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More PSP2 rumors: new PSP will have two SKUs to be unveiled at E3, won't be called PSP2 |
Listed in: PSP Tags: Europe, Flash Memory, Mylo, PSP2, Sony
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Ready for more PSP2 rumors? Yes? No? Well, ready or not, here we go. This latest batch of rumorlicious rumors comes from 1Up, who apparently has some sources "directly involved with the new system". Some of them we've heard about, some we haven't., so I'll just distill all the rumors into a list so it'll be easier for you guys to wade through, okay? Okay.
- Sony will unveil the revamped PSP at E3 09.
- The new PSP won't be called PSP2. Neither will it be the PSP-4000. 1Up believes it'll be called the PSP Go! instead. Because of, you know, those Go! accessories Sony released in Europe. Maybe they're also planning to bring them over to the US?
- The redesign will come in two SKUS: one with 8GB of built-in flash memory and another with 16GB.
- Japanese release date is September. The US will get it in late October or early November
- It won't have a UMD drive, so Sony will have over 100 classic and new PSP titles available at launch.
- The PSP's buttons will be hidden underneath a sliding screen (see the mockup above). No second analog stick, though.
I'm still a bit concerned about the "no UMD" feature, though, since it'll render all my UMDs unplayable with the new system. Even if Sony releases all of my current UMD games as launch downloads, can I stil get them for free? I sure hope so. Or maybe Sony could just release an official UMD ripper that re-encrypts the data so it's playable only on the new PSP.
I don't know. All these rumors are making my head spin, and I'm not even possessed. We'll know who's right and who's wrong in the speculation arena when E3 rolls around.
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Via 1Up
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For the UMD, Sony said in recent press releases they didn't plan to abandon physical media entirely on the near future (say, the next PSP release), so that would be contradictory.
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on topic: i really, really don't want a psp with a sliding screen... and whatever it looks like it had better have a 2nd analog stick, as it makes it easier for developers and players...
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then they'll either sell it (if it's without a scratch) or they'll destroy it.
after you have returned it, you'll get a code you can write in on the PSN so that you'll get the games that you returned.
this is how it SHOULD be.
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I will buy this and if they bring out a 2nd analog stick mod for it, I will mod this craptoid thing for making me angry.
Oh I've been angry about this for I don't know since 2005.
Biggest Sony mistake was the analog stick because of there stupidity.
Greatest handheld but button area was not well scripted.
Original PSP button area or design was not designed as well as the Slim 2000, it was poorly done.
Every button was hard to push down for alot of games.
D-PAD was hard for fighting games aswell as the other buttons, they improved it majorly in PSP Slim v1 and then v2, only good thing about original PSP was screen.
They added the left analog stick in at the last minute like lazy people, didnt even think of doing it like a PS2 controller but instead thought like PS1 controller without the sticks.
Its too late now but Sony should have just put in a second analog stick into the PSP like they did the first analog stick, then it would be complete but they didnt think about that and LIED!
Don't you see no comment and so on, they are all big gigantic lies made up by Sony, every company does this, they try to justify the one analog stick.
Anyway I'm tired of waiting for the stupid PSP2, I wanted it and now that I know its this thing, I'm buying a 2nd analog stick modding kit to make me happy.
I know what it does, trust me. I'm just tired. But this PSP will be nice in my collection aswell as a modified 2nd analog stick in it.
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That mockup is very horrific. I guess the new SKU will be there to compete with the DSi or something.
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goddammit
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