Thu, Aug 19, 2010 | 21:15 BST
Rumour: PSP 2 shown to publishers
Update: Sony’s Michael Denny has weighed in on the rumor, stating there is nothing to announce at the moment. Get his full response to GI.biz below.
Original: According to Eurogamer, Sony’s vision for its next PSP is roughly the same size as the PSP-3000 and includes touch controls on the reverse of the unit.
Three separate development sources have told the site they have seen and used the new PSP, describing the screen as rich and detailed, although they say by far the biggest feature is the way games are controlled by a touch-sensitive area behind the screen.
According to the sources, Sony is showcasing the unfinished handheld to publishers at the moment using several first-party games, with a business model for the device already decided.
Eurogamer’s source said he expects the PSP 2 to launch by the end of 2011, although another believes it won’t be seen for at least a couple of years.
This would tie-in with what we’ve been told previously in respect of the announcement of the device, which our source told us would take place at gamescom or TGS in September.
UPDATE
“We don’t have anything to announce and nor are we giving anything away if we say we’re always looking at the future as well,” Sony’s senior vice president of Worldwide Studios Europe told GI.biz.
“For now, we’re still concentrating on the PSP as a very attractive proposition.
“It’s natural that in the lifecycle of a platform as the cost comes down they do skew younger and we’re having a lot of success with the more child-friendly products on the PSP and it’s certainly a great proposition to buy in on, and the PSP has life left in it yet.”
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#51
cookiejar
19/08/10, 9:37 pm
We know its coming, they know we know its coming, but they aren’t ready to talk about it. Standard stuff.
#52
Crysis
19/08/10, 9:57 pm
they have God of War Ghost of Sparta along the way, among multiple other big sellers for the psp, if there’s a psp2 under development, why would they hurt potentially great selling games just to let us know early?
then again, Nintendo announced theirs’ & they still have a single big selling pokemon game on the way (make what excuses you will, pokemon black/white is the same thing, a dozen different pokemon…. really worth the extra $40? guess to many people it is..)
#53
manamana
19/08/10, 10:06 pm
Fact is, Sony have had always long lifecycles in mind. For all their consoles. So it’s no big surprise they handle their handheld the Same way. In japan its still selling like its brandnew. A big letdown for gamingenthusiasts, but business as usual. The touchthing will be just an experimental prototype … Maybe kind of Sony-Ericsson-mobile-thing.
#54
Dr.Ghettoblaster
19/08/10, 10:44 pm
I say who gives a fuck about the unit. Unless they have a list of 10+ quality titles that CAN’T be done on PSP, I’m not interested.
#55
Crysis
20/08/10, 3:44 am
are they going to use this touchpad to move the screen? (as the right analog stick would do by defualt in any fps i’ve played) if so, i can really imagine how it’ll work & it doesn’t seem like a bad replacement of a right analog stick in my mind, though i’d be happy with a mutated dualshock with a screen in the centre
#56
NightCrawler1970
20/08/10, 4:31 am
I wait when Sony Ericson comes with PSPhone, bluetooth, wifi, bunch of mems, all in one thang. cant wait till okt.
#57
2plus2equals5
21/08/10, 4:51 pm
First Move(that can be used as a mouse) on ps3, now a touchpad(substitute of the mouse) on the psp2, Maybe sony is on the way of the mouse! LOL
Maybe we’ll have a lot of fps, rts, adventures etc on the psp2! XD
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