PSVita (Successor to PSP, was PSP2 then NGP)

[JP]

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[J0e Musashi]

PSP Phone and PSP 2 are two different pieces of hardware. At least that's what we have been reading at work.

[JP]

Doh, posted in the wrong thread.

[huxley]

Doesn't really matter though as time and again Nintendos technically inferior handhelds have vastly outsold the competition. It's all about the games.

Indeed it is. All these spec rumours are just that "rumours"
Nothing is set in stone. Sony have to make some noise to stay in the game. Especially as the 3DS is out in the next 5 months.

[Team Andromeda]

Indeed it is. All these spec rumours are just that "rumours"
Nothing is set in stone. Sony have to make some noise to stay in the game. Especially as the 3DS is out in the next 5 months.

It does sound like its going to be a monster of a Handheld

I happen to think when it comes to games the PSP is the best Handheld I've ever owned, just really let down by loading times and the lack of a 2nd stick

[huxley]

EU support via the psn is a bit of a let down when you compare the amount of content other regions get.
Didnt we have the same problems with Ninty a few years ago?
Time will tell. No doubt its going to be a great bit of kit.

[abigsmurf]

Indeed it is. All these spec rumours are just that "rumours"
Nothing is set in stone. Sony have to make some noise to stay in the game. Especially as the 3DS is out in the next 5 months.

They're not set in stone but I'd be 99% sure they've at least produced a prototype with Tegra 3 / 2+ .

Nintendo submitted a version of the 3DS to the FCC which used Tegra 2 (guessing price/power usage made them drop it) which confirmed a lot of the rumours that had been floating around.

[Sam The Man]

It does sound like its going to be a monster of a Handheld

I happen to think when it comes to games the PSP is the best Handheld I've ever owned, just really let down by loading times and the lack of a 2nd stick

I'd have to agree with this. Although i love the DS and it has some wonderful titles the PSP easily matches it for quality games.

[Leon Retro]

Based on interviews with and talks by indie developers for the iPhone, many of the big guys absolutely hate the cheap pricing - and they especially despise the fact that we not only like it, have come to expect it.

I keep hearing snippets of bitching in articles and video talks, about the "race to the bottom" pricing structure and how it's ruining everything (or at least their expected profit margins).

I don't really have much sympathy for them though, since the majority of junk I wouldn't even pay a quid for.

I love the low pricing as much as anyone, and I despise people who think they have a right to be rich, or even ridiculously wealthy. Greed has been a big problem with the games industry for a long time now, and I've been dreaming of a day when people finally say no to high pricing. Apple may have spearheaded the low pricing ethos, more out of letting devs have a choice when it comes to pricing, more than anything ideological. When you have small devs making cool games and selling them for under £2, then it does tend to make the big devs look greedy and stupid.

I think big devs/publishers are making bloated games, with bloated teams, and it's all based on the fact that games cost £40-50. If people decided to shun games of that price point all together, then devs/publishers would have to be more economical and realistic. I think it would lead to games that rely more on pure gameplay, because all the extra stuff( cut-scenes, scripts, voice talents etc.. ) .. costs more than actually making a game engine and putting gameplay into it.

I love how small devs are driven by cleverness and artistic enthusiasm; it's the kind of spirit the games industry was built on. More power to the small dev mentality, and the fun, low priced games that result from it.

[abigsmurf]

http://www.vg247.com/2010/11/17/psp2-dev-kit-snaps-show-twin-sticks-trackpad/

Well this is a juicy leak. Sony have been so awful with this kinda thing for the last few years that I believe it.

I really like it (although I hope they redesign the control indentations a bit, they look slightly tacky)

I'll just do some calculations on dimensions...

[Number45]

What sort of pictures are those?

I hope they can make a handheld that doesn't cramp my hands and that I can actually see if there's some light around.

[abigsmurf]

The results of my calculations are in!

Assuming the buttons are the same size as the psp2000's....

That's a 5" screen from where I guess the edges of the screen are. If there's a massive bezel it could be less but I think I've correctly guessed the edges based on judgement and messing around with the colours to find the edge.

The console is the same width as the PSP2000 but 3-4 mm taller

[wakka]

It says in the article that the PSP Go style form factor isn't final anyway. They might not want to make a console that's too reminiscent of such a failure.

Where the PSP2 will really be able to dominate is in stuff like Modern Warfare Portable if it does have twin sticks - they'd be crazy not to.

[Dogg Thang]

What sort of pictures are those?

They appear to have been taken by the guy who got the Loch Ness Monster pics, or the guy who got that Bigfoot footage.

Randicoot, as probably pointed out earlier, the form of the Go had absolutely nothing to do with its failure. Its form is great. But, even if these pics are real, even the early official images of the PSP were quite different to the final model.

[Neon Ignition]

Twin sticks would be great though I really don't like the positioning of the 4 face buttons