Sony reveals PSP successor, codenamed "NGP"
Packing tons of features, lots of new and familiar franchises showing up
Sony has unveiled the successor to the PSP at its PlayStation Meeting 2011 conference and it's filled to the brim with hardware features. Codenamed "NGP", the device has a 5-inch OLED touchscreen display, raised dual analog sticks, front and rear touchpads, motion controls, 3G and GPS capabilities, and cameras found on the front and back of the unit.
NGP games will be stored on flash-based memory cards. Familiar franchises set to appear on the NGP include Hot Shots Golf, WipEout, LittleBigPlanet, Resistance, Killzone, Uncharted, Dungeon Defenders (ported from the PS3 version), and Call of Duty; Gravity Daze, Reality Fighters, Smart As, Little Deviants, and Broken are some of the new IP that's set to debut. Every game has access to a space called Live Area that lets you chat with friends, read up on the latest news for your game, and view PlayStation Store content.
Uncharted was briefly demoed to show players are able to make Drake jump by tapping on the screen and tilting the NGP to gain momentum when swinging on vines. Hot Shots Golf also takes advantage of motion controls to help line up shots for your golf ball. Tapping and motion controls are optional to use, of course.
Capcom is on board with developing for the NGP and showed off Lost Planet 2 cutscenes rendered in real time while Epic Games was present to show Unreal Engine 3 running on the NGP. Sega, Tecmo Koei, and Konami had real-time demos on hand but no games to announce. Several other third-party developers are signed up with developing for the NGP.
Sony also announced the availability of 'PlayStation Content' on Android devices with software called PlayStation Suite. This allows Android phones and tablets to play old PlayStation games through emulation and download content from the PlayStation Store.
Sony has set the NGP's release for the 2011 holiday season. No pricing details are known at this time.
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Not taking that bet, it'll DEFINITELY be at least $299.99
i'll best start saving, when i know more i'll make my final decision.
This will undoubtedly be better, especially with the flash cards instead of discs, but there still won't be Pokemon.
who bets that NGP stands for something like Next Gen Playstation or Next Gen Portable
Nintendo keeps succeeding because they innovate, they simplify it, and most of all they appeal to both casual and hardcore games. This is the perfect example; Sony have only just now brought out a touchscreen while Nintendo is jumping on 3D.
Sony does keep the better hand at graphics and power, but its nothing if you can't release good IPs and keep developers on it. Nintendo always offers something NEW, plus has the franchises and developers in order to support it and keep it at the front of the market. Pokemon is one on them, but ONLY one. Big names like Final Fantasy, Mario, Zelda and others drive the system forward.
I hope sony can reveal much, much more games. I wonder if the graphics are better or worse?
Either way if it's priced higher than a 3DS, sony is gonna have a rough start (as usual).
I've got a feeling that the final PSP2 will be a bit different than the weird name called "NGP"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Note: OMG...I can't decide between 3DS and PSP2...I will wait and see and also do a lot of research before I decide to buy one...
Shadow of Death I think RCG meant it'll be way over the $250 starting price of the 3DS. I hope they don't charge more than their PS3s though, that'll be hard to sell
Well know I feel sold, however I also felt that way with the original psp, and the DS was so much better. If this can have ps3 games AND cross-gaming with this and PS3, I'm sold.
Maybe now I can kick [link name=Agent Mo]/members/Agent+Mo/" class="mention[/link] ass in Uncharted
Really wish they didn't bother with touchscreen though. It'll be like the SIXAXIS most likely, a generally unused add-on feature, only this time it'll jack up the price enough on its own.
And the price will probably be around... 599 american dollars
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