PlayStation Vita (a.k.a. PSP2)

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PSP2 to Have 3G Support, Arrives This Year
Details on new system leak out via Japanese newspaper.

Posted Jan 24, 2011 at 03:28, By Anoop Gantayat

An old fan rendering of what a new PSP could potentially look like. Most current reports indicate that the system will not have a sliding design.

Nikkei has some preliminary details on Sony's next generation PlayStation Portable system.

According to the paper, the new system will have 3G support. In Japan, the 3G service will be provided by NTT DoCoMo.

Using the 3G connection, gamers will be able to play online games and download software and movies. The service will not allow for phone calls.

The system will also have standard wireless LAN, of course. However, the 3G support will allow players to connect online wherever DoCoMo has wireless service. DoCoMo is Japan's largest mobile carrier.

Separate from the wireless functionality, the paper reports that the new PSP will make use of an OLED touch screen which will be larger than normal. Regarding the system's internals, the paper reports that Sony has developed a new processor for handling high resolution visuals.

Pricing on the next generation PSP is currently TBA, according to the paper. The paper does not mention possible subscription fees associated with the 3G service, or the possibility of a Wi-Fi only model.

The paper also makes brief mention of the device that many are calling "Playstation Phone," a smart phone that includes game features. This will have button-based controls, the paper reports, making games control easier. The device will use Google's Android operating system and will allow users to access non-game software like video and scheduling software.

Sony is expected to take the veil off the new PSP system at a press conference on the 27th. The PlayStation cell phone device is expected to be unveiled next month.

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Op zaterdag 22 januari 2011 10:05 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:

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Dan hoor je dus niet in dit topic ei.

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Rumor: The First Official Shot Of The PSP2?
While the PSP2 is not yet official, there have been fan Photoshop creations. Apparently, this is not a fan-made creation. Apparently, this is a Sony-made one. But is it?

Granted, this could very well be another slick Photoshop, but this week Sony is expected to unveil the new PlayStation Portable, which is currently being called the PSP2. As the reveal approaches, this art work surfaced online today on 2ch, Japan's largest online forum.

The photo features a handheld believed to be the PSP2, which has a PSPgo style sliding shell. There is a 32 GB SD memory card as well, plus a "PSP2" Memory Stick. There is a long, thin stylus as well. According to Japan's Nikkei newspaper, the PSP2 will have a touch screen. Unlike the current PSP, there are two analog nubs, giving this handheld a controller layout similar to the PS3.

What is fishy about the picture is that it appears to be a photograph of a handout of some kind. While handouts may be present at the January 27 press conference, it's also a good way for a Photoshopper to hide their work, as it masks any differences in resolution you'd be able to detect in an online image.

Official Sony art is typically at a higher resolution, but this art is not, which also sends off alarm bells. The buttons and the d-pad look to be at a slightly different resolution. The copyright in the bottom left, which appears on official Sony images, is cut off, too. Likewise, odd. However, as mentioned above, this purported PSP2 image could be photo taken of official Sony art or of an official Sony handout, hence these resolution inconsistencies.

The memory stick in this photo looks more akin to the Memory Stick Sony previously used and not the Memory Sticks currently in production, further throwing doubt on its authenticity. The thumbsticks are in a different location from photos that appeared last fall of what is supposedly the PSP2.

Last October, Kotaku broke the news that the PSP2 will ditch the UMD format and could very well rival the Xbox 360 in horsepower. Kotaku also reported then that the PSP2 will have dual analog sticks, a touch pad, a bigger screen and go on sale in fall 2011.

Whether or not it is real, won't be known for sure if and when the rumored PSP2 is finally made public. However, Kotaku is reaching out to Sony and will update this post should the company comment.

