PSP Successor Rumored to have been Shown to Publishers
The PSP2 has been a long time coming, with speculation on this as of yet unannounced handheld having started as early as 2008. Since then, fans of Sony’s multimedia device have been given a slightly less weighty, more compact iteration of the PSP and a version which sported a complete aesthetic overhaul with some features like the UMD drive and mini USB port left on the cutting room floor. But that’s just the first PSP that has received those aesthetic changes, so what changes are coming when the PSP2 finally is revealed?
Eurogamer are reporting that the next product in the PSP lineup has been demonstrated to publishers, with Sony using a selection of their first party games to showcase the device. Some of the rumored features are that it is about the size of a PSP 3000 and will have touch controls “on the reverse of the unit”. Sounds strange doesn’t it? The PSP isn’t exactly renowned for its ergonomics, a touch pad on its underbelly doesn’t sound like it will help the ‘comfort-factor’ much.
There are some mixed opinions about when publishers expect the device to hit the market. One source thinks that we could have it in our hands by the end of 2011 whilst another source thinks that we won’t be seeing it for another couple of years. Either way, it seems that with the PSP2, Sony are hoping to usher in a brand new era of fondling with our games.
After talk of a PSP-like gaming tablet, a more recent rumor of a Sony Ericsson branded PSP cell-phone, and now this – it’s less clear than ever as to what the successor to Sony’s PSP might look like and feature.
13 Responses to “PSP Successor Rumored to have been Shown to Publishers”
I heard this rumor on live.twit.tv’s This Week in Tech today… They commented about it possibly having touch pads on the back so that your fingers could do more than just hold the device. You could use your fingers to play games, is this the way they add a second analog control???
Idk… I think the PSP had promise but it didn’t really deliver. It wasn’t compatible with many formats, it didn’t have any side application support, it felt so light and cheap (like iphones or not they have a nice weighty, tough feel to them, even the PSP go still feels cheap and poorly made), had a mediocre control scheme (no second stick), and in general lacked features and games.
Oh well, it was their first portable device, and the go did seem to take a step in the right direction by removing the mini discs. So I guess time will tell.
Having a touch screen on the BACK of the system makes now sense at all. Just give us improved graphics, a second analog stick, and some kind of app support and I think most people will be satisfied.
I am so sick of hearing about this 2nd analog stick…
If Sony is planning on putting a touch strip on the back of the unit, they damn well better put it in a reasonable (clamshell-style?) case. I use one of those big honkin’ Logitech shells for my PSP-1000 and I actually play the PSP in the case… It doesn’t sound like that will work here.
@Bikant
The PSP-1000 is a heavy, rugged beast of a thing. The ubiquitous “everyone” complained and they made it lighter and thinner starting with the 2000, giving it that light, cheap feeling.
Hah fondling
Man i hope it is a type of device that is like a psp with itouch that not only did it have games on it (with buttons im not saying all touch screen only) but could be use for numerous amount of things
PsPhone.
Sony Ericsson will have no Playstation brand attached to it, just because it may look like a PSP doesnt mean it will have anything to do with Playstation.
@Blkant…. mediocre control scheme? wow i guess you must have the portable device with the better interface. or maybe playing games on a touchscreen is lessening your understanding of how real games are meant to be played. everything that isnt a PSP has even less buttons and even worse ways to play games. PSP is the best when it comes to portable gaming. your just another FPS addict who complains about a second analog stick.
1 people keep wanting a 2nd stick , idk even know how that would fit or work on a psp. just make a dock and have a ps3 controler conntected to that dock and you could play your psp2 with that.
2 im pretty sure this is why they went with digital gaming so that you can play your orginal psp games on a new handheld the psp with out trying to figure out a way to make it possible.
Sony will think of something new. I’m sure of it
hahahaha! this ain’t going to happen anytime soon! XD
And by the way PSLS: That picture is FUGLY! XD