Sony UK boss confirms smaller, lighter PSP in the works *UPDATE* |
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March 13, 2007 - After all the rumors and speculation, a Sony exec has finally gone on record to say that a redesigned version of Sony's PSP handheld is in the works.
According to GamesIndustry.biz, SCE UK managing director Ray Maguire told an invited audience of press, teachers and education specialists at the national launch of Sony's PSP in Education initiative that the current PSP is just the "first iteration", and that a "smaller, lighter" system will be introduced in the future.
Maguire also said that any redesigns would not affect the PSP's screen, which is apparently "fixed." Judging by Sony's track record of cutting the size and cost of their redesigned consoles since the PSOne was first introduced, a redesigned PSP could also presumably carry a lower price tag.
Following Maguire's statement, a Sony spokesperson told GamesIndustry.biz that apart from firmware updates, no "immediate changes" are currently planned for the PSP. "In the longest term, of course we are always looking at ways to continue our platform development," said the spokesperson, "and this normal business practice is what Ray was referring to."
UPDATE (May 15, 2007): We were informed by QJ reader whoelse about a report at PSPGen regarding the "lighter and smaller PSP" allegedly in the works. Apparently, French magazine - The Official Guide of the PSP, has picked up this piece of info causing a bit of resurgence in this rumor.
As of now, there's still no new and official information about the "PSP Light" from the Sony camp. As always we will keep you posted about this matter, but for now, feel free to check out the PSPGen report complete with magazine scans and have your trusty Babelfish and Google Translate ready if you don't understand French.
Via Games Industry
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I hope the new psp2 is compatible with the current umd and open to homebrew....
really cool but really gay.
Well if the screen stays the same, that's good. Anything smaller than what it is now though would be tough to hold! Of course it would be compatible with the current stuff; they gotta sell all that ***** they already produced somehow.
I think I'll be glad that I have the original.
it says "LOWER PRICE TAG" then its cool
Can't wait
I reallly hope they add the l2/r2 buttons back on the shoulders..because using the nub sucks for ps1 games..
I wish they would work on the screen's refresh rate. If it was smaller, lighter, with a better refresh rate, I'd sell my old psp and rebuy (as soon as its hacked).
Smaller screen? Yuck!
Smaller depth, then YAY!!!
it's a PSPeee.
grrr sony... i'm gonna have to pick this up.
With the advancements of todays technologies, i think sony can engineer your fat ass mum smaller, lighter and with a better refresh rate in bed. I would sell your mum and rebuy (as soon as she turns into a hack)
Anyone who didn't think this was going to happen is just plain clueless.
I'm with you man i really hope they add the l2/r2 buttons back on your mum...because using the nub sucks for bed games..
Yes you are correct my son, anyone who didn't think this was going to happen is just plain clueless and that includes you rmum.
i think you got ure little weiner up waaaaay to high all the time
try to get less horny in the future, and stop being a *****
Well SCEE CEO just called. He said they r planning to redesign the PSP as light n small as yr dad's worthless black d*ck.
Oopss almost forgot...the new PSP can't play game on bed coz it'll have a small d*ck like battery as weak as u n yr dad's black d*ck n gonna be torturing for yr mom.
What kind of a dumb question is that?
Of course this PSP redesign will have a UMD drive, it's a PSP redesign, not a PSP2.
And of course Sony will continue to attempt to make it homebrew-proof (which will eventually be cracked).
SEE. I TOLD YOU THEY WOULD REDESIGN THE PSP. ANYTHING TO MAKE MORE MONEY QUICKLY WITHOUT HAVING TO SPEND MORE MONEY TO MAKE A WHOLE NEW SYSTEM. JUST CHUCK ON A BRIGHTER SCREEN, EXTRA BATTERY LIFE AND A CUP HOLDER, AND SELL IT TO ALL THE CHILDREN WORLDWIDE AS A BRAND NEW PRODUCT. NICE ONE SONY.
As long it's compatible with all the games right now and vica versa, it's fine. But i'm not gonna buy a new PSP just because the new games wont play on it.
As long it's like DS/DS lite it's ok :))
it's not a question. It's a hope. Sony has yet to confirm any umd hardware means what u r saying just baseless rumors for the moment.
So there is no proof that current umds will be 100% compatible. Take a look at PS3 since Sony had it backward compatibility but what turned out was PS3 has backward compatibility problem.
