PSP2 May be Coming Sooner Than Later

PlayStation LifeStyle writes, "The PlayStation Portable 2 has long been rumored for what seems like eons now. PSP2 has been the subject of speculation, artists renditions, forum battles, but never the subject of a Sony press release. We all know Sony is hard at work developing the next generation PlayStation Portable. While it's not ready for official unveiling, recent discoveries indicate that may happen sooner than you think."

[kaveti6616]

It's *than* for f*ck's sake.

[Sigh]

lol

[Jrome]

It's coming soon...and then it's coming later. lol...it will be coming at both times.

[DoucheVader]

Hey it's late. :P Some of us work you know.

[PeptoBismol]

kaveti, your wrong. check ur grammer plzzzzzz

[ThatArtGuy]

You should also check your spelling before commenting on grammar. :P

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

So much fail.

[jmare]

Kaveti is correct. It's "than" not "then". It's than because it's a comparison rather THAN it being chronological. The sentence as it is, is literally saying that the PSP2 is coming out soon and then again later. If you're going to call someone out for being wrong, make sure you're right.

[Noctis Aftermath]

I hope that somehow this year sony can keep a their hardware 'boat' waterproof.... leaks are no fun, i'd rather see the hardware revealed with a big bang(full specs, lots of game videos etc) then some leaked screenshots and tidbits on some random website.

Either way the PSP2 is coming to E3 this year, i just hope it's like a portable naquadah generator.

[Tachyon_Nova]

How do you manage to get disagrees for that, it's a fact...

[sikbeta]

E310 = PSP²

Playstation Portable + Phone

·CPU: 800MHz
·2 Analogue sticks
·Mini-BR-D
·Touchscreen
·Unhackeable

[silvacrest]

nice dream huh?

honestly, im not mocking you, if sony can achieve that......it would be the equivalent of the PS3 slim with a price cut

"fingers crossed"

[darthv72]

sony will have to say something considering nintendo has announced their next DS. Seems only logical that it would be something about a psp follow up.

[HolyOrangeCows]

Bring it on. Two sticks, better security so that we see better support and less piracy, maybe a touchscreen and an accelerometer, and MOAR POWA!

[Karooo]

PSP2 will have less hype now.

[Philaroni]

The PSP GO was a test model to see how well an all digital system would do. Nothing more.

My educated guess would be is the PSP UMD will be phased out slowly same with the PSPs and the GO will become the main PSP when the PSP2 comes out. By then (PSP2 more or less would come out Spring of next year is my guess.) we will have most of the best PSP games on the PSN. I am sure the PSP2 will be all digital as it should.

I think the PSP2 is really going to impress people, they are not only playing against the game market but also the multi media (Iphone, Ipad) and on the rental side against Itunes.

[crck]

If the PSPGo has shown Sony anything its that people don't want all digital. NPD doesn't separate PSP and PSPGo numbers but looking at sales in Japan its obvious the PSPGo is getting trounced in sales at almost a 18 to 1 clip by the regular PSP. Something in the neighborhood of 36k PSPs a week to 2k PSPgos a week.

[ThanatosDMC]

I'm hoping it looks as sexy or sexier than the PSPGo. I also hope it's as portable.

Now i just want dual analogues for FPS games and let it be able to play graphically awesome games. Then i want my Uncharted Portable and my MAG portable.

Let there be 3G-4G and all phone services support, better web browser, PS3 capabilities with it's video, music, and picture files compatibility, and let it all be digital with two m2 or micro SD slots and a built in 32+gb internal memory... lots of ram... etc.

Sony had better come out with those 2TB memory sticks soon!!! http://www.sonyinsider.com/...

[T3mpr1x]

@crck, people are definitely okay with all-digital: just look at the iPhone/iPod touch. The problem was that the PSPs with UMD drives were cheaper than the PSP Go and provided the exact same games. With a PSP2 it will be an entirely new platform and hopefully reasonably priced. Here's hoping for above PS2-level graphics and dual analog sticks/raised nubs!

[darthv72]

To some extent I agree with that thought. The problem with it though was the fact that game devs were still releasing their games on UMD. If sony really wanted it to take off then they could have asked the devs to release the digital versions of their games up to a month ahead of the UMD. This could have sparked interest in the DD format of the go in that people who wanted the newest game could get it sooner than the physical.

Now with the psp2 they could expand that further. Making the unit BC with current digital psp titles as well as newer ones ONLY available in digital form for the psp2. I am sure there are several aspects of the go that are being looked at as building blocks for the psp2.

[shadow2797]

^I could definitely see the PSP2 being backwards compatible with digital PSP1 games. But I don't see Sony abandoning physical media or giving the shaft to the customers that prefer digital media. I think Sony will stick to their current model and offer both as a choice.

But as for physical media, the PSP2 won't have UMD. It wouldn't be enough storage. I'm not sure if Sony will try to push the PSP2's physical media quite as hard as they pushed UMD. I don't think movie studios will be willing to take another risk like that.

But I'm fairly certain there will be some kind of physical media. Maybe they'll just provide games on proprietary memory sticks. 8 Gb memory sticks are fairly cheap nowadays. They also read faster and are much quieter. What do you think?

[Sigh]

it would be nice to see the 3DS and PSP2 both shown at this year's E3.

[Philaroni]

Yes and no, the PSP and DS might as well be black and white. Both target very different markets. Its stupid that they get compared honestly. Its like comparing a toy dart gun to an M16. Also it would not surprise me if the PSP2 has 3D support. Which would be cool and it fits with Sony's current PR talk.

[tweet75]

that is so cool announce a major console release and say it will be out in a week. Dont make the people wait. Id love that.

[DoucheVader]

It would be impossible to keep the hardware that under wraps if you had a launch 2 weeks after the announce. You would never get all the developers to comply with keeping quiet (like not a peep).

Unless you want a platform to launch without any games, I don't see how this is possible.

[Pedobear Rocks]

Apple seems quite capable of doing it. There is no reason SONY couldn't especially if alot of the launch games were from their inhouse studios, of which they own many.

The launch of the 3DS will push SONY to act faster than they wanted and I think we will have news at TGS but not E3.

[xaviertooth]

bots are on their 4th 360 because it was a rushed product

[Meryl]

i would not be surprised if they have had a fifth one as well, yet they keep on coming back for more, i guess it explains the sales for the x360, true user base is 10 million x 4 rrod per person =40 million x360's