Wednesday, August 20th 2008
Sony Announces PlayStation Portable PSP 3000
The Leipzig Games Convention has become a playground for one more announcement that's worth knowing. This time Sony is officially updating its game console line-up with the introduction of PlayStation Portable 3000. As the name suggests this is the third update for PSP and it comes to bring a built-in mic for VoIP calls and a new LCD that improves both the color range as well as the contrast over the original version of the 4.3-inch display. The home button of the PSP 3000 has also been redesigned. It is now called "PS Button" and has the PlayStation logo on it, instead of just the "Home" sign used in previous two versions, otherwise it has the same function. Other than that the console looks just like the older PSP 2000. First PSP 3000s should start shipping on October 15th for 199 Euros ($294) and be sold as bundles that will either include a game like FIFA 09 or the Go! communications pack.
Source:
Joystiq
33 Comments on Sony Announces PlayStation Portable PSP 3000
DS is beating PSP in sales so possibly they think this might bump sales
sony is just trying to break into the market so maybe it will take another handheld
still you can pick up a ds lite and a flash card and it will just be as good not graphics wise but at least it has fun games
Handheld gaming used to be great when I wasn't the one driving, but ever since I started driving, I don't have a need for portable gaming.
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The DS Lite is aimed at a lower end segment vs the PSP. I don't see people with DSs listening to music and watching movies...
I honestly think sony should bring back the metallic chassis that the PSP had cause these newer ones break too easily.
Side story: Before mine bricked I actually dropped it on concrete while out for a run (I used it while running for the MP3 function) after it hit the concrete and bounced I accidentally kicked it and it skipped along the sidewalk and when I picked it up (with the exception of a couple scratches) the PSP was undamaged.
As for the battery life, I've played on FAT the older one and SLIM the newer version up to present, well it all depends on what game you play, brightness, volume.. What game (meaning lots of loading reading from the UMD). But for the past months been tied up with Monster Hunter Freedom 2. It lasts me about 4-4h30m with minimal brightness and volume. (That's with the older PSP fat).
EDIT: jumped the gun, didn't see that moto666 beat me to it. lol.Calm yourself TK. it's not slander, it's people posting about their personal experiences. And the fact does remain that there are far fewer games on the psp compared to the DS. And I can play music and watch movies on my daughter's DS just fine, btw. It does take an add on cartridge tho. Costs between $30-40 US, and takes MicroSD cards.
I have a Location Free TV box that I could be utilizing too and basically watch TV on the go with it. I need to pick up a cheap switch(Im running out of LAN ports) so I can have it and the PS3 at the TV.
bit of a shame really, i wanted to see the next gen psp come out with wireless n, maybe actual internal storage, plus more processing and ram grunt, i care more about weather or not it can seamlessly decode divx moreso then how improved the contrast ratio is ect ect. :mad: