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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-08-19 11:01
Sony's current vision for the next-generation PlayStation Portable is roughly the same size as the PSP-3000 and has touch controls on the reverse of the unit.
According to three separate development sources who have seen and used the new PSP, the screen is rich and detailed but the headline feature is the way games are controlled - by a touch-sensitive area on the back of the unit behind the screen.
Sony is showcasing the unfinished handheld to publishers at the moment using several first-party games and has already settled on its business model for the device, which was not shown to the public at gamescom this week.
One source told us he expects it to launch by the end of 2011, although another was less convinced, believing we won't see anything for at least a couple of years. Sony has not specified when it will release a successor to the current platform.
It's thought that Sony considered a disc-based storage solution for the new PSP, but has since decided against it following developer feedback. Flash media support, similar to the PSPgo, seems most likely.
Sony told Eurogamer it "does not comment on rumour and speculation".
New PSP has touch-sensitive controls PSP News - Page 1 | Eurogamer.net
lolwut?
hopefully they learned to not only restrict games as digital content from the lackluster PSPgo
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Tarvos wrote on 2010-08-19 14:55
If Sony is smart, they won't go with digital media. Really, I heard hype for PSPgo once, and after that I never heard another thing about it.
I don't know what to say about the touch screen thing. DS proved it can be really fun and actually practical in gaming. It sounds like Sony just wants to try and cash in on the whole touch screen thing. Unless they bring some sort of improvement to the touch screen that Nintendo hasn't done with DS.
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Virtue wrote on 2010-08-19 15:03
More sony copy-catting.
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RicochetOrange wrote on 2010-08-19 15:05
Hopefully it will have a better games library.
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Drifter wrote on 2010-08-19 15:34
Ugh, Sony's business plans are making me lose faith in the company more and more...
Honestly, first ripping off the wii's motion controls and now this?
*by the way I totaly called this.
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Piko wrote on 2010-08-19 16:50
Hell with that. The only reason my PSP exists is for Monster Hunter and a few other games. You don't need touch controls to beat down a Teostra.