PSP2 Not Coming Any Time Soon

Gamespot reports on the rumours swirling about a possible second edition of the PSP. The verdict: Bogus. From the article: "The PSM article does cite 'PSP developers who have been briefed on Sony's plans' as saying that the handheld will have 'a high degree of connectivity' with the PlayStation 3--something Sony has stated publicly on numerous occasions. Also, 'sources familiar with its development' confirmed the new PSP would be 'thinner and lighter' than the current model. However, that's all the article said was set in stone, and PSM is upfront about the rest being speculative."

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Oh come on!

[Lave]

According to both sites, the October issue of PSM contained an article announcing that a new PSP will ship in March 2007, have eight gigs of built-in flash memory, sport a slimmer form factor, include a built-in camera, and have two--count 'em--two thumbsticks!

I know Sony has been making bad decisions lately, but you can tell it's bullshit from a mile off. Are you telling me that after "shipping" millions of units with one thumbstick they will splinter their market and release a new PSP Lite with two? That would never happen.

It's obvious that they will at some point release a slimmer, brighter, better version of the original tech to fight back against the dominating DS Lite - but they can't change it fundamentally as games must work on both versions. Saying otherwise is as retarded as all the "news stories" saying the remake of the original DS would have a new thumbstick.

Oh and Sony will lie about the existance of a prettier model till just before release. Hell there is an interview on Eurogamer with the head of Nintendo UK - the day before - the announcement of the DS Lite saying it wasn't gona happen.