PSP2 - Announced. Specs revealed.

[xtop]

Compilation trailer showing Minna no Golf Next, Gravity Daze, Killzone, Hustle Kings, Reality Fighters, Smart As, Broken, LittleBigPlanet 2, Little Deviants, WipEout, Resistance and Uncharted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKsWSzAe5R4&hd=1&t=4m30s

Uncharted, showing off everything really. Of course you'll be able to play just with the sticks if you like.
http://uk.gamespot.com/ngp/action/un...video%3Bhd%3B1

Minna no Golf, focussing on the gyroscope/compass motion detection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4AXgpTreEs&hd=1&t=1m00s
Pretty sure this looks more detailed than the PS3 game and the shadows look really nice and crisp.

Little Deviants, focussing on the rear and front multi-touch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GLG71IouR8&hd=1&t=1m37s

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES ITS NEXT GENERATION PORTABLE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM

Ultimate Portable Entertainment System Makes Its Debut This Year, Further Expanding the PlayStation® Business in the Portable Gaming Market

Tokyo, January 27, 2011 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced its next generation portable entertainment system (codename: NGP), which delivers the ultimate portable entertainment experience. NGP will make its debut at the end of the year 2011.

NGP is designed to offer unparalleled interactive entertainment that is only possible on PlayStation®. This new system offers a revolutionary combination of rich gaming and social connectivity within a real world context, made possible by leveraging SCE’s experience from both PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) and PlayStation®3 (PS3®) entertainment systems.

Deep and immersive gaming is at the core of PlayStation’s DNA, and NGP is the latest embodiment of this vision. By having both Wi-Fi and 3G network connectivity, together with various applications, NGP will enable infinite possibilities for users to “encounter,” “connect,” “discover,” “share” and “play” with friends wherever they are. Within the device are a range of features that provide a genuinely cutting-edge, next generation ultimate portable entertainment experience.

・Stunning OLED and Revolutionary User Interface

NGP incorporates a beautiful multi-touch 5-inch organic light emitting display (OLED) as the front display. A high-performance CPU / GPU combined with OLED enables rich, visually striking graphics never seen before on a portable entertainment system, for both games and other digital entertainment content. The new system also incorporates a unique multi-touch pad on the rear, and together with the front touch display, NGP offers new game play allowing users to interact directly with games in three dimension-like motion, through “touch, grab, trace, push and pull” moves of the fingers.

・Super Oval Design and Dual Analog Sticks

While succeeding the basic design philosophy of PSP, NGP adopts the Super Oval Design form factor, created to fit comfortably in users’ hands. For the first time, a portable entertainment system will feature two analog sticks, which enable a wider range of game genres to be brought into the portable experience.

・LiveArea™

Every game title for NGP will be provided with a space called “LiveArea™” where users can share the fun and excitement with other players. Users will have access to the latest information of games provided from SCE and 3rd party developers and publishers through PlayStation®Network. Additionally, NGP users will be able to view an “Activity” log that is constantly updated with accomplishments from users who are playing the same game, which in turn can trigger active real-time communication among users.

・Near

SCE will also provide location-based services on NGP as part of the basic features utilizing PlayStation Network. The new application called “Near,” developed specifically for this service and the network, will be pre-installed in the system to let users find out what their friends in the vicinity are playing now or what they were playing recently. Users can meet their friends and new players virtually, regardless of what games they are playing, simply by sharing their game information across different dimensions of time and distance.

・New Game Medium

NGP adopts a new game medium, a small flash memory based card, dedicated for NGP software titles. Taking advantage of the flash memory feature, this innovative card can store the full software titles plus add-on game content or the game save data directly on to the card. By adopting flash memory based card, SCE will be able to provide game cards with higher capacity in the future, allowing developers to store more game data to deliver rich and immersive games.

NGP will also come equipped with two cameras on its front and rear, as well as three motion sensors, gyroscope, accelerometer and electronic compass, all of which are designed to enable users to enjoy the world of entertainment that is linked with real life experiences.

PlayStation®Suite (PS Suite), announced today, will also closely coordinate with NGP. The newly developed and released game content for Android™ based portable devices can also be enjoyed on NGP. As a result, users will have access to not only the most leading-edge content, but also some of the more casual experiences that typify the mobile market place.

