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PSP2 craziness continues: rumor confirms, debunks rumors

Posted Apr 21, 2009 at 6:07PM EST by Mabie A.

Listed in: PSP Tags: PSP2, Skype, Sony

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Thanks to Richard Allen for the tip!

Now the rumors are being doused down with more set of rumors. It's getting crazy, and this ought to be just as exciting as the nearing Hatton-Pacquiao boxing match. Earlier, we posted an article on more juicy Insider Info on the PSP2. Is it or is it not real?

Now we have a post from PlayStation LifeStyle, and really, this could have passed as just another of those sites dishing out info through their anonymous sources. And their info does come from an anonymous source - one (or two, or three, or more) that they "are not at liberty to divulge."

What piqued our curiosity, though, was how matter-of-factly they dished out their info. Without the usual caveat of, "We'll let you know if we hear anything official from Sony." Instead, they pointed their attention to this article by PSPWorld that was with the objective of straightening out the "fact" versus the "fiction" in the growing PSP2 drama. They even have a matter-of-fact Artist's rendition of PSP2:

Wait..isn't that... an i...Phone...no, no. It can't be...

Here's what PSLS pretty much confirmed and concurred with as "facts" from that post:

UMD is dead. Sorry folks, UMD IS dead, they got this one rightÂ…
Touch Screen. PSPWorld states that this is a given as this seems to be the trend the industry is heading towards. Well Sony boasts itÂ’s Â“Like No OtherÂ” and that is the truth, Sony doesnÂ’t follow trends, it sets them. There will be NO touchscreen in the next PSP.
Â“Monstrous Hardware SpecsÂ” If that were the case, it WOULD be the PSP2, and the next PSP is NOT the PSP2, itÂ’s not the PSP-4000 either. In fact itÂ’s something entirely unique.

As for the fiction in them:

Release before Christmas 2009. We donÂ’t know an exact release date, but itÂ’s much sooner than anyone is expecting. One thing we are sure of is that itÂ’s definitely Going to be before Holiday 2009.
Internal HDD. If UMD is dead, how exactly does PSPWorld think we are going to get our games on the new PSP? Sure Sony could pack in some form of memory stick with the new PSP, but that isnÂ’t practical. As Dave Perry has mentioned in the past, look for some type of solid state memory on board. It will also take some form of removable flash memory.
Phone included. They got this one right also, but it wasnÂ’t a hard guess. There will be no built in phone in the next PSP, however you can always use Skype.

And then they leave out some more intriguing teasers, the ones that would probably fall under Sony's "We don't comment on rumors" press release bin, if they ever had one:

Sliding Screen. They call this fiction, and unfortunately we cannot comment on this. We have to leave it at that.
Dual Analog Sticks. Nope, not happening, at least not until the PSP2 which this isnÂ’t. Adding a second analog stick would alienate the current PSP lineup, which is going to get much more robust later this year. A lineup, that will play just fine on this new PSP, which is based on current PSP tech.

And again, it ends with that all-too blatant banner to head to the E3 for more.

Last thing we would like to leave you off with isÂ…

We all know E3 is GOing to be filled with HEAVY announcements, potentially COLOSSAL even if weÂ’re lucky. DonÂ’t let all the MASSIVE amounts of rumors RAIN on your parade. ItÂ’s a great TIME to be living the PlayStation LifeStyle, so TUNE in as we bring all the news, LITTLE and BIG to you as things are set in MOTION every step of the way.

How do they know? What else do they know? Is this Sony's round-about way of confirming things to us baffled, awaiting fans? Or... rather... could it be Sony's way of throwing us off-track?

And the mystery only deepens.

They think they know, or they know for sure, either way, we're tagging this as Rumor for now.

If anything, the one thing for certain here is that it's E3 who's benefiting the most from all this. I think we just might see the best E3 yet.

Please, do not disappoint.

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i love how he was like...the next PSP is NOT the PSP2, it’s not the PSP-4000 either...dude doesn't know what he is talking about. It has to be either. It is either an iteration of the psp or the psp2. THEY may not be using those terms, but to say it is not and iteration or the next generation means that it does not exist. Something seems out of place in the whole post. My guess is it is a psp with a sliding screen and no umd. No other real changes. Which would make it the psp-4000.

# If it's not the PSP-4000 — Erkz 2009-04-21 20:50

Then it's probably a higher number, and the 4000 was an enhanced Brite, possibly with certain 'features' removed...

