Mon, Jan 31, 2011 | 14:30 GMT
Hirai: No NGP pricing, battery life details as console still in prototype phase
SCEI boss Kaz Hirai has said that announcements on pricing and battery life for NGP – PSP’s next-gen successor in everything bar name – will not be made yet due to the device still being in a prototype phase.
He told Impress Watch, however, that the company’s currently aiming at targets which should please consumers either way.
No pricing details were confirmed for the handheld at its unveil last week in Tokyo, although a report claimed that battery life would be somewhere in the region of 4-5 hours.
Hirai said over the weekend that Sony was in talks about bringing digital versions of games previously released on PSP over to NGP.
NGP will release this year in Japan.
Thanks, Andriasang.
18 comments
#1
Goffee
31/01/11, 3:03 pm
If its so prototype-y I’m wondering if we’re entering delay central with regards to a PAL release this year…
#2
G1GAHURTZ
31/01/11, 3:17 pm
Still time to remove features, then?
#3
DaMan
31/01/11, 3:17 pm
it would seem they’ve announced it just to slow 3DS’ immense hype.
#4
Hunam
31/01/11, 3:20 pm
Region locking has killed any interest I had in the 3DS.
#5
Goffee
31/01/11, 3:24 pm
@2 or perhaps add them? Octo-core processors, here we come!
#6
Erthazus
31/01/11, 3:26 pm
@5, with SLI Nvidia 580 GTX
#7
Razor
31/01/11, 3:37 pm
@G1GA, why so cynical?
#8
freedoms_stain
31/01/11, 3:40 pm
regarding the battery, anyone know if it’s user-replaceable?
User-replaceable batteries mean a battery life that’s on the shit side is slightly forgiveable if you can hot-swap in a fresh one.
#9
Blerk
31/01/11, 3:47 pm
They said the other day that the battery wasn’t replaceable because of the rear touch-pad thingy.
#10
Crysis
31/01/11, 3:47 pm
Considering getting it from the US of A, we Aussies tend to get new hardware a few months behind Japan/USA, any idea if anything on it will be region locked like services or games? Kind of too early to tell really.
Thing is, even including postage, i’d probably end up spending $50+ more to get it from a retailer here. IDK who’s screwing with us over here, wouldn’t be surprised if our retailer were price fixing =\ The 60gb model PS3 was $1000 AUD @ launch here, ($900 USD @ that time, now the currency is the same)
#11
naffgeek
31/01/11, 4:16 pm
in other words, 3DS is coming out soon, lets steal us some thunder.
#12
freedoms_stain
31/01/11, 4:32 pm
@9, they say because of the touch pad, but I wonder if it’s more to do with the whole Pandora battery thing the original PSP had going on.
Anyhoo, non-replaceable batteries for this sort of thing is a bad idea. Rechargeable batteries deteriorate over time, so if you can’t replace the battery your device automatically has a usable lifetime limited to that batteries longevity.
#13
Bagpuss-RoXx
31/01/11, 4:32 pm
Lol…
If anyone thinks that this will launch in Europe before March/April 2012, they are deluding themselves.
#14
xino
31/01/11, 4:48 pm
@2
also more time to add 3D to NGP!
Without it, it will never surpass 3DS in sales
#15
Crysis
31/01/11, 4:58 pm
@14, I only see you comment on 3DS or NGP articles, every post being pro 3DS.
#16
Freek
31/01/11, 5:31 pm
It’s going to be 500 dollars and they are going to compare it to an iPad and say: “that’s 700 dollars, ours is only 500 and more powerfull”. Games are going to be 50 bucks.
And people will compain.
#17
xino
31/01/11, 8:03 pm
@Crysis
or maybe you are only looking at 3DS/NGP articles alone and not interested in other news:/
#18
DaMan
31/01/11, 10:04 pm
iPhone5/iPad 2 are going to have a very similar graphics chip, wouldn’t be a clever idea to overprice this thing.