Rumor: more details on PSP-4000 sliding screen

Posted Mar 2, 2009 at 11:28AM by QJ Staff Listed in: PSP Tags: David Perry, PSP2, Sony

More PSP2 rumor - Image 1

Fan-made image, everybody.

A trip to the mill got me another bag full o' rumor. Eurogamer is once again reporting on the new PSP model, giving new details on the rumored sliding screen, which sounds more like the famous fan-made design than most would believe.

According to Eurogamer's source, the PSP-4000's screen is "basically the same as the one in the 3000 - except it slides." Uh-huh. Yeah. Get to the good stuff.

When closed, the screen won't cover the entire face of the console, but the PSP will be "significantly smaller in width," and controls will be inaccessible save for the shoulder buttons. Some games will, in effect, still function, like LocoRoco (and, uh... can you guys think of anything else?). The unit will also have media playback in this state.

Lastly, it seems Sony is also approaching developer for ideas for games that only require the shoulder buttons. If ever this PSP-4000 rumor is true, I can guess what its nickname will be. The PSP Screen. Or the PSP shoulder buttons.

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Via Eurogamer

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# games with only shoulder buttons??? — mikal_rokz 2009-03-02 06:49

wtf is the point in that, I no loco roco was fun but it would be very hard to pull that off again. Btw FIRST COMMENT YAY!

# hmm.. — KylBlz 2009-03-02 07:03

thats interesting.. the idea of making the consoles total volume smaller is great but i dont think making games that only use shoulder buttons would be a good move.. they should be focusing on DUAL ANALOG and higher action titles

# in that case. — martin447 2009-03-02 07:07

it could be a simple "PSP 4000"

BUT, if they add a 2nd analog-stick, it can't be PSP1 anymore!! it would have to be PSP2..

^^simply becourse, you can't make a PS2 with SIXAXIS-compatibility and still call it PS2 either, because, that would make ealier version of the PS2 unable o play the newer games correctly......

so they WON'T add a 2nd analog-stick unless they make the PSP2... so in advance "stop saying you want a 2nd analog-stick, thank you"

but then again, PSP2 sounds stupid.... so maybe they will just call the PSP2 for PSP-4000??? but it would still theoratically be a "PSP2".... you get my point??.... probably not.. :(

# bleh — NathanDrake 2009-03-02 07:11

I hope it's nothing like that image. I prefer the controls on either side of the screen, not under. It's one of the few things I preferred about the original GBA over the SP (though the SP screen was nicer).

# ... — dragon92 2009-03-02 07:16

Well,so long to the classic PSP shape.Looks like that the new one will feature many changes,unlike the previous models.Let's say a motion sensor,touch screen and bluetooth,as well as the sliding display mentioned above,will surely make me buy one when it comes out!But for now we will wait for updates on the topic.

# emm — Jaiggon 2009-03-02 07:49

tilting would be okay but the full on jarring of a sixaxis would be bad. and what of a touchscreen? the no umd is an interesting and obvious move also would not surprise me to see more in the way memory capacity options when it is released. i would really like to see more in the way of gaming functions from it. but then again the more then cram in the more it will cost so.

# ... — thexile 2009-03-02 08:06

This image has been surfacing since last year..

# bleh — NathanDrake 2009-03-02 08:13

I'd be annoyed if Sony copy Nintendo and Apple and put a damn touch screen on the new PSP. I hate them. I mean I wouldn't mind if the new PSP had a touch screen as such, but I just hope games wouldn't depend on it or just try to shove in any lame use for it like the DS seems to. I hated the touch screen crap on the otherwise fairly decent Castlevania games for DS, for example, which I felt broke the flow of the gameplay and served no real purpose at all. I loathed Phantom Hourglass' control method too and throwing my then girlfriends DS back at her, and loading up Link's Awakening DX on GB (well my PSP running a Gameboy emulator).

# - — RJ 2009-03-02 08:32

Just so you know kiddo (guess you've only played one of the 3 Castlevania games on DS...), only DoS used touchscreen stuff and even then it was in one area linear area that didn't require backtracking through and at the end of boss fights. For the other 95% of the game you didn't need touchscreen.

