Source: A "99% Chance" The PSP2 Will Debut At E3
See Full ImageThe PSP2 has been making the rounds recently; that doesn't mean the thing is real, but it certainly means there's more evidence of a possible E3 unveiling.
But there have been so many pieces of information, you might be feeling a tad overwhelmed. Therefore, VG247 has gathered up the available details and furthermore, according to inside sources, the PSP2 will indeed be announced next month at E3. The features? Well, first of all, it'll boast a couple cameras (one in front of the unit and one in back), the oft-rumored touchscreen along with the standard PlayStation button configuration, no physical media like the PSP Go (with the possibility of 3G), and lastly, a 2011 launch date. Oh, and it's supposed to be crazy powerful; the PSP2 will supposedly run on a four-core Cell processor, which sounds pretty darn insane. Now, obviously, the picture here is of a previous mock-up and isn't exactly accurate, which is why we should continue to take all of this with a grain of salt. However, considering the perceived lack of huge software at E3, something like the PSP2 could definitely heat things up... See, we can't have last year's bombshell when 10 minutes of God of War III closed Sony's press conference.
The PSP Go has not succeeded the way Sony has hoped, despite apparently hitting early expectations. The PSP2 might be just the unit to keep everyone involved in Sony's handheld world.
5/17/2010 8:52:08 PM John Shepard
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:18:58 PM
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Alienange
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:16:10 PM
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Zorigo
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 2:29:30 AM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 2:55:14 AM
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Highlander
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 1:33:35 PM
On that basis I am expecting either a cut down version of the Cell processor or some other mobile evolution of that technology so that the PSP2 can include the same deep hardware protection that the PS3 has.
Other than that, I think we'll see conventional controls, twin sticks, and touch screen. Not sure about twin camera's, that seems a waste. Whether it uses physical media or not is an interesting question. I don't think we'll see the return of UMD, but I'm not sure what they will do to replace it. I don't think anyone is ready for a completely solid state device. Perhaps they'll go for a read only version of the MemorySticks?
One thing I really want them to do is improve the battery life. I'll gladly carry an ounce or two more in the weight of the device if it lasts for 8 or more hours on battery.
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telly
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 2:37:44 PM
And @Godsman, trust me, you'll be thankful only a fellow PSX poster corrected you, not some hot date, potential employer, etc. :)
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DeathOfChaos
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 9:35:43 PM
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godsman
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 9:48:37 PM
Similarly, we cannot download PS2 games to our PS3 hard drives (even if we can play it), because each game is at least 4 gigs large.
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Kevadu
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:11:32 PM
I fail to see how that's a bad thing...
The DS is the best selling gaming device of all time.
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godsman
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:02:07 PM
Well I think DS is popular for their innovative gameplay. PSP is meant to be a media system. This is why PSP can exist side-by-side with Nintendo's dominant handheld system. I think Sony should continue to do so. They just need to improve their anti-piracy and make videos on PSP easier.
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kraygen
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:09:34 PM
I know several children under the age of 10 who are on at least their second ds because they left their first one out in the rain. Not their fault right? they're just kids.
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Alienange
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:18:31 PM
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VicTheMighty
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:28:38 PM
I'd rather have a 16gb extra sd card or twelve instead of having to carry discs lol XD.
And I seriously love the fact that the GO has no disc reader... I don't even use my 2000 anymore.
Got about 12 games on it with 300 songs and some small vids... Still 7gb free. ( granted all those gams are far from ALL beeing 1.5gb god of war ) But I still have FF VII on it with a couple of recent titles like Motor storm and EVEN DoA paradise LOL
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DeathOfChaos
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 10:16:17 AM
Didn't mean that part in a bad way, that's a plus side. But it would just feel like I'd be buying a DS though, ya know?
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BTNwarrior
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 9:42:14 PM
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BikerSaint
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:05:10 PM
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WTF? That's what their PSP Go is for so that part doesn't make a bit of sense to me.
If it is digital only, I can see it that it will become just another hard sell like the PSP Go is now.
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Kevadu
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:24:15 PM
Well I say tough cookies.
The ever-growing popularity of games on devices like the iPhone (that weren't even designed with games in mind) is impossible to ignore. Clearly there are plenty of people in the world perfectly comfortable with digital-only distribution. This can benefit the consumer as well, with lower prices and faster releases. Note: Prices are *not* lower--indeed they're often higher--on the PSP Go entirely because of deals Sony had to make with retailers in order to get them to carry the device. It's because Sony is trying to have things both ways that so many compromises had to be made.
The Gamestops of the world may hate digital distribution, but Gamestop is not the consumer. If it's something the consumer wants then they're going to have to adapt or die. There are other stores out there that sell electronics, and indeed Sony has many other product lines that do just fine through those channels.
