Posted Jul 11, 2007 at 11:58AM by Ryan A. Listed in: PSP Tags: memory stick, Sony, Family Guy, PS2, Jack Tretton
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New PSP announced - Image 1Sony's press conference at E3 is currently taking place and there's a lot of new things being revealed for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 (PS2), and PlayStation Portable consoles. But for now, we'd like to focus on the bomb dropped by Kaz Hirai himself.

At around 11:48 a.m, Kaz went up the stage and announced a new PlayStation Portable unit. The new PSP is said to be 19% slimmer and about 33% lighter. Hirai also said that it will have a longer battery life and expanded video capabilities. According to the Sony official, it will be available this coming September.

Furthermore, Hirai brought out a copy of movie Spider-Man 2 then pressed a button on the PSP. The video then suddenly appeared on the giant screen behind him. He said that this is going to be part of the new display functions and the same will be implemented to everything that is inside your unit including games and photos.

Quite interestingly, the redesigned PlayStation Portable unit also has the ability to access PS3 and PC hard drives from anywhere in the world because of new connectivity options. After Hirai, Jack Tretton followed next and announced "Ice Silver" PSP that will be offered in the "PSP Entertainment Pack".

This will be offered in the U.S. in September as well for US$ 199 and will come bundled with 1GB memory stick, Daxter, and UMD movie The Family Guy Frickin' Sweet.

The basic PlayStation Portable system pack

PlayStation Portable basic pack features the Piano Black PSP - Image 1PlayStation Portable basic pack features the Piano Black PSP - Image 2PlayStation Portable basic pack features the Piano Black PSP - Image 3PlayStation Portable basic pack features the Piano Black PSP - Image 4

The PSP Entertainment Pack

The Entertainment Pack sports the Ice Silver PSP - Image 1The Entertainment Pack sports the Ice Silver PSP - Image 2The Entertainment Pack sports the Ice Silver PSP - Image 3The Entertainment Pack sports the Ice Silver PSP - Image 4

The PSP Star Wars Battlefront Entertainment Pack


PSP Star Wars pack includes the Ceramic White PSP - Image 1PSP Star Wars pack includes the Ceramic White PSP - Image 2PSP Star Wars pack includes the Ceramic White PSP - Image 3PSP Star Wars pack includes the Ceramic White PSP - Image 4

New battery pack profile and video out location

Longer battery life and more connectivity - Image 1 Longer battery life and more connectivity - Image 2 Longer battery life and more connectivity - Image 3 

Just out: video featuring the new PSP



A big hunk'a thanks to hyAxis for the video!


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   by hyAxis (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » Hmm...

Honestly, I'm not surprised/amazed at all.


   Re: idiots (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » morons

YOU IDIOTS... The firmware will be locked, no updates... means no homebrew.. they would of learned from PSP1.. If you like homebrew stay away from this!

   Re: k (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » k

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   Re: Video here (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » VIDEO

VIDEO OF THE NEW PSP

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   Re: i_like_games (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » Sony fails to deliver yet again...

No internal memory for all those movies and songs Sony wants to sell you. No additional ram to make web browsing actually useful. No touchscreen when touchscreens are clearly becoming the trend.

Buy another PSP after I sold my first one? No chance.

   Re: Squake (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » Well

As like all firmwares, it will get old, fast, and you will start craving homebrew again.

   Re: PSPCONMAN (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » Uhh,

That is the uglyist thing in the world. it looks worse than the popstation :) I may buy a ceramic white on though. also, we will need new faceplates! :(

   Re: Jesus Man (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » Grrrrr

They didn't upgrade th onboard RAM, net surfing will still suck. No IR, so no keyboard! UMD door looks flimsy as hell. When watching the video and looking at my own PSP I see no difference in depth and it's supposed to be thiner. Un-hackable till hackers get ahold of it. No built in CAM nor Cell function, they're releasing this revised PSP in September yet US still hasn't received the GO Cam yet. SONYs Fuucking Up!

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   Re: Benji (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » hmmm

It doesn't look bad honestly, but a 1200MaH battery? They must have the chips on a lower process and a lower power screen, because the normal PSP battery is 1800.

   Re: Jesus Man (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » Some Silver Lining

The speakers have been re passioned so the audio should be louder now. The Headset jack is re passioned so it's not in the way of your fingers supporting it whilst playing. Wll they did was make it slimmer which I can't tell that it is thiner, re passioned a few things but all in all left it alone as if nothing was done to it. No second nub, No bigger RAM, which is one of their worst decisions and on top of that no ports for external control. All they really did was maybe make it a few cm thinner if that.

   Re: jc (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » well

Someone mentioned "locked" firmware, meaning no updates.