So you're saying that they'll make an update to an older console, which is now the PSP, and not make it play all UMD's? When they released the PS1 redesign did they restrict any PS1 games? When they released the PS2 redesign did they restrict any PS2 games? Both Playstation redesigns also came with the same CD/DVD drives. Even the DS Lite came with the same flashcart reader. Listen to what you're saying, you sound like an idiot.
lol
You forget that the psp is 3 years old this month. It deserves a re-design.
It's clearly an attempt to revive and breathe some new life into the handheld. Its clearly getting walloped by the DS and perhaps a redesign will attract more buyers that wouldn't have given it a second look. This is only a good thing to us. More people with a PSP means more support and thus more games and features.
i cant stand it. neat idea, but still, their current console isnt dead yet.!!!!!! AUGH!!!!!!!!!
U r just being positively assuming it's gonna be ok but we can't be sure yet...
No. The PSP is getting beaten but not "walloped". It's actually a big hit in Korea (w/e). It also seems to be rising in NA. I think the new redesign, with the lower price tag, is going to kill the NDS. Presuming they make good games of course...
Stfu, just stfu. I hate it when people talk when they don't know crap. I'm not a Sony fanny or anything, but c'mon. The DS got a rebuild. Why not the PSP? And from how it sounds like, it seems they're going to be adding a lot to the new PSP. Moral of story: Stfu when you don't know what you're talking about. And take off the caps lock, it makes you look like a reatard.
ouch
I hope it's gonna be thinner ^^ and smaller in length too
I digress. If they aren't making the screen smaller that means they'll make the buttons smaller and they are small enough already.
Built in camera, microphone and bluetooth plz.
Except for the bleutooth i believe they will integrate a camera and microhone. No touch screen though because it would make games incompatible with the first PSP
i agree Sony should put bluetooth in the product it would sell like crazy
the psp lite eh.... sounds a bit familier
This absolute Horse *****...
I am not going to spend my money on a cheap-ass bull***** re-designed psp when I can keep my top class REAL PSP.
***** You Sony, Once Again.
Shut the hell up newb
people's responce to DS lite: AWESOME IM TOTALLY GETTING RID OF MY DS PHAT TO GET THE DS LITE. THE OLD DS IS USELESS TO ME NOW
people's responce to the PSP lite: OMG NO WAY AM I BUYING THE SAME THING AGAIN
I think they just need to fix the problems that the system has. For one, the screen is horribly impossible to view in daylight, which makes it a horrible handheld device. The nub could be redesigned, and the +pad should be tightened. I'd buy it if only they made the screen more visible. I'm tired of only being able to play at night, or in the shade. believe it or not, sometimes i'm outside in the sunlight, and i'm bored. too bad my psp can't help me there
I buying lite PSP.
ITS PSP LITE YOU *****ING MORONS NOT 2
STFU ABOUT 222222222222222 2222OW
MY GOD YOU *****ERS NEED GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND GET YOUR *****ING BRAIN FIX WITH THE NUMBER "2"
they are only making an update of PSP, not making an entirely new console
I think the problem is that there brains are already full of #2.
meh, doesnt seem so special that you would need to sell your old psp for
but i guess it means new firmware + new motherboard, meaning the downgrade/custom-firmware scene will be a bit more lively
sony's psp will be THE ONLY portable playstation. its hard to think of the psp any thinner. any more thinner and it will be a pain and it will break easily. they said hardware and software Updates. no psp2. there will be no newer version of psp2 get it?!
Where are the mods when u need them
that almost makes sense snarg1
Wowzer how cool is this. Im saving all my money from my paper round right away, im luky ive already got £5 saved up, maybe i might do those extra chores the old man i deliver his paper to alwayz goes on about
i think i might ho"investigate" this a lilt morecause my psp if F***ed up, so i should wait til PSP: Lite comes out
I'm not flaming you or anything, but what does the nub have to do with L2 or R2 buttons?
i'm not anti semitic (I think? lol), but Germans don't like Jews, I think the appropriate comment would've been "Go back to Poland" or "Go back to Israel", or "Go back to Satan". No offense to Poland, the non-jewish poles are rather nice people. And, there are some Muslims and Christians in Israel, so we can't complain about all Israelis being bad. I can't say the same for Satan, though, lol.