If the PSP 2 was announced to be digital-only from the ground up and Sony actually had the guts to say, "F.U. Gamestop, we're not going to intentionally price this thing in such a way to discourage anyone from buying it just to make you happy", then I would be thrilled.
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Alienange
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:20:16 PM
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VicTheMighty
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:37:15 PM
I am pretty sure they already thought about the storage issue lol XD Lots of money involved in this.
They are going to amaze us and stuff. And seriously im all for the digital content. Games are also starting to be cheaper on the PSN compared to my retail store. ( Only 5 to 10$ diff but still cheaper :D ) ( And it is not all the games )
Guess the only Con to digital is the non-existent resell value XD. But at the same time the iPhone is the same and no one whines about not being able to resell their iPhone games and apps lol ( and some iPhone games and apps can be pretty pricey too )
Or you know maybe they could do like nintendo and release games on flashcards... A tad bigger like 16-32 gb flashcards lol. Because a disc reader is also pretty big and would make the console not fit in my pockets like PsP 3000 and such.
Digital is the future!!! All bow b4 its POWAAA
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BeezleDrop
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:15:23 PM
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hellish_devil
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:20:38 PM
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Catastrophe
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:34:34 PM
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I mean... a 4 cored CELL would totally devour the batteries in... what, half an hour?
seems it will be a beast either way.
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Catastrophe
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:36:11 PM
if yes: prepare for trouble, apple.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:37:32 PM
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Vitron
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:27:49 PM
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 12:28:43 AM
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DeathOfChaos
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totozero18
Thursday, May 20, 2010 @ 6:54:15 PM
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DeathOfChaos
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 10:26:47 AM
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Fane1024
Saturday, May 22, 2010 @ 6:31:09 PM
I still can't believe everyone complained about the PS3's price, but the iPhone largely got a pass.
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Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 10:45:56 PM
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eLLeJuss
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 12:27:47 AM
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DeathOfChaos
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 10:25:06 AM
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kraygen
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:13:38 PM
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So with all that in mind, I look forward to seeing if the rumors are true.
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eLLeJuss
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:19:04 PM
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Zorigo
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 2:32:59 AM
the new iphone is gonna be expensive.... and so is anything activision are releasing.
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eLLeJuss
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 1:02:45 PM
And what do u mean activision releasing expensive things. Almost every game starts off at $59.99 and goes down.
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Alienange
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:22:28 PM
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This news makes me nervous. Sony better not embarrass themselves again with a huge screen showing a huge price tag. Once was enough for me.
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gumbi
Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 11:48:57 PM
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And if it's a power house with a touch screen and 3G it'd be freakin sweet if Sony negotiated a deal to let us load Android on it... oh man... I would sell a kidney for that.
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Robochic
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 12:21:07 AM
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Zorigo
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 2:31:18 AM
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well seeing as i never got a psp but a DS, i dont know if i will have the money or the time. I'm just trying to wiegh it up. for everything that i would really want from a handheld, the DS seems fine.
I'll see whn it's released, weigh it up, and consider
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DeathOfChaos
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 10:20:33 AM
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eLLeJuss
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 1:09:10 PM
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 5:03:04 PM
<<<I'll see when it's released, weigh it up, and consider>>>
Well, if you really want to weigh it up right, do against all of the other PSp's too....
PSP 1000 293.5 grams
PSP 2000 175.1 grams (Slim)
PSP 3000 188.8 grams
PSP Go 43% lighter than 1000
Just kidding about you having to weight them all, but these "ARE" the real weights, I actually weighed all 3 of mine just for this silly post of mine, LMAO
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 2:44:08 AM
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You're preaching to the choir!!!!
And another thing, if going digital cheaper is so much cheaper for them(no overhead except for PSN server space), then they also need to pass a fair chunk of that saving's on to us too.
Full Digital games should be at the very least, $15 cheaper than their same $60 disc version counterparts.
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johnld
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 4:09:18 AM
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Deleted User
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 5:42:10 AM
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(*plays taps for the death of real video gaming*)
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Casual Friday
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 6:37:02 AM
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 7:26:30 AM
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Silent_J
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 8:19:27 AM
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hald
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 9:24:40 AM
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Doesn't that mean that it would NOT be revealed? XD
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camaro300zx
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 10:10:46 AM
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Maybe TheHighlander can answer that question.
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Highlander
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 1:43:45 PM
A mobile Cell would more than likely have less cache, and half the number of SPEs. It will have to be small and clocked lower than the 3.2GHz of the PS3 in order to save power. But I've never seen an announcement of such a development, so I don't know what they'll use.
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Fane1024
Saturday, May 22, 2010 @ 6:36:36 PM
And about 30 minutes of battery life.