But I agree on Phantom Hourglass. The controls destroyed it. But even then it was lacking in all the personality and charm of other top-view Zelda games.

And they had better not copy touchscreen stuff. Yes Nintendo did it well with the DS, and yes Apple also did incredibly well with the iPhone and iPod Touch and YES the app store for them is the biggest money spinner since anything. Dont copy it.

# Actually — soopergooman 2009-03-02 09:02

You are all wrong again. Sheesh don't any of you have contacts within the Biz???? I got an email from a Sony Japan contact today and there is news in it about a PSP-5000 not 4000. Once I translate it with a friend of mine(he'll be translating) I might post it here. I just hope there's more info in it than that of which I've been seeing around the interwebs. if it's a psp there will be ONE stick but if it's a new product, say a PS2P then well you know there'll be TWO sticks. People need to relax until rumor is confirmed truth.

# YEAH I KNOW AND — soopergooman 2009-03-02 09:04

It was for a MID, not even the psp. Somebody Shopped this image to make it look like a psp. I have the Orig somewhere.

# My opinions — dd409 2009-03-02 09:06

^I love that fan image

Personally, I think the touch screen would be a gimmick move and would destroy the PSP. Too much like trying to copy the DS.

I like the sliding screen idea in the fan pic, and I think that would be nice. If they did include a second analog, it would have to be a PSP2/PS2P/some other name, due to the lack of forward compatibility for the PSPs 1-3000.

As for games that only use shoulder buttons... other than LocoRoco I can't see that happening. And even in LR (notice the abbreviation = shoulder buttons? Yay coincidences), that would still be hard to implement in the menus and such.

# Second Analog or Bust — zero298 2009-03-02 09:06

They could add a second analog just to make things easier. What I envision is that you start playing Katamari and after the game starts up you press your Home button. After that there is a sub-option that lets you map the second analog to WHATEVER you want. This would

This would be EXCRUCIATINGLY beneficial to games that were "ported" from systems with dual analogs. Monster Hunter would have a camera that didn't require your hand to do acrobatics, Katamari would be playable, FPS would come into their own.

Really it would just be fantastic but the key is that if Sony still doesn't want to move into a PSP2 mode they don't have to. The second analog is just for ease of play.

# Snap — wonderboy52 2009-03-02 09:50

Remember how easy it was to break a slim mobile phone compared to a big one. Well i think it will be easy to break this PSP.

Me: Hey wicked i got the new psp!

John: Wow let me have a try

Me: No!

Chav: watch where you are going (walks into Me)

John: what was his problem

Me: I don't know

John: Ahhh look at the psp!

Me: Ahhh the screen is hanging off

The End

or

You will drop it by accident and the screen will snap but if you remember the old psp's you could step on them and it would still work.

# ... — TheLastGuitarHero 2009-03-02 10:30

Yes and how sad is it that QJ had to say, "Fan-made image," because they knew dumb asses would say, "Omg is that it ew lolol wheres the third analogg stik??"

# lol — Serosis 2009-03-02 10:53

I've broken a PSP-1000 in half over my knee and it just barely worked afterwards. (circumstances will not be explained)

# ah... — PaganiC12 2009-03-02 11:39

omfg ! If it's true , i really wanna see how the slide screen looks like.

cmon Sony !

# Look at where the analog sticks are... — ajnauron 2009-03-02 11:55

They're too low. Thumbs on the console would rest higher up, so the sticks should be above the pads. Not below.

# The Sliding screen idea... — mistr305 2009-03-02 12:51

Personally, I think it's awesome.

We donot have to bend our necks to play PSP while on-the-go.

# Agreed — noshoes84 2009-03-02 13:00

I really think this would be great. Only thing is...TEMPERED GLASS SCREEN! I hate the plastic screen...it is far too easy to scratch. My g/f has the newest iPod Nano with the tempered glass. She keeps it in her purse with her keys and all her other crap and there isn't a single scratch on it. She has done this for months. If it looks like the fan image with a glass screen I will be all over this.

# 4000 nickname — erefa 2009-03-02 13:51

I can guess what its nickname will be. The PSP Screen. Or the PSP shoulder buttons...

...or the PSP DS ... but with just one screen ...