seriously, we can't discount the idea of a psp2. After all, remember when the atari came out? We were like, whoa! A computer game!!! Later on, the NES came out, and we were like, "OMG! GOOD GRAPHICS!!!". Then came the SNES, and we were like, "OMG, even better Graphics!!!". Then the N64, and we were like, "STFU, we've got @%#@ 3D graphics!!!", then the PS came out, and we thought that the graphics couldn't get any better (admit it, you all thought the ps1 was undefeatable). Oh, yeah, and when the GB came out, we were all like, omg, a handheld came with, get this: Cartridges!!!. Then, came the gamegear, and we were like OMG, color graphics on a handheld!!! Then, later on came the GBA, and we were like, WTF, that's really good graphics, and a HUUUUUUGGGGGEEE EEE screen!!!! So, yeah, like 15 years after we finished OMGing the previous technology, we saw the PSP, and we were like, no way!!! A gigantic screen? WITH 3D GRAPHICS??? AND A "CD" DRIVE (yeah, UMDs are technically mini-DVDs with a weird caddy)? WITH graphics that surpass the PS1?!! So, yeah, at this rate, in about 5 years, don't be surprised when the PS4 is introduced, (along side the "Nintendo ya-hoo!!!" and heXagon-Box 720), and the PSP2 is introduced with the ability to play PS2 level graphics.... So, yeah, get the point? Technically, many people said that the X-Box's graphics would not be surpassable, yet the 360 came out. And, even now, people are claiming that the PS3 has shown us the height of 3D graphics, yet, MARK MY WORDS: (as long as the world is not destroyed, and humankind still exists, etc. and sony is not sued out of existence,) there WILL be a PS4 or at least a more powerful competitor that makes a better system. Lol, I'm thinking Apple should join in, they seem to have gained a zombie-like crowd with their inferior computers and way-too-expensive ipods. Not that I'm saying that I hate expensive products, I mean I'll be honest: I think that the PSP is an overpriced piece of euro-$hit, but I'll admit that my PSP's graphics are superior to that of any competitor's (and let's face it, the ds is the only competitor we have; the gizmodos and gp32s are not common enough). However, I'll also admit that I really want to get a DS for their more fun games (and it doesn't hurt that the DS's touch screen is freakin' awesome, too). Wow, this is a very long comment. Feel free to comment on my myspace account at myspace.com/teh_g33k Preferably, under the psp blog. COOl, and thanks in advance for any flames/comments sent to me. OH, and please do tell me if any data I wrote was false or inaccurate, thanks.
hmm, not bad at all. I've got about $15 saved up for a dslite. That's about 3 weeks worth. At this rate, I should have enough for the DS lite in no time!!! (i.e. about 30 weeks more, or 30/4+7, so only 7 months, lol. hmm, I wonder if buying that m3 adapter first was worth having to wait longer for the ds? Yeah, I guess so, considering how I can still use the m3 for my gbasp's...
they probably wont cuz they are going to make it thinner right??
3 years old damn i though it was 2, i must hav missed a brithday. but yea actually that is pretty old already
yea it actualyl sounded familiar to me too! lol
Why the ***** do you people even comment if you have nothing to say?
You're all a bunch of retards.
Im polish and live in germany. Before WW2 nobody liked the jews and especilly satan didn´t like them because jews aren´t satanists! And you say you aren´t anti semitic? >> "the non-jewish poles are rather nice people"
2 analog sticks.
Better screen, with less problems
8 gigs or more internal memory
Better quality buttons.
My analog stick is all wobbily and R2 sticks sometimes. To top all that my d pad makes creaky noises when I press on it.
lmao, I love how you took the P and spelt it out.
PS1 > PSone
PS2 > PStwo
PSP > PSpee
Sony should support homebrew
psp2 is baddddd news, it will be so long until were at the hacking level of it as we are of the psp now, i love psp and i dont care for a new one
The psp2 will eventually come, but I don't see it coming anytime soon. The psp is still doing well.
The DS was too big, the dslite fixed that.
The PSP doesnt need to be smaller, and theres no real problems with it. No need for a redesign here.
where the hell they get those ideas to make new psp...new system get new problems!
The nub is used for L2/R2 in PSX games on the psp.
man this should be ashame to make psp thinner cuz wow nintendo already did it and besides whu the !@!# cares it gotSMALLER its not like its much uv a defference pshhh i gues they cant come u wit anymore ideas the sould hire me ill give em idaes
ps bloopq fanatic likes guys and guy jokes ...haha
well ur dada works at hooters dog !! and i mom own the place .....ur nick name is hootylina
personally, i don't know how sony could redesign the psp to be thinner without it feeling too flimsy. the current psp is good enough for me. no, unless sony releases a psp2 in the future, i would go for that. a redesign is for those of you who a) don't have a psp yet or b) can't handle yourself and must have the latest thing. the only reason i would get a redesign is if it had a second analog nub, and it probably won't
I THOUGHT THIS WAS FAKE BUT WHOLLY SHYT NO!
