3.80 M33 Coming, Third PSP Model In The Works?

[anonymous1471]

I think it would still be nice to see a new revision of the PSP, like a PSP Slim2 or something, with the following things:

1) BlueTooth support
2) A wider range of wireless modes
3) A built-in microphone
4) A larger-capacity battery

...at the very least :P

Also a built in camera

[JPJunkie]

It's not gonna happen

[ab_geee_eee]

yea i dont think they're that stupid to release one so fast after they just release the slim one

[F9zDark]

Sweet news, just when I was getting ready to accept the idea that DA quit the scene.

New PSP revision though? Hmm. However, I don't think it will be the PSP "phone" that we have hearing about. Sure a PSP phone could boost sales, I'd certainly buy one if it worked on verizon, but knowing Sony threw in that T-mobile Hotspot $#@!, I have a feeling that wont be the case.

But I doubt it will be anything major.

[Shadowblind]

Sweet news, just when I was getting ready to accept the idea that DA quit the scene.

New PSP revision though? Hmm. However, I don't think it will be the PSP "phone" that we have hearing about. Sure a PSP phone could boost sales, I'd certainly buy one if it worked on verizon, but knowing Sony threw in that T-mobile Hotspot $#@!, I have a feeling that wont be the case.

But I doubt it will be anything major.

I hope its not a phone. Other then being absolutely unoriginal (like Microsoft may be if they make a ****ing Zune phone) it'd be charged with monthly fees for phone service even if you just want the game system.

The only problem I have with them making a PSP 2 is that it will more then likely be near impossible to hack and homebrew mod. But you never know, i guess...

[urherenow]

everything here is hearsay... nobody knows the official scoop and you could look at every suggestion at LEAST 2 different ways.
For example... Pandora proofing:

Sony Still needs a way to repair bricked PSP's. Since it's too small to use a socket for the BIOS (as if it would because piracy would still be all too easy) replacing BIOS chips would be too costly. So... without the service mode battery, there would still have to be a service mode trigger for that, be it hardware or software, both of which can be cracked. Waste of time for them.

Umnnn... if it were going to be a PSP Phone there would have to be different firmwares for different carriers... but of course it would have bluetooth.


What I would assume is some other futile solution they came up with to combat Pandora. The battery will still work (see my first point) but the software will have to be cracked again and what not because of maybe upgraded Kirk hardware/sig checks or sth. At least this would make the most sense to me (and it would be no different than when they changed the mobo twice before the slim came out)

[Qmark]

In any case, it would just be plain silly for Sony to make any public announcement of a new hardware until January.

My guess would be a PSP with slightly more system flashram, as the newer firmwares are using something in the realm of 98% of the available space.
Another guess would be a gimped model for the Chinese market, similar to Nintendo's iQue from a few years back. The only way PSP would even approach "secure" would be sealing the battery, removing the USB and MS ports, and tossing in a meager amount of encrypted internal user flash.

[Shrygue]

I think Sony should wait for at least 5 years or so until coming up with another version of the PSP, like they did with the PS2 - that came out in 2000, 4-5 years after the first Playstation was made.

[ab_geee_eee]

I think Sony should wait for at least 5 years or so until coming up with another version of the PSP, like they did with the PS2 - that came out in 2000, 4-5 years after the first Playstation was made.

Yes I agree, they should make a whole new handheld console with better graphics and whatever but not so suddenly. They should wait a few years because they have had the PSP Phat for like 3 years and the Slim for less than a year and it wouldn't make much sense releasing a new version of a PSP because they would have wasted money and hardware on the Slim and they haven't sold enough in my opinion. They did the same with the PS2 and PS3, if the PS2 came out 2000 then as you see they have released the PS3 after a few years (at least 5 years I think).

[LAMPRO]

psp phone, i remember seeing the submission for a sony ericsson patent on engadget regarding some sort of phonegaming device- but not the n-gage. it was speculated it was a potential future gaming phone by sony- i think the comments on the page were leaning towards a PSPhone. Man, that would kill the iphone in a heartbeat- imo.