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November 5, 2003
Photo of Sony PSP at Gizmodo
Gizmodo has a photo of the forthcoming PSP from Sony, which is rumored to be heading our way sometime late 2004. Gizmodo also has another entry with rumored specs.
The PSP, or Playstation Portable, is a mobile gaming console that uses 2.4-inch, 1.8 GB optical "Universal Media Discs." Oh, goody...yet another new media format from our friends at Sony...just what we need!
It looks very similar to the Tapwave Zodiac, which has a larger screen (480x320 vs 480x272) and is available now (I was up way too late last night playing StuntCar Extreme ;-).
Anywho, the upside to the PSP is that it is made by Sony, which has a lot of marketing and dev muscle. The downsides are that it will require you to buy and haul around proprietary optical discs (ugh) and it appears that your current Playstation titles won't work (the standard-size optical discs are too big). We'll just have to see how it all pans out.
Comments
I think this is either concept art or a pic of a prototype, not the real thing. If it's coming late '04, this would be pretty early to have a final prototype ready.
Posted by: Nick at November 5, 2003 10:47 AM
Yes, you're right -- the image is concept art not an actual photograph of the final product.
Posted by: Craig at November 5, 2003 11:01 AM
Yeah, a concept design, but with the unveiling scheduled for this coming Spring (at the E3 show) it wouldn't be surprising to see something very similar for final spec.
For a interesting glimpse into Sony's next gaming steps, have a look at this current article: http://tinyurl.com/ttd8
Posted by: Dan at November 5, 2003 6:05 PM