According to a comment made to Eurogamer by the head of Codemasters, Rod Cousens, Sony’s as-yet-unannounced handheld is as powerful as the rumours suggest.
Speaking to him at the 3DS launch, Eurogamer managed to get the powerful (pun intended) sound bite out of the studio head while he was espousing the bright future he sees for handheld gaming devices.
In portable areas, you’re going to have statements, which are already out in the press, saying PlayStation Portable 2 is as powerful as the PS3 – which is true.
So you’re going to get mobile devices as powerful as what were considered notebooks. I just think it gets bigger.
So there you have it, Codemasters are upbeat on the future of mobile gaming and confident enough to make those impressive comparisons. This all leaves us even more keen to hear what Sony are going to talk about at their PlayStation Meeting on the 27th of this month.
bigdon23
Why am i not excited by the psp2? umm… probably because the psp wasnt a games machine for me but an oversized ipod, so il probably be keeping my wallet sealed on this one.
anything more than £200 would be a lot steep, i got a great running car for £225 (with tax and ins), hows that for some perspective
bigdon23
That would be MOT not insurance just to edit in reply. dam that non existant edit button
Peter Rushton
Considering the PSP was marketed as a multi-media device, why am I not surprised?
I hope Sony price it under £250…
minerwilly
I was just going to say you must be about 55 years old to be able to get a banger and insure it for £225 ! My insurance renewal came threw last friday so its goodbye KZ3 ME2 etc etc . :(
Lambo_1989
£300 min. In the UK £350 – £400 look at the psp go’s first price.
JoshHood
…£225? I’m not sure I get you.
InternationalGamer
I can’t see a portable machine being powerful as a PS3.
I just wont believe it until I see it.
cc_star
GPU & RAM-wise it’d be easy to beat, they’re really quite poor on the PS3, but something as powerful as The Cell running off a battery won’t be possible for at least a couple-few more years
beeje13
aye, my compter from 10 years ago has more Main RAM than the PS3, although I suppose it’s at least 10 times faster.
As it is a gaming device, it could just have 2 GPU’s which can easily be backed up by a very low profile CPU.
Dan Lee
Will be interesting to see if all these rumours are true. Great screen, downloadable games store, 3G; sounds a lot like something aimed at the iPad – and we know how expensive they are.
leon
I Still want one
RedStarGlow
Will I be able to FOLD on it!?