Brother site Kotaku tells us of an Aussie blogger over at Consoul Games who whispers that there’s a strong chance Sony has underclocked the PSP intentionally for its launch. Citing a presentation by Sony at this year’s GDC in which Sony made mention that the CPU speed is configurable through software—and is presently clocked at 222MHz but capable of 333MHz—Robin at Consoul muses that perhaps this was done to extend battery life. He goes on to suggest that Sony may release a longer life battery and unleash the full potential of the PSP at a later date. (But I think it’s something of a possibility Sony might release an unlocked “PSP 2.0” and leave the early adopters wanting.) Either way, this could mean even more impressive performance in the same package further down the road. [The PSP is underclocked—I didn’t think this was a big secret. Initial reports from my developer friends say that the full clock-speed PSPs don’t have that much worse battery life, so an unlock may come sooner than later. And it should be unlockable—Sony isn’t going to make us buy these all again -Ed.]
Unlocking PSP’s Future [ConsoulGames via Kotaku]
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/psp/is-psp-underclocked-040002.php
