Wed, Nov 17, 2010 | 18:52 GMT
PSP2 dev kit snaps show twin sticks, trackpad [Update]

“Boom.”
VG247 has obtained the world’s first images of a PSP2 dev kit.
The shots clearly show the device’s forward- and rear-facing cameras, as well as the much-discussed trackpad on the rear of the unit.
Note that this isn’t the console’s final form factor. As you can see, some developers are working with a kit with similar construction to a PSP go at the moment – see the update below – with a sliding screen over physical controls. We don’t know when the final physical spec will be nailed down, only that this isn’t it.
We were first told PSP2 kits were in developers’ hands early this year.
It has an HD screen. The last set of rumours surrounding the handheld said the chipset has yet to be finalised.
The machine is rumoured to be extremely powerful, with approximately twice as much RAM as a 360.
EA has confirmed it’s had “exposure” to the unit, and developer Netherrealm has openly admitted it’s working with a kit.
PSP2 is supposedly heading for release in late 2011.
If you’re in any doubt as to the authenticity of these images, don’t be. It is what it is. Enjoy.
Update: We’ve been told by a source that these images are from the last kit. There’s a newer one, which is a single, non-sliding block. Remember those last Kotaku rumours of the unit overheating? Sony switched back a form like PSP-1000 in order to cool it down.




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#51
cookiejar
17/11/10, 11:12 pm
@50 I think its Rick Sanchez.
Hes taken things pretty badly since being pushed from CNN
#52
sg1974
17/11/10, 11:22 pm
Twin sticks? Touchscreen? Add an internet browser that works and I’m sold.
#53
Stephany Nunneley
17/11/10, 11:23 pm
@51 –
Poor Rick. He likes football ya know.
#54
mathare92
17/11/10, 11:32 pm
@51 Methinks it’s IGN’s news writer Jim Reilly. After all he did tweet this a little while ago https://twitter.com/jimreilly/status/4964269296713728
*Sigh*
#55
Stephany Nunneley
17/11/10, 11:42 pm
@54 Meh. Just let it go. Who care who it is, but some people sure are acting nasty about the whole thing. It’s unbecoming.
On the f*** note, maybe I should use that word more often
#56
LOLshock94
17/11/10, 11:49 pm
looks like the wii classic control ohhh wait sony cant be original can they
#57
LOLshock94
18/11/10, 12:13 am
found me old youtube account
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYRzoCYHsnU
like this vid for me and i will do anything
#58
Erthazus
18/11/10, 12:15 am
@mathare92, IGN? they can get the F out of here.
and why Patrick changed “Oh fuck son, here we go.” with “Boom” !?
#59
manamana
18/11/10, 12:16 am
Whats wrong with you, Lollipop94? It’s a must have, if Sony got games on it, innit?
#60
Kuwabara
18/11/10, 12:23 am
And the sheep microsoft will follow next.
#61
freedoms_stain
18/11/10, 12:26 am
@56, truly I am struggling to see the resemblance. The analogue nubs aren’t even close, and the rest of the buttons are pretty much standard on all controllers currently on the market.
Stop spewing shite pretty please?
#62
sg1974
18/11/10, 12:35 am
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContentDisplayView?cmsId=content/FlankerBullets/mylo/index_mylo&hideHeaderFooter=false&storeId=10151&catalogId=10551&langId=-1
#63
Badger
18/11/10, 12:39 am
Looks pretty freakin’ tasty. I wanna lick.
…so to speak
#64
NightCrawler1970
18/11/10, 2:36 am
What happens with the PSP GO then? hit the garbage?
I mean PSP Go is nothing wrong, with it, it has no UMD, allot of PSP gamers bought the “Go” for big money and all they do is whine about THERE IS NO UMD WHAAAAAAHHH!!! and 2 weeks later they traded the “GO” for PSP3000…
Do more resource before ya buy folks….
All i wanna know whats the specs? of the new PSP2?
#65
NightCrawler1970
18/11/10, 2:39 am
My PSP 2002 is getting wackie, so i start saving money for the PSP2, in that time my PSP white edition will shit the bed…
#66
NightCrawler1970
18/11/10, 2:48 am
@62, And what will it cost honky?
#67
NightCrawler1970
18/11/10, 2:55 am
What about this one? http://www.cellfanatic.com/2008/07/05/sony-psp-phone-specs-and-pics-leaked/
#68
MegaGeek1
18/11/10, 2:58 am
Wow, you guys are so harsh! I was serious about the first post. I love this website for that very reason.
#69
Psychotext
18/11/10, 3:23 am
Pat should change the watermark to VGFUCKING247. That’ll teach the whiny bitches.
#70
metamorphic
18/11/10, 3:45 am
@59
Lollipop94 is a well-known troll and freak, so don’t pay attention to him. He is possibly the worst example of a fanboy or child (look at his age) ever to have shamed this bountiful Earth of ours.
#71
Crysis
18/11/10, 4:10 am
A Ripoff is a cheap imitation, but when someone improves upon an idea, how can you possibly call that a ripoff? fact is you have to improve to evolve, you can’t just invent something & leave it as it is otherwise you’ll never get far, what i don’t get is why Nintendo fans keep crapping on MS & especially Sony about not being original, when Nintendo hasn’t created a mature franchise in decades! The new franchises from them are casual or sports games… Not being an anti-nintendo fanboy, i quite enjoy a few of their franchises, Just saying those who falsely accuse others of ripoff are hypocrites (*cough* LOLshock *cough*).
#72
Patrick Garratt
18/11/10, 6:13 am
@69 –
#73
Moonwalker1982
18/11/10, 4:19 pm
@ 40
Hey i guess moron must be your middle name then. All the nonsense you went on about…it’s something called OPINION, but obviously you’ve never heard about that, right? I never said it wasn’t a great machine. One more time only for you kid…i said IMO. For me it just didn’t do it. YOU might like FF ,Wipeout and GT, i don’t. The first MGS wasn’t too special, Daxter i already mentioned. KH came long after the release of PSP, by that time i had sold it. Not enough reason to buy it again. I know plenty of people who say the same thing, PSP didn’t do it for them. So again kid, i said IMO….that means i am not talking for the general public.
So next time come with something good instead of cheap insults and acting like a kid. COD? Oh my…how wrong you are. I play COD now and then, but my favorite games are totally different than that. If you don’t have anything normal to say, don’t reply at all. Cause the only person here who could be called ’5 year old ‘ is not me, but definitely you. Think about that.
#74
ARFarokhi
18/11/10, 6:04 pm
@73 Moonwalker1982
PSP’s (or any other hardware) success or failure cannot be decided by your opinion or mine! PSP has sold 62 million units and in any sane person’s opinion, is not a failure if it’s not success. Usually people call something like XBOX original or Gamecube a failure.
It’s like saying: IMO Wii is a big failure, because it could not draw any hardcore gamers!!! ROFL!
@34 daytripper
Honestly, I don’t think calling the PSP a “failure” is an opinion!
#75
pspgamer01
18/11/10, 8:10 pm
phisical hardware???
#76
2plus2equals5
20/11/10, 4:29 pm
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/5364/frontmvq.jpg
#77
Stephany Nunneley
07/12/10, 10:57 pm
PSP2 shots confirmed: http://psp.ign.com/articles/113/1138879p1.html —- like they needed it. Just pointing it out.
#78
dingdong2
27/01/11, 8:37 am
HAH vg247 is full of shit. never reading this site again. i’m going to start a blog about how fake vg247 is
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