ford1001 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 The PSP2 is finally here. Sony revealed its brand new PlayStation Portable at an event in Tokyo today, giving us our first official look at the PlayStation maker’s next bold foray into handheld gaming, the “Next Generation Portable.” Here are the first details. The Hardware Sony confirmed many of the features of the PSP2 that we’ve already heard in the form of leaks, rumor and speculation. The PSP2 features a high-resolution, touch-sensitive OLED screen that’s larger than the original PSP screen, tilt-sensitive SIXAXIS controls, dual analog sticks, front and back-facing cameras, and a touch sensitive back panel. Sony boasts that the new PlayStation Portable is as powerful as a PlayStation 3. The device features built-in WiFi and 3G wireless connectivity and uses an all-new form of media storage for games—no more UMD. Here’s how Sony describes it: “NGP adopts a new game medium, a small flash memory based card, dedicated for NGP software titles. Taking advantage of the flash memory feature, this innovative card can store the full software titles plus add-on game content or the game save data directly on to the card. By adopting flash memory based card, SCE will be able to provide game cards with higher capacity in the future, allowing developers to store more game data to deliver rich and immersive games.” For now, Sony is officially calling the new PlayStation Portable by its codename, Next Generation Portable or NGP. It will be out this holiday in Japan. The Full Specs CPU: ARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core) GPU: SGX543MP4+ External Dimensions: Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largest projection) Rear touch pad: Multi touch pad (capacitive type) Cameras: Front camera, Rear camera Sound: Built-in stereo speakers, Built-in microphone Sensors: Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass Location: Built-in GPS, Wi-Fi location service support Keys / Switches: PS button, Power button, Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left), Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square), Shoulder buttons (Right/Left), Right stick, Left stick, START button, SELECT button, Volume buttons Wireless communications: Mobile network connectivity (3G), IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode), Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR ?A2DP/AVRCP/HSP? The Games Sony showcased a handful of games alongside the reveal of the new PSP, including new titles Little Deviants, Reality Fighters and Gravity Daze, plus games based on the following PlayStation franchises. Uncharted Killzone WipeOut Resistance LittleBigPlanet Hustle Kings Hot Shots Golf Sony says the new PlayStation Portable will also play PSone games supported via its PlayStation Suite platform and will be backwards compatible with downloadable PSP games. To demonstrate this, Capcom’s Jun Takeuchi demoed Monster Hunter Portable 3rd for the PSP on a NGP. Third parties have shown demonstrations of Yakuza 4 and Metal Gear Solid 4 running on the system, with Activision announcing a Call of Duty for the new PSP. Source http://cache-04.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2011/01/ngp1.jpg[/img] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Walker-Kaiser Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Looks pretty cool tbh! Does anyone know how much it's likley to cost or when it's due to be released to the UK? 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotteh Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Looks amazing, power of a PS3? I'm surprised it's not going to be the same size! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunno Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 looks very nice and very sleak, probally be very fast too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford1001 Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 it is larger than a Nintendo DS , it is larger than all other handheld gaming devices, including iphone, I would say about $350 Aus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richio Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Loooooks Coool. Probably won't have enough money to be asked to buy it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford1001 Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 yes, i am not to sure about the back touch pad though :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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