Sony Announces the PSP2 (NGP)! Sony’s conference live (sortof)
I’ll try to update this post with stuff I find, for now, my main source is Nikkei’s “Trendy” twitter:
(additionally check kotaku,shamelessly took some of their pictures)
15:10: It begins
15:13: CEO Hirai goes on stage. Says that They will announce something big
15:15: Today, Playstation makes a new dream come true
15:17: 80% of PS3 users are connected to the PSN. 69 million users, more than 1.4 billion downloads
15:19: outside of the living room, the portable world. Portable gaming has become a real factor. Since the PSP was released, we saw the rise of Smartphones and tablets
15:20: We cannot ignore this new market, we need smartphone owners to be able to access playstation content
15:22: Introduces “Playstation Suite” which will allow android and tablet users to enjoy playstation content
15:24: Playstation Suite includes a Playstation emulator
15:26: The playstation suite will allow people to download playstation content through the PSN
15:27: The playstation suite will be available at the end of the year
15:28: Moves on to portable gaming. We will offer the best portable entertainment experience ever
15:30: We are building a successor to the PSP. It will have a new UI, social functions, GPS, Virtual reality, and Playstation suite support
15:32: The PSP successor will change the way users play on mobile devices
15:35: The new PSP, codename NGP, will have a 5 inches OLED screen
15:36: The NGP will have 4 times the resolution of the current PSP. There’s also a touch panel on the back.
15:37: For games, a new super small card format has been designed for the NGP (note: replacement of the UMD]. It will also support 3G networks. And it will be released at the end of the year!
15:38: NGP Will have the performances of a PS3, and 2 analog sticks
15:39: Talks about the “social” importance of gaming, the NGP will focus on that. Talks about AR (augmented reality?) gaming that will be possible on the NGP
15:40: The two touch panels (the front screen, and the back) will have a major impact on people’s interaction with the console
15:41: The two analog sticks, just like the dualshock, immerse you even more in the games
15:47: Normal operation will be done with the 2 analog sticks and the buttons.On top of that, the touch pads and gyroscope can be used too. The back touch pad can be used to move your character
15:48: The OLED also is a touch screen and will also allow to move your character
15:49: in other words, the analog sticks plus buttons are for usual operations, but the other parts can be used for enhanced experience
15:50: The NGP has 5 major point. First, its revolutionary UI
15:51: There’s a front and rear Camera
15:51: Ships with a system that nows where you are, all the time (duh, GPS)
15:52: The Nikkei Journalist wants to see a picture, how can so many controls work together with only 2 hands?
15:53: Introduces the rear touch panel. Gives the feeling that you control the world in the game.
15:54: Does more stuff with the rear touch panel. tap it and the character jumps. Use two fingers and the character moves faster (?? or zoom in ?)
15:56: Shows more interaction possible when you touch both the front and rear panels at the same time
15:57: Each game will provide a “Live Area” zone, in which people can buy items, get announcements from the game distributor, etc…
15:59: Live area will also allow to see messages sent by friends, etc… with the 3G integration, you’ll always be online
16:00: Introduces the NGP location system. Nows where you are, what games are currently being played around you, most popular games in this area, etc…
16:01: For example if you’re walking in shibuya and want to know what games are popular in this area, you can do it, and discover games you never heard about before
16:05: Sony plans to distribute a kit to use the benefits of this location system (to devs?)
16:07: now shows the Gyroscope functionality with the game minna no golf
16:10: Capcom’s Takeuchi shows Monster Hunter 3 running on the NGP with Playstation Suite (proof that the NGP will be backwards compatible…but obviously not with UMDs) downloadable content will work on the NGP.
16:15: Takeuchi says the analog sticks feel very good.
