Tag: Psp2
SCEA's whacked up footage of this Thursday's Next Generation Portable announcement on the PlayStation Blog, allowing you to relive the historical moment in full 1080p
The press conference includes plenty of gameplay snippets, including Uncharted NGP and Little Deviants. Sony's also put up an official website for the PlayStation Meeting event through...
As expected, Sony has revealed the successor to the PlayStation Portable this morning
The device is currently codenamed the NGP, or 'Next Generation Portable'. According to the platform holder, the NGP has been designed around five core pillars: user interface, social connectivity, location-based entertainment, converging real and virtual gameplay,...
Feature Opinion: PlayStation Suite Is The Ace In Sony's Portable Strategy
PushSquare editor Sammy Barker follows up his original reaction to the NGP with discussion on why PlayStation Suite is the overlooked ace in Sony's portable gaming strategy
</em> I've had a few days to analyse the reaction to Sony's NGP announcement this week, and I've been overwhelmed by how much positivity I've read. People seem to get it...
News Sony Announces Its Next Generation Portable
Available towards the end of 2011
Today Sony announced the successor to its PlayStation Portable (PSP) console, currently codenamed NGP (Next Generation Portable.) SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES ITS NEXT GENERATION PORTABLE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMUltimate Portable Entertainment System Makes Its Debut This Year, Further Expanding the...
Opinion Why Sony's Next Generation Portable Sounds Like The Perfect Device For Me
PushSquare editor Sammy Barker delivers his first reaction to Sony's new handheld announcement, the Next Generation Portable
I often feel like I'm the only person in the world not caught up in the iOS hype hurricane. I think Apple's devices are fantastic pieces of kit, but as gaming systems they don't come anywhere near meeting the kind of...
News PlayStation Meeting 2011: NGP's "Near" Application Tracks Your Location
Amongst its ridiculously powerful specifications and control interfaces, Sony's NGP also has some pretty neat GPS functionalities
An application built into the device called "Near" is an ongoing map allowing you to track where you are and where you have been. Near connects with the PSN to find out what games are popular in your current...
According to Sony, LiveArea is the NGP's "game oriented communication platform"
It will replace the popular XMB interface that has graced numerous Sony products over the past five or so years. LiveArea will support popular PlayStation staples such as the PlayStation Store, Trophies, PSN friends, messaging and more. At long last: trophies on the go!
News PlayStation Meeting 2011: ... And The NGP Looks A Little Bit Like This!
Sony's just sent us press photos of their new PlayStation handheld, the NGP
You can read more about the actual device through here. For now let's gaze at pretty pictures.
News Tomorrow (We Think) The PSP2 Will Be Announced At Sony's PlayStation Meeting In Japan
This time tomorrow, we're 99
9% sure we'll know a little more about the direction of Sony Computer Entertainment's handheld strategy. At 3PM JST Sony's scheduled an event in Tokyo, Japan deemed "PlayStation Meeting 2011". Last time Sony held a PlayStation Meeting (in 2005), details of the PS3 were revealed. With the 3DS months away from...
Rumour PSP2 Longer Than Current Device But Not As Wide, Possible Specifications Leaked
French website 01
net</a> report that the PSP2 could be technically comparable to Apple's next generation iPhone and iPad devices. As the rumours grow in the build-up to Thursday, the site claims to have got its hands on a development unit of the PSP2 (and subsequently the specs). We've included all the technical gubbins after the jump...
News Honestly, We're Almost Certain This Is Not The PSP2
There's an elaborate hoax doing the rounds
Some big publications are posting up grainy shots of what they claim "could be" the PSP2. Never ones to miss out on a hit mongering story, we've decided to jump on the bandwagon and share our opinion on the matter. This is not the PSP2. For starters it looks like a carbon copy of the Xperia Play...
News Codemasters Boss Backs PSP2 Power Rumours
Codemasters' top noggin has added further fuel to the "PSP2 is super powerful" bonfire
Ironically speaking at the 3DS event in Amsterdam last week, Rod Cousens told Eurogamer that rumours about Sony's next handheld are true. It is indeed a bit of beast. In portable areas youre going to have statements, which already out in the press, saying...
News Heads Up: PlayStation Meeting Kicks Off 3PM JST This Thursday
Sony's pinned a 3PM JST start time on this Thursday's PlayStation Meeting in Tokyo
Convert times as appropriate, but that makes it 6AM GMT here in the UK. Don't expect news to trickle out immediately though. We imagine it will take an hour or so before the good stuff hits the 'net. The event's like to see the unveiling of the PSP2 at long last. We...
Definitely sounds like Sony's being Sony again
Nikkei is reporting some colossus information on the PSP2 this evening. According to preliminary information on the device, Nikkei reports that Sony's next portable system will support 3G functionality and an OLED touchscreen. OLED screens are widely considered some of the best available on the market...
News PSP2 To Be Announced At Japanese PlayStation Meeting On January 27th
Six years ago Sony held an event in Japan called the "PlayStation Meeting"
The July 25th, 2005 meeting revealed some of Sony's early plans for the PlayStation 3. The January 27th, 2011 event labelled "PlayStation Meeting" is believed to lead to the long awaited unveiling of the PSP2. Andriasang's picked up on the name via a series of...
