After weeks of leaked details and half-baked photoshopped designs, Sony has finally revealed the real PSP2.
Codenamed the NGP (For ‘Next Generation Portable’, it’s a sleeker, shinier version of the current PSP, with proper dual analogue sticks, a touch screen and stylus-aided touchpad and all the power of a PS3.
Set for a ‘late 2011’ release, Sony stopped short of detailing the price although by utilising a brand new game medium (a small flash memory based card), and PS3-level power, we can’t imagine it’s going to be cheap.
No actual gameplay footage was shown, but there were a number of tech demos including Killzone, LittleBigPlanet, WipEout, Resistance and Uncharted Portable.
For the techies amongst you, here are the specs in full..
CPU:
ARM Corte-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)
Screen:
(Touch screen) 5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED Multi touch screen (capacitive type)
Rear touch pad:
Multi touch pad (capacitive type)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
Keys/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 (+/-)
Mobile network connectivity (3G)
IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1)
(Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode)
Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP)
