The PSP 2 Revealed

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January 27, 2011 at 5:35 pm

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. Here are the first details.

Sony confirmed many of the features of the PSP2 that we’ve already heard in the form of leaks, rumour and speculation. The PSP2 features a high-resolution, touch-sensitive screen that’s larger than the original PSP screen, tilt-sensitive SIXAXIS controls, dual analogue sticks, front and back-facing cameras, and a touch sensitive back panel.

The device features built-in WiFi and 3G wireless connectivity. Sony boasts that the new PlayStation Portable is as powerful as a PlayStation 3.

For now, Sony is officially calling the new PlayStation Portable by its codename, Next Generation Portable or NGP. It will be out this holiday.

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Kyle

January 27, 2011 at 5:46 pm

Any word on a price tag?

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1. Mark Serrels
  
  January 27, 2011 at 5:53 pm
  
  Nothing yet…
  
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Braaains

January 27, 2011 at 5:49 pm

Physical media?

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1. Mark Serrels
  
  January 27, 2011 at 5:54 pm
  
  Yep – new format.
  
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  1. Adam
    
    January 27, 2011 at 6:23 pm
    
    Thank god.
    
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  2. Nicholas
    
    January 27, 2011 at 8:00 pm
    
    Hooray! May actually get this if I have money by release O.o
    
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Michael Barnes

January 27, 2011 at 5:52 pm

I just jizzed in my pants.

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solypsis

January 27, 2011 at 5:53 pm

that is UGLY!!!!

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Dan Aubin

January 27, 2011 at 5:59 pm

Region free?

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Wilton

January 27, 2011 at 5:59 pm

“out this holiday”

soooo . . .what does that mean?? like Easter? Mid year? Christmas?

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1. Mr Waffle
  
  January 27, 2011 at 6:46 pm
  
  Holiday season = christmas.
  
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solypsis

January 27, 2011 at 6:01 pm

its so, ….
“round”

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1. Mark Serrels
  
  January 27, 2011 at 6:04 pm
  
  hahahahaha!
  
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drunkill

January 27, 2011 at 6:04 pm

holiday means chirstmas because everyone is politically correct these days.

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Alex Cullinan

January 27, 2011 at 6:05 pm

Oh boy, motion controls in a handheld. What could possibly go wrong?

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1. Braycen Jackwitz
  
  January 27, 2011 at 7:40 pm
  
  The bowling game for iPhone is fun…
  😛
  
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Tom

January 27, 2011 at 6:07 pm

Any word if it’s using a proprietary OS or something a little more standard?

Also – any card media or usb input?

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Wilton

January 27, 2011 at 6:09 pm

. . *sigh* . . . out this Christmas . . . lame.

Looks like i’ll definitely be getting the 3DS in the meantime.

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Rob

January 27, 2011 at 6:11 pm

Ugly! But I want one!

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sarujin

January 27, 2011 at 6:14 pm

Wow, I did not expect to see it look like the original PSP style.

I full expected it to slid or fold. Since one of the biggest pains with the original PSP is keeping the screen scratch free, especially as it doesn’t exactly fit in a pocket like the PSP-Go.

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mattroe

January 27, 2011 at 6:18 pm

You can tell just from the blurry Uncharted screenshot that that thing definitely isn’t as powerful as a PS3, graphics-wise.

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1. Alinos
  
  January 27, 2011 at 6:30 pm
  
  well realistically the game probably isn’t finished yet
  
  and B) seeing as it’s a new handheld much like with the PS3 stuff will look better as time goes by
  
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Sab_Mas

January 27, 2011 at 6:18 pm

Why do I get the feeling the V2.0 of this hardware is going to be called PSPDimension and allow users to play games in 3D without glasses?

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Aliasalpha

January 27, 2011 at 6:29 pm

Isn’t it going to be a bit clumsy having an analogue nub right under the face buttons?

And with a new physical media, there goes the chances of backwards compatibility…

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oggob

January 27, 2011 at 6:44 pm

SSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
AAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOMMMMMMEEEEEE!!!!!

Pretty much everything that everyone wanted in the PSP is coming to this, plus so much more…

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Mr Waffle

January 27, 2011 at 6:48 pm

Eh. I had to dig my PSP out from the bottom of a box it had been in for about a year when I wanted to play it for the AKB48 game. I won’t be rushing to buy it.

The only thing I’m concerned about is region coding. Virtually all my PSP games are Japan-only…

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Zar

January 27, 2011 at 6:52 pm

looks like a very nice and very expensive piece of tech.

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Oshada Kurukulasuriya

January 27, 2011 at 6:57 pm

As long as it’s not launched with a ludicrous price it should do well here.

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Hieronimus Kava

January 27, 2011 at 7:01 pm

Hmmm will there ever be a hand-held that supports vibration? For the DS when you often had one hand on the stylus, it wouldn’t make sense for the unit to rumble (you might even lose your hold on it if you were only holding it with one hand), but this looks very robust and I think rumble would be a welcome addition to the “NGP”

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1. Hieronimus Kava
  
  January 27, 2011 at 7:02 pm
  
  Oh and I say this with the fact that mobile phone games support vibration in mind. I guess this could back up my idea that Sony/Nintendo handhelds should feature rumble as well.
  
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2. Steven Bogos
  
  January 27, 2011 at 7:13 pm
  
  Actually, the Original DS (And i guess DSlite by extension) had a rumble pack that went into the GBA slot and worked with some games: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_Pak
  
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Steven Bogos

January 27, 2011 at 7:08 pm

‘As powerful as a PS3’, i really, really doubt that, especially considering what the PS3 is capable of.

If it really is that powerful, I’d expect it’s battery life to be in the realm of about twelve seconds.

Paint me doubtful ATM

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1. Toolboy
  
  January 27, 2011 at 8:56 pm
  
  I’m with you on this one!
  BUT…games ported to this unit from the PS3 will be considerably smaller (visually) because of the limited screen size and so texture size and model density can be a little less dense and complex as well as particle effects and such.
  So its its a little sneaky and underhanded to say “the new PlayStation Portable is as powerful as a PlayStation 3.” but it’s comparable once you take into account scaling.
  
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Joey Joe Joe

January 27, 2011 at 7:24 pm

Does it use mini blu-ray for the games? :p

The dual analogue sticks are a dumb idea imo. Sure they’re cool for the games, but they’ll stick out of your pants like a mutated shlong.
And I swear Sony chucks in tech just for the sake of it. Touch sensitive back panel? Sixaxis controls? 3G? Seriously just concentrate on the damn thing playing awesome games and cut the production cost and pass it onto us.

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1. Michael Barnes
  
  January 28, 2011 at 12:19 am
  
  TO get awesome games ON the system they NEED to provide as much tech as they can to developers.
  
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Arash Mohebbi

January 27, 2011 at 9:27 pm

DO WANT! especially if I get all the MGS games released to it:)

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