16:18: NGP stands for “Next Generation Portable”
16:20: Nagoshi from Sega comes on stage. Says he was flabbergasted by the possibilities of the device
16:25: Akihiro from Tecmo Koei goes on stage. Shows a game using the touchpad to kill enemies
16:27: It seems all the games being showcased are still in early development stages, under “experimentation” phases
16:30: The famous Hideo Kojima goes on stage and shows some scenes from MGS4
16:31: Kojima mentions the possibilities of using cloud computing for games (yay for the buzzword…). The MGS4 is apparently ported directly from the PS3 and runs “as is” (???)
16:32: Mentions he’s working on a game that players could start playing at home, and then continue playing directly on the NGP (follow up on his comment about cloud computing)
16:33: Porting a game from the PS3 to the NGP took less than one week, and no visual quality loss.
16:35 The Unreal engine 3 runs on the NGP. The NGP is a “highend computer that fits in your pocket”
16:38: With its multicore CPU, the NGP has 4 times more power than standard mobile devices
16:39: The new PSP uses and ARM Cortex CPU with PowerVR SGX543MP
16:50: Price tag is not revealed yet
17:00: That’s it!
This is a BEAST. Maybe 400-500 bucks…. 🙁
Just imagine how lucky Sony is! Just when the PS3/P Keys are revealed another device is half-way ready….
NGP= Nintendo Got Pawned!
The back panel on the NGP…I don’t now man….they better have a god use to this and a god game to use it to.
duh
it is too expensive for me i will wait for its price to go down and see is it worth of buying.
i think the speakers are in the wrong place. when your playing, your blocking it…good one sony 😛
Wololo,
Do you still stand by the statement:
“Several reliable sources have confirmed to me the existence of the PSP2. If what I was told is true regarding its specs, Sony is basically dead on the handled market and will be eaten alive by the 3DS and the next generation of smartphones.”
http://wololo.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1697
Yes. I think they’re repeating the same mistake again. A device that will be roughly the same price as highend Android phones, yet doesn’t officially offer a phone, despite the “need” for a 3G system.
It will be cool, expensive, and targeted at hardcore gamers, just like the PSP was. It has dubious controllers (how many games are going to use the back touchpad?)
The 3DS will have been on the market for more than 6 months, will be much cheaper, will has a huge collection of games. Your wife and your 10 year-old kids will want a 3DS, not a NGP.
Both companies are repeating their strategies, I don’t see why the numbers would be different. Except now the NGP is competing not only against the 3DS, but also against smartphones.
Unless the NGP is way cheaper than a smartphone, why would I get a powerful console, when most of the things I do on 3G are looking at a map or my train schedule?
The NGP is clearly a gamer’s device. This is why the PSP didn’t sell so well (compared to the NDS) and this is why the NGP won’t sell so well either: powerful RPGs in 3D…awesome, but what people want is angry birds.
Sony is way better she is thinking about the satisfaction of the hardcore gamers, not only in numbers *_*
Probably going to be way too expensive to even consider getting. Probably going to end up getting the 3DS. Sony may have the more powerful system, but so far nintendo has more games that I give a *** about.
Wait, a PSP2? What went wrong with the PSPhone or whatever?
There is no psp phone. There is a phone made a sony ericcson that will have the playstation app which will be available to ALL android phones.The phone you are thinking of wont be unveiled until next month.
actually is a phone that can play PS1 games
Nico Nico Douga and Youtube support?
I will only get it if hackers say it might be hackable? Otherwise not going to buy it.
my reaction to the codename
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW, SONY YOU ARE A ***!!!!!
the name NGP had been used before, it’s called a NeoGeo Pocket, made by SNK (no Playmore, because back then SNK is still doing ok)
I hope Sony changes the codename as soon as possible.
the NeoGeo Pocket Color kicks some serious ***
Wait…Does anybody know since the NGP will support PS3 games will it also be compatible with ps3 online like for example: someone is playing black ops on the ps3…can that same person play black ops with someone who is playing it on the NGP???
I think it’s foolish for anyone to expect to beat Nintendo in the handheld market. Their target customers of little kids and old people who want to play brain games is just too strong. The 3DS will trounce the PSP2, but the PSP2 will still sell well, like the PSP did. I just hope Sony continues to cater for hardcore gamers and doesn’t go all lovey-dovey on us and start releasing primarily kids’ games.