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Op dinsdag 25 januari 2011 08:08 schreef Notorious_Roy het volgende:

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Dan koop je een Galaxy Tab oid. De PSP2 zal een scherm van MAX. 5" krijgen. Overigens is PSP 4.3", groter dan jouw iPhone

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Op donderdag 27 januari 2011 18:02 schreef Cyberia18 het volgende:
Dit is me toch een bijzonder slick apparaat zeg. Damn. Eindelijk de o zo gewenste 2e analoge stick, een scherm waar menig mobiele apparaat niet aan kan tippen (kijkend naar de eerste impressies) en nog eens de toevoeging van een touch- screen & pad. Vooral laatstgenoemde is absolute win. Dat werkt zoveel fijner dan een touchscreen. Niets dat het scherm afdekt tijdens het spelen. En dan Uncharted. HOLY COW wat ziet er dat er fenomenaal uit.

Mja dan nu de prijs...

350?

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Op donderdag 27 januari 2011 18:02 schreef Cyberia18 het volgende:
Dit is me toch een bijzonder slick apparaat zeg. Damn. Eindelijk de o zo gewenste 2e analoge stick, een scherm waar menig mobiele apparaat niet aan kan tippen (kijkend naar de eerste impressies) en nog eens de toevoeging van een touch- screen & pad.

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Op donderdag 27 januari 2011 19:43 schreef Yi-Long het volgende:
Jammer dat er geen HDMI-uitgang op zit Had fantastisch geweest kunnen zijn...

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Personally, the most interesting part is the cross-platform Playstation certification.

In a few years mobile phones will inevitably catch up in power to the NGP (especially being that Sony is using ARM and SGX cores). Sony fully knows this and anticipates it.

The point isn't to fight the mobile market, like Nintendo, its rather to integrate itself within it. When mobile phones do ultimately catch up, Android phones can gain have the ability to play NGP games much like the Xperia Play thru the "Playstation certified" process. As the specifications evolve on phones, what they are able to play will evolve with it. At first it'll be PS1, PSP games, later smart phones will play recompiled PS2 re-releases and NGP games. So we're seeing the specifications of the "Playstation" brand become more nebulous.

This is a unique niche that their competitors can't capitalize off of. Apple is heavily invested in the iOS, Microsoft in Windows Phone 7, Nintendo is too far removed from integrating its platform with smartphones due to its 3D screen and dual-screen platform.

Sony will benefit from getting its platform onto millions of Android devices (Android sells 5 million units a month). Phone makers benefit from having their device play Playstation games. Developers benefit from massive and persistent user base that spans beyond a single generational device from a single brand.

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Op donderdag 27 januari 2011 19:43 schreef Yi-Long het volgende:
Jammer dat er geen HDMI-uitgang op zit Had fantastisch geweest kunnen zijn...

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Op donderdag 27 januari 2011 20:14 schreef FinalD87 het volgende:
Zit beetje op NeoGAF te kijken, vond wel een interessante opmerking:

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Wat denken jullie?

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Op donderdag 27 januari 2011 20:50 schreef __Saviour__ het volgende:
Het ding gaat geheugenkaartjes gebruiken. Geen optisch medium meer dus.

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Op donderdag 27 januari 2011 21:19 schreef NietTeVolgen het volgende:
Ben ook benieuwd naar de beveiliging tegen homebrew etc,
op de psp kon je nog windows 95 draaien, heel langzaam.

op dit beest zou xp toch wel lukken, combineer dat met dat touchpad, g-g-g-gadgettt

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Op donderdag 27 januari 2011 21:48 schreef NietTeVolgen het volgende:
zeg nooit nooit bij homebrew.

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Op donderdag 27 januari 2011 22:02 schreef __Saviour__ het volgende:
De kracht van de hardware zou dit wel tot de perfecte machine maken voor emulators. De nadelige kant van homebrew is wel het onvermijdelijke uitmonden in piraterij van de echte games.

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Op donderdag 27 januari 2011 20:20 schreef OVchipkaart het volgende:

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Ik denk dat die telefoontjes met cortex-A9 er snel komen maar ik denk niet dat sony zomaar hun games gaat vrijgeven voor dit soort telefoons.

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Op donderdag 27 januari 2011 22:04 schreef FinalD87 het volgende:

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Met de PlayStation Suite gaan ze dat dus wel doen; PSone games voor Android.

De vraag is dus; wat volgt?

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I wasn't able to get a hard number for the weight of the device, but it was definitely lighter than my first-gen PSP, much more in line with the feathery feel of the PSPgo. I guess not having a bulky UMD drive will do that.