News PSP2 "As Powerful As The PS3" According To Sony, Could Be Out As Soon As October
MCV's reporting that the yet-t0-be-announced PlayStation Portable 2 could be released as soon as October 2011
The site furthers that Sony's been telling licensees that the system is "as powerful as the PlayStation 3". It adds fuel to industry whispers we've already heard, namely that the handheld would exceed the XBOX 360 in terms of...
News Bomb-drop: Sony To Announce The PSP2 In Tokyo On January 27th [UPDATE]
VG247's running a stonking story this morning, speculating that Sony will announce the PSP2 in Tokyo later this month
According to the site's source, Sony will hold a business overview and strategy meeting in Tokyo on January 27th, and will use the event as a platform to reveal the PSP2. The date would certainly make sense, with Sony wanting to...
Rumour Uncharted For The "Very Powerful" PlayStation Portable 2 In Development
Apparently GameInformer's been informed that a spin-off Uncharted title is actively in development for the "very powerful" PSP2
No word on a developer yet. We'll just turn your attention here...</em>
Rumour PSP2 Visuals To Be Comparable To Early PlayStation 3 Titles
Another day, another PlayStation Portable 2 rumour
This time from IGN, who claim that the PSP2 will have visuals comparable to early PlayStation 3 titles. Holy moly. The report notes: As far as graphics are concerned, the PSP 2 is a beast, packing enough processing hardware to produce graphics comparable to early PlayStation 3 titles."...
News First Shots Of The PSP2's Development Unit Hit The 'Net, Send Us Gaga
Somehow VG247 has managed to acquire shots of an early version of the PSP2 development kit
It's real folks, these crumby photos prove it. The shots reveal forward and rear-facing cameras, as well as a track-pad on the reverse of the unit. According to VG247 this is not the final form factor of the PSP2 — in fact, the sliding PSPgo case has since...
News PSPgo Hits Bargain Status In The UK, Now Only ?129.99 From The Sony Store
Whatever your opinion of the PSPgo, it's time to stand-up and take notice
Sony's confirmed that they'll be cutting the price of the device in the UK to £129.99. That might still sound like a lot, but it's worth noting that if you buy the device before January 11th you'll also net ten free games. Seeing as the PSPgo is a great piece of hardware, the...
Rumour Behaviour Interactive Hints At Involvement With The PSP2
Behaviour Interactive's working on a "next-generation portable platform" according to CEO Rémi Racine
The studio, who changed their name from A2M earlier in the week, are famous for their work on WET and Naughty Bear. While the executive was keen to point out his studio's involvement with the platform, he did follow up with a big fat, "That's...
News EA's Totally Had "Exposure" To The Unannounced PSP2
Sometimes, you've got to feel sorry for the platform holders
They have to show third-party developers their products because, y'know, they are going to be the ones making games for it. The problem is, people speak out of place. We're already well aware of the PSP2 — it's been name-dropped countless times — but today EA's European VP, Patrick...
Rumour Sony In "Super Powerful Hardware" Shocker, PSP2 Set To Rival The XBOX 360 For Horsepower
The PlayStation Portable scenario is really confusing right now
We have two sets of rumours for two different devices. On one hand there's the PlayStation Phone, which is believed to be a Sony Ericsson device capable of playing first generation PSP games and running on Android technology. On the other hand there's the PSP2, which is rumoured to have...
Rumour PSP2 Set To Launch In Fall 2011, Has Larger "HD" Screen
And those PSP2 rumours just won't die
Except they're not really rumours anymore are they? All the information we appear to be hearing from "sources" seem to converge at a similar point - that the PSP2 is coming next holiday, is a beast in terms of power and will include a touch-screen on the reverse of the unit. Kotaku's the latest to...
Rumour Sony To Pull The Plug On PSP Development Kits
In news that's almost certain to push even more PSP2 rumours to the forefront, rumours coming out of French PlayStation site PSPGen suggest that Sony's to cease production of PSP development kits after November 15th
Sony informed PSP developers about the news via a message, part of which read: "SCEE will no longer be selling the PSP Development...
News PlayStation Portable 2 To Release Holiday 2011 Claims British Source
You have to feel sorry for hardware manufacturers
They have to get their kit out to developers in order for the systems to launch with games — but man, trying to get people to keep their mouth shut is next to impossible. Apparently people just can't miss an opportunity to say they know something about Sony's next handheld. The latest in a string...
News How Do You Fancy Another PSP2 Rumour, Yo?!
Develop's reporting that a number of key studios have received PSP2 development kits in time for a "significant launch window line-up"
The site's claims back up industry rumours that have been running over the past couple of months. Those rumours reached a head recently when NetherRealm's Shaun Himmerick blatantly stated that his studio has a PSP2...
Rumour Sony's Showing PSP2 To Publishers, Has Touch Sensitive Controls On The Reverse Of The Unit
There's a great big stonking rumour coming out of Eurogamer today, as the site's claiming that Sony are showing various publishers the follow-up to the PlayStation Portable
Apparently the next generation PSP is roughly the same size as the PSP-3000 and is being demonstrated with a number of first-party titles. The big news is how the device controls...
News Former PlayStation Exec: Sony Need PSP2 To Compete In Handheld Space
Former Sony Europe boss, David Reeves, has made a few comments regarding the current state of the handheld market
David, who is now COO of Capcom Europe, reckons that if Sony are serious about competing in the handheld market space, they need to release the PSP2. The comment comes via an interview with GameIndustry, where he was asked about the...
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