PlayStation Meeting Recap – Next Gen Portable, PlayStation on Android and More
You’ve probably just woken up to the news that Sony’s announced a new portable, with a slew of killer new games to boot, along with a ton of other announcements during the PlayStation Meeting 2011. To help you out, we’ve compiled all the important news from the event in one handy page.
The Handheld:
The big news of the day is the announcement of the “Next Generation Portable”, a placeholder codename for the successor to the PSP. Sporting impressive specs including an dual joysticks, OLED Screen, 3G, front and rear touch pads and an ultra-powerful processor (see full list here), the NGP will be a truly impressive device. More >>
Price is yet to be confirmed, with many predicting an E3 reveal, but Sony promises it will be “affordable” (read here), and don’t worry it won’t cost $599 (here). A bunch of analyst have also shared their thoughts on what the price will be. More >>
NGP is set to release this Christmas season. More >>
See hi-res photos of the NGP here.
And view a trailer of the NGP and LiveView (see below) right here.
The Games:
Sony will be bringing the full force of their first party studio’s might to bring a host of AAA games to the device, with highlights including Uncharted, Killzone, LittleBigPlanet and Resistance. More >>
Watch a montage of some of these games right here.
Nearly a hundred 3rd party developers and publishers were promised for the NGP (read here), including a new Call of Duty game (here) and a title from Rockstar (here), and, to top it off, a “dream” game from Kojima (here).
On top of that, the NGP will be backwards compatible with the PSP – although only with digital downloads. More >>
The Services:
Every NGP game will have LiveArea support, a new social interface to connect with the latest news on the game you’re playing, as well as connectivity with people on your friends list and even people in your vicinity. More >>
Similarly, ‘Near‘ will allow you to see what people around you are playing, along with other location based augmented gaming and services, using the NGP’s inbuilt GPS. More >>
A Chicken in Every Pot, A PlayStation in Every Phone:
PlayStation is coming to far more than just the Xperia Play, Sony have announced that they will release an Android PlayStation app, called PlayStation Suite, that will bring PS games to “PlayStation Certified” devices, including tablets and smartphones. More >>
Network Success:
As of January 25th, more than 69 Million PSN users have registered an account, with the users racking in over 1.4 billion downloads. Additionally, Sony revealed that a staggering 80% of PS3′s were connected to the internet. More >>
Swan Song:
While effectively announcing the end of the PSP, Sony revealed a rather impressive figure for their first outing into the portable gaming – the PSP has sold over 64 million units. More >>
11 Responses to “PlayStation Meeting Recap – Next Gen Portable, PlayStation on Android and More”
Nice cover up. Thanks for the info PSLS
Is it just me noticing this or is it apparent to everybody that sony is going for straight domination on every front this year? biggest killer line up of exclusives ever for a console on ps3 this year, then they announce the psp2 for fall 2011 which will also have a killer line up of games at launch.
@EH
Sony is the true leader in this console gaming industry. Always on the leading edge, pushing the game forward in uncharted frontiers.
Way to see it, is Sony is just doing what it wants/needs/have to do nurturing the revolution they made 15 years ago with the original PlayStation. Sony PlayStation single handedly legitimized console gaming into the main stream making the name PlayStation synonymous to video gaming.
We can count on Sony to take care of the industry like in ” planting new trees for every tree that is cut down” unlike so many big companies out there who just wanna take and take money, churning out the same crap every year & suck the industry dry with out any effort to invest in the future of gaming.
The NGP is Sony’s business at the same time a sort of “reward” to us loyal gamers because this technology will make life easier for us. Its a dream gadget IMHO.
I don’t care about the competition numbers anymore now that I know that Sony gives me what I want & need.
For Eastern Japanese games Sony has me covered. I love Japanese Super Robots.
For Western American & European games Sony has me covered. I love the Uncharted Series.
And you know what, in real life, the NGP will save me hundreds of Canadian dollars on electric bills! That’s the real winning proposal. More money saved to get da PS games.
The NGP is indeed a revolutionary gaming masterpiece.
@Enigmatic – sony is going for domination and they deserve it. They have been in the shadows of microsoft for far too long now… they are pulling ahead and deserve every bit of it.
The PlayStation brand has never ever lived in the shadow of M$ nor Nintendo. It has a life of its own. It has the integrity of a thousand year old sequoia tree! Its the last true hardcore gaming brand never wavering nor swaying towards its objective-moving the industry it has single handedly legitimized forward to new uncharted territories. Truly a success story on its own league, its own right.
Look at the competition they all gone out of Sony’s way- they all went for the casual gamers territory where they can make easy money they won’t make on PS3′s territory.It’s what I call the ” Kill Zone” territory. You put the Wii Remote & Kinect in the Kill Zone the PlayStation Move will kill them!
Success is relative my man. It’s not just about sales figures. Don’t believe every kind of ” information” you see on the internet.
@sneeches
yes they do deserve it considering that the ps brand has always brought the best and most diverse types of games. For not being greedy by giving us free online play and not charging us ridiculous amounts of money on peripherals and accessories, or simply to upgrade your hdd.
lets not forget that sony dominated the previous 2 gens. Destroying 2 vets, nintendo and sega, simply by just being the best system with the best games, without resorting to scum business practices like ms having to buy their way through everything. considering its rough (and late) launch and its high price tag, i think as of now theyre doing just fine.
LMAO@ all the idiots saying Sony “deserves it.” Yes, they deserve it. For the wonderful job they’ve done at taking your money. All this blind loyalty for a brand that couldn’t give two shits about you.
The PS3 has some amazing exclusives this year – there’s no doubt about it. But to think they will overtake the 360 with the Kinect selling like hotcakes, the Move a soon-to-be failure, is simply ridiculous.
Every single year it’s the same Goddamn thing: “Sony will beat Microsoft! Sony will beat Microsoft! Yeah Yeah Yeah!” And every year, the 16 year old’s making that proclamation go down in flames.
Play the games you like. Sony and Microsoft both are companies that only want your money. Nothing else. Oh, and Japan couldn’t give a damn about you.
The end.
Sony does care about it’s customers or else they would be like microshaft selling a console that breaks on you every year, kinect sucks because it has limitted controls, go play your crappy kinect and stay off this plAystTion only website
@Nosferatu King: I would like to add that only Kinect HARDWARE sold well but only PC Hackers bought them and that only lasted for about a month. the Kinect games most of them didn’t sell well. The Move games are selling well and unlike the move you can find the Kinect everywhere now…. move controllers are still selling out. Like most overhype items the Kinect appeared to be outselling the move but now not so much. So enjoy “trying to catch a big red ball” – Kevin Butler
Yeah, those 60gb PS3′s have been holding up sooooooo well. LMAO.
It would be a dream come true if they released PS2 Classics along with the PSP2