'm not so sure how that would function with the entire interface being touch sensitive. You could accidentally bring up the xmb if the action got to tense. LOL!!!!
All in all it's rather pretty...
although probably pretty expensive if it was an actual HD screen an mini Blu-Ray, oh ad let's not forget the harddrive.
That looks sexy but after you would touch it then it would look bad because of the finger prints. So if this would ever become the PSP2 I hope that it would come in another color other then black.
Well I guess an option to lock the XMB could be possible, maybe on the side. thanks for all of the feedback
IDK, this one is neat and all but I find the other concepts posted on N4G a lot better.