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One kind of surprising but important difference is the analog sticks. Rather than being pulled over directly from the PS3 controller, the analog sticks on the NGP have been redesigned and feel a little more like the analog sticks on an Xbox 360 pad -- concave rather than rounded

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The rear touch pad on the system has a cool PlayStation logo design but is smooth, so swiping your fingers across it feels approximately the same as doing so on the screen itself.

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One other note worth stressing is just how clear and crisp games looked on the system. During the PlayStation Meeting, Sony representatives kept repeating this point, but seeing it in person, I can understand why. No matter what angle I viewed the handheld from, the image looked virtually as good as anything I'd play on my HDTV at home.

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SCE CEO Shares NGP Details
No video out. Wi-Fi only versions under consideration. System uses original OS.

Posted Jan 29, 2011 at 01:13, By Anoop Gantayat

Sony's new portable system, codenamed NGP.

Impress Watch has posted a summary of a roundtable interview conducted with Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai. In the post PlayStation Meeting 2011 interview session, Hirai shared lots of new details on Sony's new NGP portable gaming system.

One of the major points from the interview is that Hirai acknowledged that there are plans for multiple versions of the hardware, including Wi-Fi only versions and 3G + Wi-Fi versions. Such hardware developments will be made on a region-by-region basis, he said.

Regarding 3G, Hirai said that Sony is currently in discussions with different carriers in the various territories about such things as rate plans and fees. They will announce specifics when available.

3G through NGP will not allow for phone use. Hirai said that it would be "nonsense" to use a device of this shape as a phone. Because it would require a headset or changes to form factor, they left out any such phone functionality.

The interview touched upon a number of other topics outside of 3G.

Hirai said that price and battery time information cannot be revealed at present because the system is still in the prototype phases. He said Sony is aiming for levels that will be well received by customers.

As announced at PlayStation meeting, the NGP is compatible with PSP software. PSP titles will run completely through emulation, said Hirai.

Of course, you'll only be able to use downloadable versions of PSP games. Sony is currently in negotiations to get software makers to actively release download versions of their games.

Those who already have downloadable PSP titles on their PSP system will be able to redownload them to NGP, assuming you're still within the download number limits imposed by PSN.

Internally, NGP uses an original games-oriented operating system, revealed Hirai. It's not Android. Different from the PSP, the OS has a modern framework akin to a PC.

Package PSP games will ship on a custom memory card format. This is basically a ROM, but it has rewritable space which can be used for save data and download data. Hirai said to think of it as similar to the memory cards used by the Nintendo DS.

NGP will also support general memory cards, a Sony representative told Impress. Specific formats were not mentioned. The site did not make clear what "support" means.

Separate from the Hirai interview, the Impress Watch story says that the NGP in its current form will not support video output. The site was told this by a Sony representative.

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Op donderdag 27 januari 2011 23:05 schreef Cyberia18 het volgende:
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Class.

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Op zaterdag 29 januari 2011 01:02 schreef jebentzelfeenfiets. het volgende:

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Die gaat sowieso in mijn pocket belanden.
Mits de games goed worden die erop komen.

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Op donderdag 27 januari 2011 21:19 schreef NietTeVolgen het volgende:
Ben ook benieuwd naar de beveiliging tegen homebrew etc,
op de psp kon je nog windows 95 draaien, heel langzaam.

op dit beest zou xp toch wel lukken, combineer dat met dat touchpad, g-g-g-gadgettt

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Op zaterdag 29 januari 2011 17:00 schreef Athlon64x het volgende:

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op arm cpu kan je niet windows draaien of via emu wat voor geen meter werkt en waarom zo je in godsnaam dat willen

Net als die mongolen van tweakers.net die massaal lopen te janken over linux op ps3 is verwijderdt

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Op zaterdag 29 januari 2011 17:45 schreef mien-moeke het volgende:

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tip: interpunctie
tip 2:neem tijd voor je post.

