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hacks

PSP Time Machine Lets You Restore Firmware Versions of Old

Dark-AleX has just released a hack for the PSP that boots from the Memory Stick, and will allow you to select any firmware version you so choose. The app, dubbed Time Machine, will also boot-up PSPs with destroyed firmware, a second life for you not-so-great hackers out there. It functions via Pandora, and looks a bit tricky to get to grips with at the moment. More »

9:55 AM on Sat Feb 16 2008
By Haroon Malik
18,623 views, 11 comments

Latest by M.O.D.O.K.: Wish Dark Alex would do something for the Wii. Super Mario Galaxies messed up my firmware version :P more »

upgrade

Sony Announces Extended PSP Battery Pack

The irony about the new PSP Slim is that while it gets twice the battery life, Sony shrunk the battery capacity in half...defeating their own engineering. While modders have been sticking old, larger PSP battery packs in new PSP Slim models, Sony has decided to make the whole idea official. More »

9:45 AM on Wed Nov 28 2007
By Mark Wilson
4,955 views, 6 comments

Latest by colinet: I've been using the bigger high capacity PSP battery in the new PSP without a cover. It's quite a snug fit and doesn't fall out especially as your hands hold it in place anyway. more »

Sony has reached an all time high of 550,000 PSP sales in Japan for the month of September, due to the new Slim model. It's no Nintendo DS, but not bad at all. [reuters via kotaku]

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gaming

Sony Sells 250,000 PSP Slims in Japan in Four Days

Apparently, the Japanese were just waiting with wallets in hand for Sony to drop the new version of their PSP; they went ahead and bought 250,000 of the things in the first four days they were on sale. That's about how many units Sony sold of the original PSP in the two months leading up to the PSP Slim launch. That's certainly good news for Sony, which at this point is getting really sick and tired of getting slapped around by Nintendo in the sales charts. The new PSP is cheaper, but still pricier than the DS Lite ($172 vs. $146). Will the slimmer form factor and faster load times be enough to give the PSP some more juice in this battle? We'll see, but it's certainly a promising start. [Reuters]

11:36 AM on Wed Sep 26 2007
By Adam Frucci
4,712 views, 13 comments

Latest by jc2k: When do we get the cool add-ons!?! I had to order the "Go-Cam" on ebay from HongKong... and I'm waiting impatiently for the GPS atachment... more »

portable media

Video: PSP Slim Load Times Are Incredibly Improved

Remember the complaint about PSP load times being somewhere between atrocious and genocidal? It looks like Sony wasn't kidding when they said they improved load times in the new version, as seen in this video of Final Fantasy Crisis Core. The one on the right is the PSP Slim, the one on the left is the PSP Slow. Seriously, it's like 1 second vs. 7 seconds on this thing. No guarantee that all games are like this, but hurray! [Gamebrink - Thanks Jeromy!]

4:45 PM on Sun Sep 16 2007
By Jason Chen
3,790 views, 11 comments

Latest by Klashe: meh, sorry for the double post. still figuring out how to use the reply function. more »

gaming

PSP Slim Hands-On Video and Impressions

The PSP Slim is a marginal upgrade at best, but an upgrade nonetheless, and enthusiast press is getting their hands on the first review units. Some guy at Kotaku who looks like a boy band pirate groped it, took photos and videos, and noted the differences, which I shall recap:
•33% lighter, and 19% slimmer than the old PSP.
•Menu differnces include a USB charge option(!)
•Settlings for TV output including 16:9 and 4:3 modes, progressive or interlaced.

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8:05 PM on Wed Aug 29 2007
By Brian Lam
20,311 views, 25 comments

Latest by zuni: I just got my psp, i don like the sliver color at all psp is ment to be black. ok here are the bad things and some good well only one thing that i really liked...bad:umd tray looks very cheapo.. bad:very more »

sony

PSP Slim/PSP Video Hands-On Comparison


Wondering what the new PSP Slim looks like when fondled side-by-side with its big brother? Prepare to be blown away by the lack of any real aesthetic differences! But hey, it's what inside that counts, right? And outside, on the TV, which actually looks pretty neat. [Gaygamer, via Kotaku]

5:15 PM on Fri Aug 3 2007
By Adam Frucci
67,265 views, 31 comments

eyes burning

Sony Shows Its Colors (For PSP Slim)

The new PSP, in technical terms, is fugly. The updated colors include the obligatory Piano Black, Ceramic White, Ice Silver, and then...Rose Pink, Lavender Purple and Felicia Blue—notice there's no Fireball Orange or Blood Red. Apparently the new PSP is a kinder, gentler machine with wussy casing that will operate in stark contrast to God of War flaming blade fatalities. Bonus back shot after the jump. More »

9:18 AM on Tue Jul 17 2007
By Mark Wilson
12,628 views, 13 comments

Latest by JacoD: Instead of picking pretty colours... why not picking a spot for "analog numero deux"? more »

smaller is better

Sizemodo: PSP vs. Slimmer PSP

What does 19% slimmer really look like? We compare the old PSP to the new PSP (slimmer) and say that 19% doesn't really make all that big a difference. It's definitely not all that much shorter (0.6mm shorter) and narrower (2.6mm narrower). So how much is 4.4 mm really? It's 0.17 of an inch. Nothing you're really going to notice. [Sizeasy]

1:45 PM on Mon Jul 16 2007
By Jason Chen
11,391 views, 19 comments

sony

PSP Slim Gallery (Including the Darth Vader Edition)


Here's as close as Team Kotaku could get to the PSP before being tackled by a security guard in a Ratchet and Clank costume. [kotaku]

6:27 PM on Wed Jul 11 2007
By Brian Lam
21,249 views, 17 comments

Latest by Aznbuddy: The silver one looks so 2nd Gen TV Mission Impossible fake gadgety. Not a very high build quality if you ask me. more »

sony

Unconfirmed: PSP Slim to Offer 8GB Internal Flash, Improved Everything

Ash over at Kotaku has the scoop on a tarted-up PSP supposedly headed our way sometime soon. According to his sources, the new PSP isn't PSP2, but a slimmer, faster version of the original. More »

1:50 PM on Fri Jun 8 2007
By Jason Chen
25,204 views, 34 comments