I just read everyone’s comment
this is how a NeoGeo Pocket went dead back then. I read on the net that back in the 90’s SNK released this hand held for hardcore King of Fighter fans, but no one brought it and it was soon taken over by the GBA
this is unrelated to the PSP2, but relates at the same time, because PSP2’s codename is an old handheld’s name that no modern gamers knows, and it may suffer from the same fate to that hand held, and they are completely different.
Wait, if the NGP have 3g does it mean we have to pay for the 3g every month if we have one of those?
thsi would be awsome if we didnt have to pay for 3g but i doubt it and the name ngp sucks
maybe its just when u put somme cash on PS store and every time u use it it takes some away.
I once thought that NGP stands for Neo Geo Pocket considering that it was the first to came out and termed as NGP in the first place.
I once thought that NGP stands for Neo Geo Pocket considering that it was the first to came out and termed as NGP in the first place. http://wii.mmgn.com/News/MyMedia-Retrospective-Neo-Geo-8N
I’m gonna buy a cheap used asus eee pc, load it up with android x86 and dual boot with winxp, wait for playstation suite, again wait for them to crack it. and if all works well i’m gonna have my version of NGP with 7in screen and keyboard.
psp2 speed will obliterate your pc in seconds
“16:33: Porting a game from the PS3 to the NGP took less than one week, and no visual quality loss.”
If thats true (which I doubt it is), THATS AMAZING!
If thats true, then the coding for PSP2 must be super efficient, to get PS3 quality on the hardware that a PSP2 will have. I wonder if it could Kill the ps3?
What why did they do that the psp 1000,2000,3000 are perfect but Go sucks 😀
i want it so much
grrr must have… damn its gonna cost 800 bucks… i think
*** off at you sony! >:c
PSP2’s speakers are blocked by the players’ thumbs. This is unavoidable. Great job SONY.
i wanna see GTA IV on it O_O
SO with you on that one!
People..Psx loader for HEN 6.20 is out!!!!
http://www.pspgen.com/forums/psx-loader-pour-6-20-tn-t223032.html
have u tested it?
yeah maybe thats the slow one
I hope this doesn’t be hacked. Sony already had problems with their old PSP models and especially the PS3. Be satisfied with the TN HEN or whatever PSP you have that’s been hacked and let Sony have THEIR turn with the fun. If you disagree with this post you are reading, well there are some unsatisfied *** out there as in YOU.
Oh and another thing. Do you know each person that volunteered to test the new PSP2 out gets it free. Sony brings extra copies of the system to pass it on to the people that volunteered.
this argument confuses because people complain that they dont want high end gaming on the go. why does everyone assume their opinion equals the entire worlds opinion. me personally i cant wait to get this because i have an iphone 4 so if i want to do any of the media stuff you listed i can just use that. also i love the idea of cloud computing.
another thing why are people excited that mgs3 is coming to the 3ds but not that they were able to get mgs4 running on the ngp in like 2 weeks. we cant know how large of a support the thing will get until it comes out and from what i”ve seen most of 3ds launch seems to be remakes. sometimes i just dont get the sony hate. and my last point the ngp will most likely cost $300 so i dont see what all the whining is about.
P.s. oled screen are freaking beautiful to look at. and considering i just put 70hrs into persona 3 portable i think there is a base for hardcore gaming.
Also i have 3 jobs so i can afford LUXURY items that’s right folks despite what people may think gaming is not something you are just entitled to.
and another thing about the library is the ngp will have all of the psp games on psn and ps1 classics, also if sony is smart psn games and downloadable ps2 classics.
/end rant
that’s weird this comment was meant for the story on why wololo wont getting a psp. but now it’s gone
NGP=Next Generation Portable
NGP=Nintendo Got Pwned
XD
Useful discussion . Speaking of which , others are requiring a NARA NA 14129 , my wife filled out and faxed a blank version here
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