The last time we spoke about the mythical PSP-4000 it was about some plastic case that never really went anywhere. The story, that is, not the case, which is probably the best case Money Can Buy. Regardless, today the internet is awash, figuratively, with news that Japanese media retailer Geo has listed a certain PSP-4000 in amongst the year’s big hitters.
In amongst Gran Turismo 5 and the Nintendo 3DS, then, is what we think is the next generation of PSP. Rumoured to have a touch screen, motion control and be entirely digital download based, the next generation PSP will presumably have graphics way beyond anything else, a software library from heaven and the ability to make you toast in the morning. With eggs.
Mystic Meg was unavailable for comment at the time of going to press.
Source: PushSquare, via SiliconEra.
03sho
I want PSP2 not another 1000 series.
Charmed_Fanatic
LOL another secret revealed
YOURMUMANDME
“How do liiiike your eggs in the morning ?”
Quinlank
I’d be very surprised if Sony released another handheld at this point. With people falling over themselves at the thought of the 3DS, a new PSP would basically be laughed at considering the obscure niche corner of gaming the original PSP now seems to occupy. Do games actually make any money at all on PSP anymore? I’ve heard that Peace Walker is doing ‘surprisingly good’ business in some of my nearer gaming shops, but that’s probably inevitable. Didn’t I read something like that for every 1 copy of Final Fantasy Dissidia that was sold, five copies were illegally downloaded from torrent sites?
When you’re dealing with piracy that severe on what is basically a niche system, the warning signs need to be going off.
I predict a massive cut price sub-100 quid PSP package to come out in time for christmas to shift as many as they can before the 3DS takes away what little shelf space the PSP still has in game shops.