The October issue of PlayStation Magazine cited unnamed sources in a report stating that Sony will launch the next generation PSP in 2007. Right now, however, it doesn’t look like this will be quite what we were looking for: rather than a “proper” PSP2, Sony is apparently going to follow in Apple’s footsteps and gradually upgrade the PSP’s features and capabilities while keeping the price more or less the same.
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The report suggests that Sony will upgrade the built-in memory from 32MB to 8GB based on memory chip industry movement; will add a built-in Eye-Toy-like camera; and will retool the UMD drive into a slot-loading drive. Naturally, the upgraded PSP will be slimmer than its predecessor.
The larger memory is expected to be used for Sony’s as-yet-to-materialize scheme for downloadable games and other content. Sony’s not one to kiss and tell, so odds are it’ll be a little while before any hard information on the next generation PSP is known.
Report: Next Generation PSP Coming in 2007 [Next Generation]