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But if it gots no homebrew, I'm not gonna buy it.
You know how sony is crazy about copyrights.
Well said private.
I say send all the jews to mars and let them kill all the martians to occupy their HOLY f.u.c.k.i.n.g planet.
lol PSpee...lol, wonder if there going to make a slim version of PS3, probably...since there sony. This light version PSP might be tight. except i didnt like the redesign models too much like the PSone/PStwo they tend to overheat and get warm alot quicker. The PSP is already get warm. well sony mmade a success on there first portable game system and there was lots of flaws and not tough, but hopefully this new PSP will fix thouse
BALLS. PSPupdates is ***** guys. Go to www.psp-hacks.com at least they dont speak ***** in there. And finally the admin of pspupdates is gay. HE SUC:KS BALLS++++
ME SO HORNEY! I AM SO HORNEY RIGHT NOW! I FEEL SO SEXY! I GOT A 3 INCH D.I.C.K! NICCCCE
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I think they should make it a clamshell design so they can keep the screen the same size and protect it at the same time, they should put a better d-pad on it, fix the nub, give it better battery life, incorporate the functions of the remote into the psp itself to make the mp3 player more logical, add flash memory (at least 8 gigs) get rid of the umd door and make it slide into the unit, give it better speakers and louder volume, and give it a brighter screen so I can see it when it's beight outside or in the room.
God people whats's yyour problem with jewish people. Put your self in there perspective before you judge people. I know a few Jewish people and they are really nice people, just trying to live there life, while other people are here hating them and wanting toget get rid of them when the didnt do a damn thing to any one.
Back to the psp stuff--- The smaller psp is ok, but i already have a psp why buy another one. just because its smaller? lol
Better quality buttons, YES please! If the buttons performed like a ps2 control... No PSP games feel fantastic to me and it's always because the control doesn't feel slick enough.
Has anyone noticed how this place very often degenerates into an unholy mess of "your mother" ans such like? quite depressing actually....
Anyway, for all you people who say that it should come with 8GB flash memory, I really hope you're joking, or i;ve lost all hope for intelligent conversations for the rest of my life, 8GB?!? are you all thick or something, 8 GB of memory alone costs almost as much as a brand new PSP, and you think that sony will just throw one in for giggles, THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK!!
But, I would like to see what Sony will do with a redesign, I think the idea of a second analogue nub would be great, but it wouldn't help with games that needed it in the past, I think a more feasible idea would be things like better battery life, and tighter controls, also, the faceplate should have something done to it, despite having a steel case for it, my faceplate has cracked twice, and I'm not prepared to replace it for a third time. They'll probably all come bundled with 4.xx firmware or some such like, but given time, homebrew will be playable again, thanks to amazing pspdevs....
I'll not pass judgement until i see a screenshot, I think i'll reserve my opinions until then...
» This will be awsome if it has:
2 analog sticks.
Better screen, with less problems
8 gigs or more internal memory
Better quality buttons.
My analog stick is all wobbily and R2 sticks sometimes. To top all that my d pad makes creaky noises when I press on it.
Yes, I agree. There must be two analogsticks and R1, R2, L1 and L2 buttons.
i wonder if the new psp is gonna be called psp lite lol
U can make nice money here especialy if ur from US
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CAN SOMEONE AT QJ PLEASE REMOVE RACIST COMMENTS FROM ENTRIES SUCH AS THE ONE AT THE TOP OF THIS PAGE!?! I'M NOT INTERESTED IN SEEING SUCH FILTH, I'M SURE THERE ARE NAZI WEB PAGES OUT THERE THAT THESE TOSSERS CAN RANT ON IF THEY WISH... THIS IS NOT THE PLACE.
its two dumbass
@NOT A RACIST
Turn your caps of, whats wrong with you? do you have sand in your vagina?
STFU YOU DUMBASS NOOBS THERE ISN'T A PSP2 THIS IS AN ARTICLE ON A REDESIGNED PSP IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE IS NEW ***** IN IT, IT MEANS THAT THEY'RE REDUCING THE SIZE AND FIXING ANY INTERNAL HARDWARE PROBLEMS AND USING NEWER PART THAT HAVE BETTER QUALITY... now quit asking if it's a psp2.. there's no such thing so quit wasting your time waiting you *****ing noobs...
