So as we all know Sony announced the PSP 2 last night during an event in Tokyo. They announced a couple of thing about the PSP 2. New games titles and some of the PSP 2 features were announced.
Here is everything Sony has currently announced for this new system, and things we know and need to know about the PSP 2.
When will this device be available in store?
It will out this holiday in Japan. No release data have been announced for US or other territories.
How does Sony officially describe this new device?
”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.”
What is the Official name for this device?
Sony officially calls this new PSP Next Generation Portable or NGP.
What are the specs of this device?
Here’s a chart from Kotaku:
Did Sony created a new User Interface for the PSP 2?
From what I’ve seem–they did. Take a look at this image showing the new interface:
What will be the price of this new system?
No price have been announced yet. But it might cost $250, like the first PSP and the 3DS. The only reason this may cost more than $250 [if it does] is because the PSP 2 is suppose to be as powerful as the PS3(yeah amazing), according to Sony.
So how big is the PSP 2 compared to other devices?
The PSP 2 is almost the same size as the PSP -3000,from the look of this image made by Kotaku:
The PSP supports 3G… will it overload AT&T’s network-and how long will the contract last, 5 years?
Probably, but we don’t know what carriers will have the PSP in their Network.