Sounds like a page out of the old Six Million Dollar Man series, but yes folks, the rumors are flying high again that the new & improved PSP isn’t vaporware but is actually just waiting to be announced.
In recent months, and as early as a year ago, news about a redesigned PSP has been brewing around the blogsphere. Today, Kotaku alleges to have found a strong lead within high ranks at Sony’s camp, who’s ready and willing to leak the newsbreak.
And as we’ve seen with its closest portable competitor, Nintendo, portable gaming isn’t far off from its console cousins in providing 2nd servings of gaming systems. Just look at the Nintendo DS lite, Gameboy Micro, and even PS3 80 gig, and Xbox360 Elite, and its obvious that game companies are keen on updating their systems.
Could it look something like the image above? Or how about that one at the end? Or the first one? Truth is, no one on the net knows for sure, that is, until Sony leaks it out. (or someone close) For now, its still up to speculation, although, rumors earlier last year had it pinpointed for a new version of the PSP to be out in Japan back in March. Maybe they threw us off a few months to catch us off guard.
So since we’re talking about NEW rumors, I’m sure you’re probably wondering what kind of upgrades are we talking about?
Well according to Kotaku the new redesigned PSP will have the following:
· Slimmer Design
· New LED Screen = Less Space
· Improved D-Pad; similar to PS3
· Improved battery life
· Equipped with 8GBs flash memory
· Built in camera?
· $170
· August 2007?
Apparently, we’ll have to wait and see. Looks like for gamers who’ve waited on getting the PSP, this might be the sweetest deal yet, and might breathe a breath of fresh air into the 2 year old system.
Who knows, maybe it’ll look like this PS2P early DS-like concept.
Source: Kotaku.com / www.pspfanboy.com