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Op zaterdag 29 januari 2011 19:45 schreef Athlon64x het volgende:

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hallo tweakers aanhanger

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Op zaterdag 29 januari 2011 13:48 schreef BonusLevelEindBaas het volgende:

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Als ze nu piraterij nu op 1 of andere manier tegen kunnen houden dan gaat het wel een hit worden, dan worden er vanzelf wel games voor gemaakt die de moeite waard zijn.

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Op vrijdag 4 februari 2011 14:29 schreef Cyberia18 het volgende:
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Lovely.

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Op zondag 30 januari 2011 09:57 schreef lizardtattoo het volgende:
Juist dan is downloaden toch totaal niet de moeite waard? Je doet dan maanden zo niet jaren met een spel. Dan kan je die toch ook wel kopen?

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Op vrijdag 4 februari 2011 15:26 schreef lizardtattoo het volgende:
En dat probleem heb je niet als je het spel gedownload hebt? Ik snap het bezwaar van fatsoenlijk kopen als je toch bijna nooit speelt echt niet hoor.

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During a presentation to around 20 UK developers at its headquarters in London yesterday, Sony shared a wide range of information about its new handheld platform, revealing significant new details on launch plans, hardware specifications, networking features and more.

One attendee, speaking to Eurogamer this morning under condition of anonymity, said: "NGP is a developer's dream – Sony is finally doing the things developers have been crying out for for years."

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Sony has not yet dated the system beyond plans to begin rollout worldwide by the end of 2011. But during yesterday's presentation, Sony listed the Wi-Fi only edition of NGP as "2011", while the Wi-Fi plus 3G version was listed as "Holiday Season 2011", implying that the 3G-enabled console would not be available day one.

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SCEE did not share any solid information on date or price, only adding that details would be revealed "very soon".

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Sony staff demoed a handful of upcoming first-party NGP titles, including Uncharted, Little Deviants and WipEout. The source said the latter was "the WipEout HD PS3 engine running on PS3 with no changes to the art platform. That means full resolution, full 60 frames per second. It looks exactly the same as it does on PS3 – all the shader effects are in there".

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With Sony urging developers to create releases that work across PS3 and NGP, the implications of this are significant. "They want us to do cross-platform," said the source, explaining that the submission process has been streamlined, with only a single submission required for a title on PSN and NGP.

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However, Sony is also insisting that it "does not want exactly the same game" on NGP and PS3 – there "has to be a reason for the NGP title". "They want at least some kind of interactivity between the two versions with NGP-only extras," the source added.

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"Any shaders for PS3 stuff will just work," said the source. "We won't have to rewrite. What would have taken two-to-three months before looks like it could take just one-to-two weeks now. The architecture is obviously different, but it's the same development environment."

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Op vrijdag 4 februari 2011 17:59 schreef sp3c het volgende:
een ps3 port met npg only areas blijft een ps3 port

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Op vrijdag 4 februari 2011 18:42 schreef sp3c het volgende:
je auto is een NGP only area!

ahum ... ik werwacht toch wat meer creativiteit dan killzone met een extra map ofzo

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Op vrijdag 4 februari 2011 18:53 schreef sp3c het volgende:
moeilijk verhaal, hij is nog wel te krijgen via een omweg

als je naar www.killzone.com naar de PSP forums gaat (Nederlands of Engels iig) dan gaan de eerste 20 topics over chapter 5 geloof ik
ik moet nu weg maar anders post ik vanavond of morgenochtend een linkje

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NGP to hit Europe this year?

Third party licensees insist that NGP will arrive in Europe before Christmas

Forget what you've heard about Japan getting it first – third party licensees insist that NGP will arrive in Europe this year.

Sources have told MCV that development deadlines have been set to ensure key Western releases are finished before the end of the summer for deployment in the autumn.

Online leaks even suggest the console will launch on Friday, November 11th. This would make the hardware roll-out for the follow-up to PSP Sony’s first simultaneous global games hardware launch.

When Sony first revealed the device in January boss Kaz Hirai said the launch would see NGP "begin rolling out this year".

However, SCEA boss Jack Tretton moved quickly to calm those hopes saying that "it's very difficult to have the quantities to be able to launch on a worldwide basis on the same date" and that "our goal is get at least one territory out by the end of holiday 2011".