Also, what's up with the- *checks the source* -oh.

So uh, does this mean LBP PSP and stuff will be revealed at E3? Shadow of the Colossus port? The only thing I can get out of that last part is Heavy Rain and LBP. Ah well, guess we'll see when the time comes.

# Look. — FreePlay 2009-04-21 23:59

STOP POSTING RUMORS AS NEWS.

# +1 — FearEvil19 2009-04-22 01:02

this ^

# I'll buy it on launch day — noshoes84 2009-04-22 02:00

but please, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, use TEMPERED GLASS! Plastic SUCKS! It's like my only request...do whatever else you want...but damn I hate the plastic screen. I would pretty much buy the next psp if it was the exact same thing as the fat but had a glass face.

# Rumors — Teivin 2009-04-22 03:51

Suck, and tend to be wrong.

That source website is also terrible. Just to put that out there.

# screw it — djman855555 2009-04-22 04:17

sony puts out a new psp every 6 months. they wonder why last year they lost 2 billion. sonys starting to fail unfortunately

# Keep posting Rumors! — Farnesworth 2009-04-22 04:59

Nobody claimed it was real. They claimed it was a rumor. I like rumors, they are fun. Of course, I'm not stupid enough to believe them.

# LOL!!!! — jabbaface 2009-04-22 09:49

It is always funny when some idiot posting "First!" gets beat by someone else posting first...

Or were u being sarcastic?

# GOing — papakep 2009-04-22 10:15

could mean go!cam for US??

# duh — papakep 2009-04-22 10:17

psp 3500. sonys rollin out psps faster than firmware updates

# eh — cmonkey99 2009-04-22 11:21

after so many let downs I'll have to wait until I see a real product but all these rumours mean something is for sure in the works and I am excited since sony will have "all your base are belong to us" in the handheld industry

# aww — Vman00 2009-04-22 11:31

im kinda crushed inside reading that the psp2/4000+1 wont have dual-analogs

# RE: lol — coop086 2009-04-22 12:12

I was being sarcastic ...

I hate people who write to be first

# Don't believe this BS — Metallica101 2009-04-22 16:11

I mean come on, do you REALLY think the PSP2's going to release this year? And NO WAY can it not have 2 analogs.

# WOW I saw that picture on GOOGLE! Years ago. — YAMI ANUBIS X 2009-04-22 17:16

When PSP slim was first announced. That thing is just a fusion of pictures from Google.

Oh yes by the way the concept design looks awful AKA looks pretty bad to play PSP with the buttons in such a small proximity.

Sony knows how badly we want dual analog sticks, this they know and they know well, they won't be forgetting about this.

So this whole rumor is bogus.

Oh yes, it does look good in one way but someone needs to fix the button layout.

Really come on, thats a bad concept for all those buttons to be so close.

# No — ptspyder 2009-04-22 17:50

Free and fear are right. Stop posting crap to start flame wars. Sure, it gets a lot of hits, but not because people are interested. Its because the internet loves a good flame war!

# what? — genesiscopy 2009-04-22 18:20

at least have support on the 3g networks e.g HSDPA or HSPA+ (i know it's still in experimental stage) for wireless internet connection at high bitrate both for net-browsing and multiplayer instead of relying on wifi/ wifimax

# Denials Ahoy — apex05 2009-04-23 03:15

Yipeee 21st to post! Anyway, i've always noticed that the stronger Sony denies something exists, the more likely it's true, they usually make very few comments normaly, and now they got their 'angry' head on we know something's up.

# Don't count on sony... — ksoma 2009-04-23 03:27

i would say to mod it yourself rather than relying on Sony to make that request come true, that way you can have any PSP model you like

# No way 2009 — Shin Megami 2009-04-24 08:06

Don't think it's gonna happen 2009. Maybe christmas 2010, but never 2009.

Why?

1. They would pawn themself. The -old- PSP is still selling very good (especially in Japan) and it wouldn't make any sense to release a new machine, while the other one is still selling. Maybe it's no DS, but come on: half a million per month is not bad at all.

2. There would be much more rumors going around, especially from developer side. Either the PSP2 or whatever it is going to be called will come out without any launch games or the different developer are so tight-lipped that we do not hear any thing about the launch games. Christmas 2009 is in half a year! The production cycle for a launch games is much bigger, so the developer should have gotten dev kits like one year ago. Never.

I predict a price cut for the PSP and the PS3 and maybe in a year or two a new platform.

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