PSP2: Name? Price? Games? Specs? - Everything You Need to Kn

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The successor to the PSP has come out of nowhere and is fast climbing up charts as the most hotly anticipated release of the year. Officially announced in Tokyo yesterday, the handheld has been codenamed the Next Generation Portable or NGP for short. Confirmed features include a beautiful OLED touchscreen, dual analogue sticks, 3G connectivity and Sixaxis motion sensing...

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[Jato]

Looks pretty shiny but I'll be waiting to see the problems it has before I get one.

Read: The battery life is going to suck.

[TheJagji]

Wait.... there putting a GPS in it? thats interesting...

[Cyrinno]

If I have to get a PSP2 as I do being a gaming freak, why would I buy the PSP phone I thought the idea would be to combine them and save me the trouble of draging two things around. If I have to drag two things around why would I buy the psp phone?

[TheJagji]

If I have to get a PSP2 as I do being a gaming freak, why would I buy the PSP phone I thought the idea would be to combine them and save me the trouble of draging two things around. If I have to drag two things around why would I buy the psp phone?

Its not called a PSPP tho... its got a silly name.. lol

[jpeyper]

this has 3G, built in mic (and camera) and speakers, so internet and phone features in the PSP2 would be a no brainer... as i need my phone to make calls and send messages, id much rather have a game console that makes calls than a phone that plays games.

[=beast=]

would like to see same game screenshots

any word on memory and storage?

[jtm33]

would like to see same game screenshots

any word on memory and storage?

I believe storage for games is going to be some proprietary flash memory card. There will most likely be storage for non-game content, so probably an SD card slot or memory stick.

[coatsy22]

Will it play psp1 games? ive been half considering getting a psp1, but i guess i should wait if the new one will do both

[Mekon]

Will it play psp1 games?

Only downloaded ones, given that the new handheld doesn't have a UMD slot.

[Matt Williams]

would like to see same game screenshots

any word on memory and storage?

Now updated with a game showreel

Sadly it's a YouTube handycam job, but it'll do for now. Was waiting on some more official shots from Sony, but the only thing they have released properly has been the console shots.

[exe3]

I knew it wouldn't be a HD screen

[jpeyper]

I knew it wouldn't be a HD screen

at that size, does it need to be?

[DXPetti]

Looks pretty shiny but I'll be waiting to see the problems it has before I get one.

Read: The battery life is going to suck.

Biggest battery drain in mobile devices is the display, OLED will combat this well.

Glad Sony will sell two SKUs; one with 3G and one WiFi only model.

[exe3]

I knew it wouldn't be a HD screen

at that size, does it need to be?

exactly what I said in the previous threads