Tai Chiem, an emerging Australian designer has given the concept treatment to the PSP, working up some ideas on an advanced PSP2. I’m a sucker for concept designs so how could we not share his ideas with y’all?
My design is set for the future using emerging technology. Featuring flexible OLED display that can be conveniently rolled out. An electric charge hardens the material. I’ve come up with an alternate method for the action buttons. Instead of pressing a button, you instead use the joystick. So instead of pressing, X O, etc, you push either up down, left, or right.
So would you like this as a PSP2? Or is there something not quite right? I’m sure Tai would be up for some feedback, so show us your own design theories in the comments. I can see a flaw in the joystick button system for games where you need combo presses, but I’m sure we’d all be happy enough to see the UMD go bye-bye. More pics after the jump, or check out Tai’s work here.
db
October 16, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Interesting concept but I don’t really think the 2nd joystick is a good idea. Say you need to press X and O together… How would you do that on the joystick?
Report Permalinkdartmerc
October 16, 2008 at 1:51 PM
The joysticks are no good, you need to be able to press multiple face buttons (or directions, in this case) simultaneously.
Report PermalinkThe Gunslinger
October 16, 2008 at 2:54 PM
FINALLY someone starts thinking about flexible OLED screens! This technology has been around for over five years, they can -print- monitors onto flexible surfaces with a modified inkjet printer for crying out loud! I’m not even much of a Sony console fan but if Sony makes this I will buy it, because this is the future of portable gaming.
Report PermalinkMarcus
October 16, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Now THAT is one of the sweetest concepts I’ve ever seen.
Report Permalinkmeep
October 16, 2008 at 5:27 PM
Very cool. Doesn’t look too ergonomic though.
Report Permalinknewguy2445
October 16, 2008 at 5:38 PM
If Sony actually did make it (though I’m not sure whether they could cram all the hardware into the space seen in the concept art, then that would be not only a sweet new gaming machine, but also technology wise very good.
Sure the technology exists at the moment, but I have yet to hear of anything that actually implements it all into a good useful gadget.
Fingers crossed SONY does this.
Report PermalinkYavin
October 16, 2008 at 6:57 PM
If I send you a photoshop of what I think the PS4 looks like will you also run it as a ‘story’?
Seriously was this an attempt at pimping your mates blog or something?
Report PermalinkSarevok64
October 16, 2008 at 11:33 PM
That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. It just wouldn’t work! There are no face buttons, taking away the benefit of a second analog stick (because you would obviously have to use it as a substitute for the face buttons). The thing was obviously made by extraterrestrials with extremely long fingers, because I don’t think there is a person alive in the world that could stratch their fingers far enough to use both analog sticks and those terribly placed L and R buttons at the same time.
Report PermalinkTHE INDEFINITE
December 28, 2008 at 2:20 AM
WHERE DOES THE UMD GO I MEAN SERIOUSLY WHERE WOULD IT GO AND ONCE THEY PUT BUTTONS 2 JOYSTICKS AND A USB PORT T PUT STUFF ON IT AND A UMD PLACE I WILL BUY IT THEN BUT I WON’T BUY IT LIKE IT IS AS THEY SHOW IT
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