SCE will vigorously promote NGP towards the launch as the next generation portable entertainment platform and deploy various measures to further expand the portable gaming market.


List of Third Party Game Developers and Publishers

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As of Jan 27th, 2011 (in alphabetical order of developer/publisher)

JAPAN

ACQUIRE Corp.
ALVION Inc.
AQ INTERACTIVE INC.
ARC SYSTEM WORKS Co.,Ltd.
ARIKA CO.,LTD.
ARTDINK CORPORATION
ASCII MEDIA WORKS Inc.
CAPCOM CO., LTD.
CHUN SOFT CO., Ltd
Codemasters Software Company Limited
Crafts & Meister Co.,Ltd.
CyberConnect2 Co.,Ltd.
D3 PUBLISHER Inc.
Dimps Corporation
Edia Co., Ltd.
ENTERBRAIN, INC.
From Software, Inc
Gameloft K.K.
Genki Co.,Ltd.
Grasshopper Manufacture Inc.
GungHo Online Entertainment,Inc
GUST CO.,LTD.
HAMSTER Corporation
HUDSON SOFT CO., LTD.
IDEA FACTORY CO., LTD.
Index Corporation(Atlus)
IREM SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INC.
KADOKAWA GAMES,LTD.
Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd.
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
LEVEL-5 Inc.
Marvelous Entertainment Inc.
media5 Corporation
NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Nihon Falcom Corporation
Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.
NOWPRODUCTION, CO.,LTD
Q Entertainment Inc.
SEGA CORPORATION
SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION
Spike Co.,Ltd
SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.
SystemSoft Alpha Corp.
TECMO KOEI GAMES CO., LTD.
TOMY Company,Ltd.
TOSE CO., LTD.
Ubisoft K.K.
YUKE’S Co., Ltd.

48 companies in total

NORTH AMERICA

Activision, Inc.
Capybara Games
Demiurge Studios
Epic Games Inc.
Far Sight Studios
Frima
High Voltage Software
Kung Fu Factory
Paramount Digital Entertainment
PopCap Games
Powerhead Games
Trendy Entertainment
Ubisoft®
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2K Games
2K Sports

16 companies in total

EUROPE/PAL

Avalanche Studios
Climax Studios Ltd
Codemasters Software Company Ltd
Eurocom Developments Ltd
Eutechnyx Ltd
Exient Ltd
Firemint PTY Ltd
Gameloft SA
Gusto Games Ltd
Home Entertainment Suppliers PTY Ltd
Impromptu Software Ltd
Rebellion®
Rockstar Games
Sidhe Interactive
Sumo Digital Ltd
Team 17 Software Ltd
Ubisoft Entertainment SA
Zen Studios Ltd

18 companies in total

<Next generation portable entertainment system (codename: NGP)>

CPU: ARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core)

GPU: SGX543MP4+

External Dimensions: Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largest projection)

Touch Pads: Multi touch pad (capacitive type) Front and Rear

Cameras: Front camera, Rear camera

Sound: Built-in stereo speakers, Built-in microphone

Sensors: Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass

Location: Built-in GPS, Wi-Fi location service support

Buttons / Switches: PS button, Power button, Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left), Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square), Shoulder buttons (Right/Left), Right stick, Left stick, START button, SELECT button, Volume buttons (+/-)

Wireless communications: Mobile network connectivity (3G), IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1x1)(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode), Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR （A2DP/AVRCP/HSP）

[aygie]

Originally Posted by xtop

http://www.industrygamers.com/news/p...elopers-hands/

So Sony are making sure there will plenty titles out for the PSP2 launch? Good stuff!

[xtop]

Originally Posted by aygie

So Sony are making sure there will plenty titles out for the PSP2 launch? Good stuff!

and apparently some dev's have had a psp2 for a year

[aygie]

Originally Posted by xtop

and apparently some dev's have had a psp2 for a year

A YEAR! S**t the bed! Can't wait to get one.

