While we wouldn't be surprised to see another revision sometime in the platform's planned 10 year lifecycle, we don't think this is anything more right now than some web designer being prepared for the future.
[Via PSP Fanboy]
While we wouldn't be surprised to see another revision sometime in the platform's planned 10 year lifecycle, we don't think this is anything more right now than some web designer being prepared for the future.
[Via PSP Fanboy]
Reader Comments (48)
Posted: Mar 28th 2008 1:53PM (Unverified) said
When a couple of guys
Who were up to no good
Startin making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
She said 'You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air'
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Who were up to no good
Startin making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
She said 'You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air'
Posted: Mar 28th 2008 1:43PM Shagittarius said
Joystiq hurry up and get the damn Py-od cast out, I need something to listen to at work!
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Posted: Mar 28th 2008 1:43PM mr nimblewick said
Uh-oh, they've found the secret to Nintendo's success!
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Posted: Mar 28th 2008 1:55PM (Unverified) said
I hope the PSP3k is three initial systems duct taped together. Three for the price of one!
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Posted: Mar 28th 2008 2:00PM (Unverified) said
FUCK SO MANY OLD MEMES ON THIS COMMENT SECTION! CRUISE CONTROL ON!
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Posted: Mar 28th 2008 2:07PM (Unverified) said
Likely a system to break the Pandora battery hack.
Now they just need a screen as good as the DS Lites but bigger. Zero ghosting, needlessly bright et al. Thx.
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Now they just need a screen as good as the DS Lites but bigger. Zero ghosting, needlessly bright et al. Thx.
Posted: Mar 28th 2008 6:34PM (Unverified) said
4 real?
DS- the colours change in contrast if I tilt it vertically. Horizontally there is only a slight drop in brightness. (DS Lite, very early UK model).
PSP- gets lighter if tilted horizontally or vertically. (PSP-2000, Oct '07 UK model)
Playing the DS is like playing a game on a fookin nice modern monitor. Playing a PSP is like watching a cheap HDTV. They need to fix the ghosting and get it slightly brighter/more vivid colours).
On a side note my old fat PSP had the shittest ghosting. Pretty much everything was unplayable.
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DS- the colours change in contrast if I tilt it vertically. Horizontally there is only a slight drop in brightness. (DS Lite, very early UK model).
PSP- gets lighter if tilted horizontally or vertically. (PSP-2000, Oct '07 UK model)
Playing the DS is like playing a game on a fookin nice modern monitor. Playing a PSP is like watching a cheap HDTV. They need to fix the ghosting and get it slightly brighter/more vivid colours).
On a side note my old fat PSP had the shittest ghosting. Pretty much everything was unplayable.
Posted: Mar 28th 2008 8:53PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
"The DS Lite screens were inferior to those on the original DS."
Uh, seriously? You sure you don't have that backwards?
The original DS's screens had a pretty poor backlighting. Colors were faded-looking. Nor did it look like the screen was evenly lit all across. The viewing angle was limited, as was interference from natural light.
The DS Lite, even on the lowest brightness setting, still looks better than the DS's screens. Colors are more vibrant. The screens looked evenly lit all across. The viewing angle is greater, and doesn't look AS bad out in the sun (still bad, but that's just backlighting in general, I guess).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ds_lite_brightness_comparison.gif
Not to say the DS Lite is perfect. There are legitimate issues with the redesign, as its smaller size may lead to discomfort with some, and GBA Game Paks sticking out.
But saying the original DS had better screens? That's ridiculous.
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Uh, seriously? You sure you don't have that backwards?
The original DS's screens had a pretty poor backlighting. Colors were faded-looking. Nor did it look like the screen was evenly lit all across. The viewing angle was limited, as was interference from natural light.
The DS Lite, even on the lowest brightness setting, still looks better than the DS's screens. Colors are more vibrant. The screens looked evenly lit all across. The viewing angle is greater, and doesn't look AS bad out in the sun (still bad, but that's just backlighting in general, I guess).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ds_lite_brightness_comparison.gif
Not to say the DS Lite is perfect. There are legitimate issues with the redesign, as its smaller size may lead to discomfort with some, and GBA Game Paks sticking out.
But saying the original DS had better screens? That's ridiculous.
Posted: Mar 28th 2008 4:22PM Youwouldsaythat said
you dont get it do you? Having two means the design on the right side would have to be ineven with the left and making already hard ports of games even more hard to play!
