PSP2 will have no UMD, could rival the Xbox 360

[Equin0x]

what do you guys think?

Now that the PlayStation Phone has been somewhat outed, the buzz on the online community now shift back to Sony's other handheld platform, the elusive/long rumored Playstation Portable 2. According multiple sources close to the project, the PSP2 will have dual analog sticks, a bigger screen, touch controls and a massive amount of RAM than can rival those found in the Xbox 360.

Kotaku reports that during this years TGS event in Tokyo, Sony revealed the long-rumored PSP2 to select people in the industry, showing off the device with "touch panel on the back of the system what looked like a mouse trackpad. The PSP2 also had dual analog sticks and a larger display which Sony touted as being HD."Kotaku notes that "while the device was shown in two form-factors, one that looked like the PSP Go and one that looked like the PSP, Sony told attendees that they have not yet settled on the final design for the system."

Now fresh rumors about the device has once again surfaced online, with several insiders telling the site that the long-rumored device will follow in the footsteps of the PSP Go and will not support the UMD format. "Games will be stored on a Memory Stick, according to one source. Though we've also been told that Sony is still puzzling out what the final non-UMD storage solution will be for the PSP2," according to Kotaku.

The site’s sources also revealed that the new device will be a much more powerful gaming machine, sporting 1 GB of RAM that is twice as those found on the Xbox 360.

Meanwhile, multiple sources also told VG247 that PSP2 is currently codenamed “Veta” and is currently slated "for a late 2011 launch."

 

[Double_0_negative]

i have a feeling that this thing is going to have no battery life at all

 

[Equin0x]

it can have a small laptop type battery, but i thinks its hilarious how a handheld can compete with a console, i wonder how lame microsoft is feeling

 

[Double_0_negative]

lol if you put a computer battery in it will weight a ton

if it turns out that its is this powerful, MS is going to feel downright stupid

 

[Pimpin PSP]

It's going to need BEAST amount of RAM to support touch screen. Badass because of two analogs. I wonder how big it'll be though.

 

[Double_0_negative]

hopefully it will have a higher res then the current one. something like 1080p

 

[V3NGE4NC3]

wow im sorry but if u think bout it not everyone has wi-fi no und drive how u going to get the games. i hope it will be great and a affordability.

 

[Double_0_negative]

wow im sorry but if u think bout it not everyone has wi-fi no und drive how u going to get the games. i hope it will be great and a affordability.

thats whay i was thinking. i currently dont have a wifi set up that my psp supports, so i cant go online with my psp right now. i wish they woulkdn't take the umd away even if it was just to install the game like a normal PC

 

[V3NGE4NC3]

cuz i know a few people with no pc and no wifi u know how will they get the games? i know u can downloads games from pc from psn but it seems to me it creates a problem having no umd?

 

[Equin0x]

well my idea was to have a psp id you use for your psn and the psn games you get get the psp id into the game and if you try to change it the whole game gets corrupt to avoid pirating.

 

[Double_0_negative]

this would work fo most cases, the only problem is what happens if you get a new psp or something like that?

 

[Equin0x]

replace the part?

 

[Double_0_negative]

replace what part?

 

[ImHumbled]

I saw several articles about this. I thought it was simply a rumor? And fuck no, nothing can replace the xbox 360. PS3 Fails, Wii sucks ass, and there is no competition for it.

 

[Equin0x]

I saw several articles about this. I thought it was simply a rumor? And fuck no, nothing can replace the xbox 360. PS3 Fails, Wii sucks ass, and there is no competition for it.

actually xbox is the worst brand, hmm they copied the eye toy and named it kinect, you have to pay for internet PLUS pay to get into xbox live, the only good games it has are the exclusives, it WILL break on you after a year (red ring of death), has ads all over the dashboard, finally gets 1080 hd, third party products arent allowed, hmm i can keep going if you want :\.

 

[ImHumbled]

Partly agree with you. I am starting to slowly dislike the 360, even though it is by far my favorite gaming console still. Paying to get on xbox live can get annoying, but the 360 still has better games than the PS3. (Halo Series)