# HYPE — iMaZx 2009-03-02 14:37

Watch the hype go down the drain. That's what happened so far with PSP. Even with Firmware..

# first comment? — Puntymario 2009-03-02 15:13

cmon have some goal in life geez

# ummm... — arishay 2009-03-02 17:10

FAIL.

# one word... — StingBlah 2009-03-02 18:04

TOUCHSCREEn.

# emm2 — Jaiggon 2009-03-02 19:27

nother thought comes to mind may be a bit off topic but sense sony and nvidia are kinda an item when will we see some portable stereoscopicry

# Irony.... — SKUD 2009-03-02 23:16

I remember when before even Pandora was known.....when that so called touchscreen was being sold ( http://www.slashgear.com/color-24-bit-lcd-psp-touch-screen-make-your-psp-a-little-more-like-a-ds-286992/ ) and everyone thought it was so great if they knew it worked. And Modders set out to implement a PSP touchscreen ( http://www.gamertell.com/gaming/comment/modder-hacks-psp-adds-touchscreen/ ) I cant remember anyone not liking the idea. And now when it there is actually hope for something like this then everyone and their mother is trying to shoot it down because they dont like it! LOL CLASSIC!

# .....hmm — neo28 2009-03-03 01:05

NICKNAME

PSP HD MINI

or

PSP touch

haha !

# ^^ of course it would be nice — martin447 2009-03-03 01:09

BUT older PSPs would not be able to play those games properly!

so in that way, they can't add another analog-stick to PSP1... because then not all PSP1s would be able to play the same games :(

you see my point? :)

# .. — Navani 2009-03-03 04:59

Minidisc PSPs! +D I have my old MD player somewhere..

# Old abandoned Discs ... — erefa 2009-03-03 06:00

I'm wondering if there is a possibility to get all abandoned mini-disc formats (minidisc, umd) in one drive to work ... as I guess, minidisc is just CD layouted, while UMD has DVD layers ...

If sony continues making proprietary mini formats, there could be MBD ... mini blueray disc...

If not now, then in PSP-5000 ... when Sony decides: "Please, Devs, make more complex games" ... Xd

# another word... — dd409 2009-03-03 09:20

# I like the feature... — Stealth! 2009-03-03 16:03

But, I'd rather them make it for the PSP2. Cause then it would be a new system, then just a remodeled lighter PSP-4000 system. :

# @puntymario — xche78x 2009-03-03 21:51

you should try it sometimes, its fun!

yes boring stupid annoying and to mention a big hate magnet but unlike yours, mikal's comment made sense.

yours contradict the reason that youre here, do you have anything else to do besides comment on someone else's comment? like some goal in life?

funny i noticed, i'm just like you in a way! lol

# Eeh... — Djhg2000 2009-03-04 03:41

Sixaxis argument isn't valid; those quiz games (Buzz or something), singing games + guitar hero all come with their own controller, which afaik does NOT work with other games.

My point being that you can add functionallity, but not remove.

Kind of what Nintendo did with the DSi.

# qj... — Djhg2000 2009-03-04 03:51

It seems like ampersand also turns into plus signs, as you can see here: +

Just to try which characters turn into plus signs, I'll write some:

§ (Paragraph sign)

! (Exclaimation mark)

" (Quote sign)

# (Square)

% (Percent)

+ (Ampersand)

/ (Slash)

+ (Equal sign)

? (Question mark)

@ (At)

£ (Pounds)

$ (Dollar sign)

* (Star)

~ (Don't know the name of this one, but it's used to indicate aproximations)

Now we should know which ones work, and which ones do not.

# @ Djhg2000 — Sephiroth86 2009-03-04 05:16

the '~' is called a Tilde, the '§' is a Section sign and the '*' is an Asterisk :)

As for a second analog, I think zero298's idea would be brilliant... if existing games could be updated to recognise it. It would make Splinter Cell Essentials playable at least.

# ... — Sephiroth86 2009-03-04 05:23

I must just have rotten luck.

I dropped an empty beer bottle on my old PSP-1000, making a magnificent crack on the screen. I bought a new screen and rebuilt it - It was like the console equivalent of the six million dollar man

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