So, if that one firmware is cracked, then all firmware revisions are cracked.

kapish?

   Re: doodad (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » well... its not too bad

atleast they moved the speakers and the new battery cover looks much better than the old one... I dunno about the umd door and i hope they got a queter motor. I am pissed that they didnt add more ram for better web surfing!!!!! Maybe if we complain loud enough they'll change it (remember the boomerang ps3 controller?). And all the ppl complaining about no second analog stick, there was never any hope for it so drop it!!!!!!!!!!

   Re: spankmaster (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » THE VIDEO OUT IS NOT IN THE FIRMWARE!!!

Yes its a feature of the firmware to have the video out options, but it takes PHYSICAL DESIGN to get the video to Come out of the psp. its not like someone ca MAGICALLY "HACK" the original psp to do video out through the audio port or the usb. The video simply hass nothing to PHYSICALLY do with these parts of the unit. and yes the audio port on the New PSP has the vidoe out, but its like an ipod. Please look at your standard headphone/earphone cable end, you'll see to little rings. those give you stereo sound. The ipod videos have the same thing except built in to the same port is another "ring" or Tier to it supporting video out. The cable it uses has 3 tiers on it 2 for stereo sound and one for video. its really simple concept. The old psp simply doesnt have there 3rd tier built in therefore cannot PHYSICALLY do it. I'm sue someone could hardMOD it, but a hack, that makes no sense at all.............

   Re: weso548 - 2007-07-11
 » stupid

WTF?!?!? No infra red makes this the best psp ever?!?! The only good thing that I can point out is that the psp disk tray opens out farther allowing better access to the motherboard. Other than that....video out.....who the ***** needs it?!?!?!

   Re: Stealth (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » wow

I love how some of you are judging the new psp when you have no clue about it.
He said that the player will tell the difference about the slim and less weight, by holding it.

i say it looks cool, especially the ice silver one.

To i_like_games: Listen its a redesign not a new psp, so adding a touch screen is not a option.
If you want one wait until the new PSP2 comes out not a redesign you moron.

   Re: agreed (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » with hyAxis

it looks like *****ing crap, sony please take it out back and shoot it...please....it looks too sad to let live.

   Re: ... (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » to spankmaster

"its not like someone ca MAGICALLY "HACK" the original psp to do video out through the audio port or the usb"

Its called Remotejoy GUI

http://dl.qj.net/Remotejoy-GUI-V1.51-PSP-Tools-Utilities-(on-PC)/pg/12/fid/13740/catid/193

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   Re: Jesus Man (Unregistered) - 2007-07-12
 » Wait a minute

Ummm where does the memory card go? I must be trippin cause I don't see it on the redesign.

   Re: Zidor (Unregistered) - 2007-07-12
 » Please...

" No internal memory for all those movies and songs Sony wants to sell you. No additional ram to make web browsing actually useful. No touchscreen when touchscreens are clearly becoming the trend.

Buy another PSP after I sold my first one? No chance."

Why would Sony include a touchscreen on a system that didn't support it before? It would barely get used by developers. May I remind you what happened with the PS2 hard drive?

Including a touchscreen would mean Sony is ready to introduce a new generation of the PSP.

   Re: i_like_games (Unregistered) - 2007-07-12
 » why not a completely new PSP?!

So I got two negative responses to my requests for additional RAM, internal storage, and a touchscreen.

Comment: To i_like_games: Listen its a redesign not a new psp, so adding a touch screen is not a option.
If you want one wait until the new PSP2 comes out not a redesign you moron.
Answer: They won't design a PSP2 now. They had their chance to look at how various aspects of the PSP were utilized by gamers and adjust to market demands. But instead Sony decides that we don't know whats best for us and tells us what we should play. I had my PSP for 1.5 years before I sold it. Its useless as a webbrowser. The games are less than stellar (including the horrible game control provided by that well-thought-out analog nub). The UMD format sucks. Ever get a piece of dust stuck in one of those UMD cases that you can't ever remove, and so it eventually starts making circular scratches on the UMDs? UMDs are flawed by design. Sony should have let you mail in UMDs for online credit so you could download the games instead.

Comment: Why would Sony include a touchscreen on a system that didn't support it before? It would barely get used by developers. May I remind you what happened with the PS2 hard drive? Including a touchscreen would mean Sony is ready to introduce a new generation of the PSP.
Answer: The DS is touchscreen and it still plays old games. The iPhone is touchscreen (along with many other new phones). The new Macs this fall will reportedly be touch sensitive and they still run older software. Touchscreens offer a level of interactivity not offered on the PSP, and interactivity is what a handheld is supposed to be. Sony could have easily said new UMD games need the PSP revision B to play. No touchscreen means the new PSP is going to suck just as much as the original one I eBayed.