If I remember right , they were working on a 32 Gigabyte memory stick ( unless I misread the news post...unlikely :p). If this is true, and they do in fact come up with a 32 gigabyte memory stick, then that would be the best way I could think of to slim down the PSP. Taking out the useless UMD slot and slip in a hard drive instead ( Now THAT would be an iPod killer ;):P). Can you imagine having the amount of memory and flexibility as an iPod AND be able to surf the Internet AND play games ;)? Add a 32 gigabyte memory stick, and THAT would not only be slimmer, but more practical. In my opinion, I would much rather have a game on a memory stick or hard drive than a UMD anyway :P. I'm sure it would play faster. Plus, I gotta tell ya, these UMD's are way to easy to ruin, and you have to buy another one to replace it :| But, that's just my opinion, which I think Sony should take a hard look at and stop being so stubborn with their "proprietary" B.S.
There gona redesign the psp but i bet they make it way harder to hack! id rather stick with the original psp that plays all my fav homebrew and games ROCK ON RETRO!
Why does the QJ network not ban these asshats posting total bs and "your mom" jokes.... I think I'm gonna quit using this site because I'm tired of the crap posting and people making stupid comments.... Where the hell are admins around here? I'm gonna email QJ and applie for admin I think....
Home Brew is not legal you know
the graphics in the ps3 have already been surpassed...just look at crysis...
people who claim that a system has the best graphics ever r stupid...
anyway psp2 will come out no matter what...it'll probably be shown at min-e3
I think all they need to do is give everyone who already owns a psp the option to either have it modified to add a 2nd nub and a bit more memory (for a small fee) or trade it in for the redesigned one (at a discount) ...i like it how it is apart from those two things.
ahh, yes, I only played sotn so far (the emulated version, of course, lol) and it doesn't require L2, so I totally forgot about the need for the nub. Thanks.
hmm, read the history on world war 2, and see what happened to palestine. No seriously, just read, and see how Isreal was created, and maybe you'll realize why the arabs are always pissed off. Oh, and I agree that some jewish people are cool. Seriously, I bet you that most jewish people are cool, it's just that the isreali government, and its supporters are evil, and it just so happens that MOST supporters are ignorant and conceited jewish israelis. That's all, thanks.
actually, I have a quick statement: until the days of the ps3, I used to support PCs (and their superior abilities). Unfortunately, I've read somewhere that the ps3's cell processor are able to make the ps3 compete with a "supercomputer", so technically wouldn't that mean that even crysis can't keep up? But, just to make sure I'm not sounding noobish, yes, it is possible that a weaker CPU paired up with an uberpowerful video card can still bring in better graphics. BTW, about this "psp-lite" that we are gossiping about, I think that a clamshell design would be excellent: Same screen size, same case size, but better button placement, and maybe, just maybe, an extra 2 buttons (perhaps some games can be made like those dual shock controllers made for the ps1, you know, the newer generation could be 100% compatible with 2 shoulder pads, but able to take advantage of the 2 extra buttons. Hey, dark alex might even make a firmware hack for our ps1 emulator to take advantage of the extra buttons). But seriously, the clamshell design sounds like a really good idea, and it would still keep the psp at the same size, i think. The only problem: having your pspee snapped in half by a younger sibling/ an angry parent.
lol, have you seen that skit "psp vs ds"? it's got that famous chick named Cat something.... But yeah, I found the movie on engadget, and she (dressed up as the ds) says something mean about the psp's "not so universal UMD". lol, the universal media disk, is in fact, not so universal. i mean, wth is it named "Universal?!!!)
ofcourse homebrew is legal its just isos that are illegal thats why sony is afraid of homebrew they just dont want people puting iso loaders in the form of eboots personaly i think sony should hire some lonly middleaged man to sit at his desk and give Homebrew the Sony Seal of Approval" to games dubed perfectly legit... but thats just my illinformed openion take it if you will
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yes, quite right, why are YOU commenting when you have nothing to say. Great, now I too commented.
its a fricken REDESIGN !!!, not a psp 2 like that guy who said sumthing about the ps3 games on a ps2. for christ sake, it probably wont come out for 3 years, and when it does and its a redesign it will have all same features of current psp plus more. !!!
qj is full of idiot posters!