March 27, 2004
D-Day for Sony PSP Game Platform
Sony has announced a release date target of March 2005 for its Playstation Portable (PSP) mobile entertainment platform.
The PSP platform includes a 4.5-inch TFT LCD screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio, powered by dual 32-bit MIPS R4000 microprocessors. One processor is dedicated to the graphics codec, with an additional 166MHz 2-MB VRAM core dedicated to 3D rendering.
The PSP boasts 2-MB of eDRAM submemory and 8-MB of accessible memory. The system also supports 60-mm Universal Media Disc (UMD) cartridges, which offer 11-Mbps transfer rates and capacities of 1.8-GB.
The PSP's specifications define the coming battlefield against Nintendo for the next generation of gaming platforms, with early adopters and teens the target audience.
Those pictures are fake. For starters, that is obviously not a 4.5 inch screen.
Posted by Ethan Rasiel at March 30, 2004 12:33 PMThe PSP hasn't been manufactured yet. These are concepts.
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