   Re: forgotten332 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-12
 » lol

fawck the new "redesigned" psp. its a peice of *****. its barly different. if u ask me if they were gonna redesign it the might as well made a new one with maybe a touch screen, letting people run homebrew(i mean for real the only reason most people want a psp is to make and run homebrew), more ram, and most of all a second nub for camra controls in games. sony ur programers brains r bull*****!!!!!!!!!

   Re: Djhg2000 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-12
 » Wrong!

@spankmaster

It's actually 4 rings for stereo audio +video, 3 for stereo audio and 2 for mono audio.

For video, rings counted from the tip of the plug:
1 - Left audio
2 - Video
3 - GND
4 - Right audio

You'll need a GND if you want them to work :)
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   Re: some guy (Unregistered) - 2007-07-12
 » dumbasses

@i_like_games and jesus man
it has 64 MBs of RAM. the new psp temporarily loads parts of umds to it to make for faster load times. look it up next time before you make a stupid ass *****in comment like that again. http://s155.photobucket (dot)com/albums/s315/punk51522/?action+view+current+PSPSPEC.jpg

   Re: Ron + Mo (Unregistered) - 2007-07-18
 » Re: Idiots

Locked? Says who? It's too early to say anything so STFU.
The remodelled PSP will surely have the ability to run any Future Sony FW updates along with the old models. As for security and whether the new models can run custom firmwares, look at the long wait between the GTA:LCS exploit and the Lumines exploit, it could happen on day 1, or after 8 months, but just because one has the patience to wait, or is happy without homebrew that doesn't make them an idiot for buying it. I'd be happy with a non-homebrew second PSP with video output for Ad-hoc family play and sharing vids/pics rather than having to burn a DVD-R and hope the DVD player reads it ok or passing around the PSP
   by tPSP`gunner (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » first posters pwnt.

Anti-first poster.


   Re: Tj Lewis (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » Learn what your talking bout

it doesnt say any where that the firmwares locked stop listening to rumors, If you look at the video its 3.50, last time i checked i've never seen a firmware be revised they just upgrade to another one learn what the ***** your talking bout retards

   Re: DarK_AleX (Unregistered) - 2007-07-12
 » hey guys

i think alot of you r right these people in mind: i_like_games forgotten332 NoRiGoLo Zidor and Jesus Man. i also think sony just messed up with the locked firmware the second anyone hacks it noobz will just get a patch for homebrew. and i agree with alot of others i just dont have that much time to copy and paste all the names. talk to you later!!

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   by Someone (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » FU&%(" $oNY

I Jut bought my FU("/% PSP >=(


   Re: STEVEN (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » OMG FU*@+(@+CK

ME TOO OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMWGOIHWOIFUW*@+@)@($($()(+()@

   Re: n00b (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » the return it

if you can that is.

   Re: whoelse (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » mate

above^^^

That url doesnt work. Its not a video url. Get another pease so i can see it!
   by NoRiGoLo (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » Sadly, no phone..

I use my PSP everyday to handle my mobile needs. While I think a smaller and better designed PSP is awesome, I sincerely miss a phone-feature.
Sad!


   Re: dude!!! (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » Dude!!!

Well im going to try to sell my psp to remplace it for this new one.the phe idea is not a good one, not for a portable game machine..lol

   Re: ref (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » r

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   Re: Justingraziano - 2007-07-11
 » Anti-Phone

A phone feature? So it ends up like N-Gage? No thanx.

   Re: Sifer (Unregistered) - 2007-07-15
 » Yes, the nGage failed...

But nobody EXPECTED it to succeed. It was Nokia, a company with no experience in the handheld gaming market, and their first attempt was high priced and not really that good.

Now, the PSP has obviousley been a success, hence the redesign. Gaming is its primary feature... How will ADDING a phone feature damage it?
   by . (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » only More security (probably on motherboard)

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   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2007-07-12
 » .

definitely on motherboard. i'm not gonna lie, this is going to be impossible to hack to the point of running homebrew.
   by Double_X (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » NOOOOO

I don't buy this new PSP...because of the new Firmwares then I miss my Custom Firmware *cry* but the TV Output Feature is very goog hope for a realease for the "old" PSP too


   Re: FreePlay (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » IT'S A FIRMWARE FEATURE.

IT REQUIRES A PS3.

   Re: fj4 (Unregistered) - 2007-07-11
 » Don't lie.

If you watch the video on YouTube, it shows the video output options screen. There are options to set the type of video cable and screen ratio. Those wouldn't be necessary if the PSP just streamed the video to PS3 and into your TV.