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THEGODSLAYER
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 11:01:12 AM
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Highlander
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 1:50:17 PM
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Touch screen
higher resolution OLED screen
TWO analogs
Backwards compatible with PSP and PS1 games
built in microphone
built in accelerometers, and other motion detection like the sixaxis.
Magnetometer (my Droid has it, why not?)
Hi-res Camera (my Droid has it, why not?)
GPS receiver (my Droid...)
802.11n wireless ethernet (my Droid...)
3G broadband capable? (my Droid...)
BlueTooth (my Droid...)
Flash memory slots (two slots not one)
No UMD - 2/4GB flash RAM and ROM devices are stamped out by the gazillion, it has to be time to do away with the disc.
wireless USB & micro-USB socket
CPU - would like to see something like a mobile Cell, but that's not gonna happen. Needs to be 4 times faster than previous PSP.
GPU - mobile GPUs have come a long way, this should blow the PSP original out of the water.
256MB system memory & 256MB video memory - I see no reason why the system could not have as much system and video ram as a PS3. You don't need expensive XDR or GDDR3 memory for a mobile device.
Battery - This needs to be at least 2000mAh. The more battery they can squeeze into the thing the better. Even if it costs an additional couple of millimeters thickness and an ounce more weight, put a bigger battery on it please.
Oh, and a real blast from the past, this is from September 2009 also right here at PSX...
If it were me designing this beast, it would be thus <wish list mode>....
CPU - Mobile version of Cell BE with less cache, and only 4 SPEs, clocked at 500MHz, it would still be a powerhouse. Incorporate the original MIPs core as a service processor (also running the OS), and to provide for PSP compatibility.
GPU - one of nVidia's mobile efforts, it doesn't have to be stellar, since the screen will only be double the PSPs original screen resolution. Must be capable of emulating the original PSP GPU in software.
RAM - Embarrassing as it is, I'd drop in 512MB of RAM. Yes, this is as much as the PS3, but memory is cheap, and a very effective way to help performance.
Onboard storage - 16GB of Flash
LAN - 802.11n/g/b with WPA2
Other features - Bluetooth (can operate as a PS3 controller), touch screen, second analog stick, second set of shoulder buttons, two memory stick slots. Integrated multi-mega pixel camera.
There will be two versions - with and without UMD. The PSP will come with some mobile productivity apps to allow it to double up as a PDA. The PSP2 will not be a cell phone, but may use Bluetooth to integrate with compatible cell phones.
PSP2 will be 100% backwards compatible with the original PSP. The game library problems that the PSP faced will not be repeated. PSP2 will be even more secure than the current PSPs. Battery life will be as good or better than the current PSP, and a fuel cell power unit will be an option. The battery will not be able to push the PSP into service mode.
Last edited by Highlander on 5/18/2010 1:56:57 PM
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sha4dowknight05
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 2:38:40 PM
Hopefully Sony lowers the go to $200 and the normal PSP to $150 and if there is a PSP 2 $250 would be fine if it had the features Highlander has suggested. People buy Ipod touchs that cost $400 that has 64GBs in it so why complain about a PSP go running with $250?
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Highlander
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 3:04:01 PM
I don't know how much of the specification will happen, I'm still going by the feature lists that you see on smartphones like the Moto Droid for some reference point.
I'm not sure that a new PSP will launch this year, though it might be announced (no price) at E3, and then launch later. If I were Sony (and I'm not), I'd use the remainder of this calendar year to run down the PSP stock. I think that PSP2 will be 100% backward compatible with PSP games (downloadable versions), so there is zero reason to have the old PSP confusing consumers by still being available at retail. I do think that the PSP-Go is sitting at the price point ($250) that Sony wants to bring the PSP2 in at, but if they drop the price of the PS3 any further they will have to go with $200 for the PSP2. There is no way that a PSP2 will sell if it's priced as high as PS3, it has to be cheaper.
BTW I just had a thought. If Sony goes with Solid State storage for retail games using a Read only version of the MemoryStick, want to bet whether they use the name 'GameStick' for them?
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BikerSaint
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 4:45:00 PM
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Wouldn't it be great if Sony bought Droid & integrated everything into the new PSP-2.
A Sony Droid gaming handheld that does everything!
Hell, even ET would "call home" more often....
if he ever took a break from playing PeaceWalker
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Brownie2007
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 6:01:41 PM
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"VG247 goes digging. According to a source familiar with the matter, it’s “99 percent” it isn’t an E3 reveal."
I says a 99% chance of a PSP2 not being revealed at E3. So what is this article based on?
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cheeseburger
Monday, June 14, 2010 @ 12:58:10 AM
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my desktop is a 2 core processor wtf
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godsman
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Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 9:30:33 PM
I'm sure there'll be an improvement in PSP, but not PSP2 like the article described.