[xtop]

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/22/s...next-few-mont/

The grand opening of Sony Ericsson's new Americas HQ in Atlanta isn't the sort of thing we spend sleepless nights thinking about, but a PSP Phone is. It's mighty encouraging, therefore, to hear the company's CEO Bert Nordberg tease "big surprises" coming from his team over the next few months. That revelation was accompanied by plentiful references to SE as an entertainment phone maker, a sly grin, and the usual disclaimer that "we never announce them in advance" -- though considering the gap between the Xperia X10 announcement and arrival to market, maybe Bert should reconsider that part. Either way, unless SE's big surprise is the delivery of a smartphone with an up-to-date OS and cutting-edge components on time (which would, admittedly, be a surprise), we're happy to take this as a sign that the Android 3.0-powered gaming platform-cum-smartphone is brewing nicely behind the scenes.

[Galactus]

Hope it'll be like the original psp

[joeorc]

Originally Posted by xtop

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/22/s...next-few-mont/

great find..hehe, i think he knows it was only a matter of time until there was no way of hiding the fact that the PSP Smartphone was on it's way.

[1cleans13]

Hoping its not just a phone.... I already own an Iphone 4 but I would love to own a new psp too.

[Rike255]

If true my PSP Go is officially a bad investment

[joeorc]

Originally Posted by Rike255

If true my PSP Go is officially a bad investment

how so ?

the games will still be able to be played on your go. that's the thing the Mini's are still being made so is full PSP games.

[Rike255]

Originally Posted by joeorc

how so ?

the games will still be able to be played on your go. that's the thing the Mini's are still being made so is full PSP games.

I've had lots of trouble finding games I'm actually interested in, with a PSP2 on the market it will be even harder.

[joeorc]

Originally Posted by Rike255

I've had lots of trouble finding games I'm actually interested in, with a PSP2 on the market it will be even harder.

well there is plent of game's what type of games are you looking for?
because for me i try out many games if i do not try them i do not know if i will like them.

[Rike255]

Puzzle games for the PSP is about all I want to play (something to keep me occupied on my long ride to work).

[PA_Kid]

Originally Posted by Rike255

Puzzle games for the PSP is about all I want to play (something to keep me occupied on my long ride to work).

That's part of why I love PS+. Two minis a month has given me a bunch of fun little games to play on the go.

[Rike255]

Originally Posted by PA_Kid

That's part of why I love PS+. Two minis a month has given me a bunch of fun little games to play on the go.

Good point, I should really start taking advantage of that too.

[DonRSD]

ive never been a fan of portable gaming devices

that being said i have a slim psp, but its hacked to hell for my son to play old games (im not condoning one bit)

i would be very interested in a psp2 IF

• 2 shoulder buttons
• 2 analog sticks
• can be used as a ps3/ps4 controller (i would love to pick my plays for football games like the vmu for dreamcast)

[bhampton]

I can't see the PSP2 making my PSPGo into a bad "investment".

If my PSPGo broke today, I still got my money's worth many times over.

If you have something that you don't use then, yeah, maybe you made a bad choice or something. The PSPGo has been great for me.

-Brian

[PrivatePixel]

Originally Posted by DonRSD

ive never been a fan of portable gaming devices

I wasn't either, until the PSP came along.

that being said i have a slim psp, but its hacked to hell for my son to play old games (im not condoning one bit)

Thing is, the homebrew community add so much to the PSP's functionality (through various apps). Rather than attempt to close every security hole, SONY should have left well alone by embracing what the open community has to offer through their ingenuity. I understand the concerns of piracy and its potential impact on software sales, but clamping down on exploits only serve to incentivize the resourceful and resilient anyway. There's so much that the PSP can do beyond playing games; it's why I have two units. One I keep updated diligently with firmware patches (to play the most recent games), the other has the original 1.51 firmware on it for exploring possibilities.

i would be very interested in a psp2 IF

• 2 shoulder buttons
• 2 analog sticks
• can be used as a ps3/ps4 controller (i would love to pick my plays for football games like the vmu for dreamcast)

With the exception of the last point (strictly optional for me), I agree with the other two, especially the dual analog sticks.

[AranhaHunter]

PSP2 is looking more of a matter of when, not if. I hope to see it unveiled soon.

[ussrelativity]

I'm hoping so, too.

Tactile buttons, two sticks, a larger high-res screen, and longer battery life would all go well.