It's that time of the year again. Yep. Another analyst is talking about a PSP redesign, but this one's a bit more ambitious than the other ones: Paul-Jon McNealy of American Technical Research has predicted the appearance of two new models, one below $199 and one above. "Sony will likely introduce a refresh of the PSP hardware line, including a hard-disk drive PSP and a second PSP with no hard drive but with a significant amount of flash memory on board." Sounds a lot like the other rumor about a redesign.Considering how frequently these redesign reports pop up, I'm going to place my bet that a redesign will come out... eventually (no matter how often Sony denies it). Will it be next Spring, as predicted?
[Via International Business Times]
1. I saw no reason to doubt the original rumor put forth by PSM in the first place. When a dedicated Playstation Magazine comes up with such a big theory, you have to figure they have at least _some_ insider info.
The details quoted were too specific. Samsung 8GB flash internals, new slot-loading UMD mech, etc.
We're almost certainly getting at least one new device. If they launch two with one having a significantly under-$200 price point, I'd go so far as to bet that worldwide sales would see a substantial boost, perhaps even enough to rival the massive success of the DS.
Posted at 3:34PM on Oct 20th 2006 by pixelator