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Posted: Mar 28th 2008 2:08PM baby sea tuna said
Stop yellin, doggy. You love the memes, and you know it!
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Posted: Mar 28th 2008 2:11PM DrXym said
I think a UMD-less PSP is coming at some point. To be frank, there is no reason to lug around a UMD drive anyway. I'm sure Sony could produce a phone charging / docking station containing the UMD and devise some reasonable scheme where you can snapshot the UMD to your phone through the dock and then use it for some number of plays or period of time without the physical disk. Such a PSP would be highly desirable, especially if it was a phone too.
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Posted: Mar 28th 2008 2:21PM baby sea tuna said
Me too. You are an angry (yet reasonable) man.
Kudos for that!
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Kudos for that!
Posted: Mar 28th 2008 2:51PM baby sea tuna said
No, that was for Kye. But if you feel left out, "Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?!"
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Posted: Mar 28th 2008 3:05PM (Unverified) said
You brought angry up again, I thought you were bringing up my dog like instincts...
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Posted: Mar 28th 2008 4:53PM (Unverified) said
It is probably the Sony Ericsson PSP phone with no UMD, but who knows? If it is I will get it.
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Posted: Mar 28th 2008 8:57PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
I hate the talk of a UMD-less PSP.
Oh, sure, flash memory is getting cheaper all the time (as long as it's not Memory Sticks, they're more than double the prices of SD cards or USB flash drives). But still nowhere near as cheap as disc-based media.
An increase in material costs = an increase in game price tags. Don't expect Sony to cut out the money that'd go towards publishers/developers/etc.
Logical PSP changes:
1) Second analog nub (for the true successor, at least)
2) Better screens
3) Internal flash memory?
4) Clamshell design (to protect that big screen)
[still owns just a PSP-1k]
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Oh, sure, flash memory is getting cheaper all the time (as long as it's not Memory Sticks, they're more than double the prices of SD cards or USB flash drives). But still nowhere near as cheap as disc-based media.
An increase in material costs = an increase in game price tags. Don't expect Sony to cut out the money that'd go towards publishers/developers/etc.
Logical PSP changes:
1) Second analog nub (for the true successor, at least)
2) Better screens
3) Internal flash memory?
4) Clamshell design (to protect that big screen)
[still owns just a PSP-1k]
Posted: Mar 28th 2008 10:02PM (Unverified) said
FAKE!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE PSP LOGO PASTED OVER THE LOGO FOR THE CARTOON NETWORK SHOW, CLASS OF 3000. YOU CAN SEE THE LOGO HERE:
http://www.magneticmediafed.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/Classof3000logo.jpg
THEY ARE PROBLY JUST SAYING THAT YOU CAN WATCH CLASS OF 3000 ON YOUR PSP!
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THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE PSP LOGO PASTED OVER THE LOGO FOR THE CARTOON NETWORK SHOW, CLASS OF 3000. YOU CAN SEE THE LOGO HERE:
http://www.magneticmediafed.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/Classof3000logo.jpg
THEY ARE PROBLY JUST SAYING THAT YOU CAN WATCH CLASS OF 3000 ON YOUR PSP!
Posted: Mar 29th 2008 1:02AM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
... I don't know if I should slap you or laugh at you.
... Maybe both.
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... Maybe both.
Posted: Mar 30th 2008 3:02PM (Unverified) said
Get rid of the UMD drive for built in flash memory, DL and flash based games. Also all the ipod touch features.
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Posted: Apr 28th 2008 12:30AM (Unverified) said
Here's a good idea for psp3000:
Get rid of the plastic umd casings, and turn the top of the psp into a more compact slot loading umd drive. With the psp3000 box contents should include a umd disc removing tool to take the discs of legacy games out of the plastic cases, and make purchasable a reusable plastic case for older PSPs to play the newer games.
UMD discs in their current form are giant pieces of crap that nobody wants to carry around. Tiny discs in a tiny disc wallet would be awesome.
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Get rid of the plastic umd casings, and turn the top of the psp into a more compact slot loading umd drive. With the psp3000 box contents should include a umd disc removing tool to take the discs of legacy games out of the plastic cases, and make purchasable a reusable plastic case for older PSPs to play the newer games.
UMD discs in their current form are giant pieces of crap that nobody wants to carry around. Tiny discs in a tiny disc wallet would be awesome.
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