Sony just announced at their Leipzig press conference the PSP-3000 series. It will look exactly the same as the current PSP-2000 (Slim & Light) model, but will add a built-in microphone and enhanced screen. Apparently, the screen will work better outdoors, being able to resist glare. The built-in microphone will be a huge plus for regular Skype users, and those that take their PSP online via Infrastructure.
Video-Out has also been enhanced, with the system now able to interlace for televisions that don't support a progressive output (that means non-HDTVs).
The PSP-3000 series will be available on October 15th in Europe and will retail for €199. There will be 8 bundles, each adding one game to the package.
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8-20-2008 @ 11:27AM
strike said...
Yay, I just traded my psp in yesterday. I was going to get a psp lite, but the store didnt have any, now I'll wait for this instead, or a ps3, which ever comes first.....
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8-20-2008 @ 3:16PM
RockerAnimeFreak said...
Damn this new psp is sexy! good thing I didn't give in to the slim as I own a phat! well looks like I'll use the phat for homebrew and this 3000 series for legitimate use.
8-20-2008 @ 11:28AM
asd said...
if they make a dissidia bundle i hope they make it with this psp
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8-20-2008 @ 11:32AM
emirabal said...
So, this is just a hardware update really, ok, no dice, im good wit mine as is.
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8-20-2008 @ 11:37AM
kingofwale said...
8 bundles????
God of War.
Crisis Core
Monster Hunter
Soccer
Hockey
Madden
what else?
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8-20-2008 @ 5:19PM
will said...
Ratchet
other platformer
PSN games
Rhythm game
"Girl" game
no game, but big Memory Stick
8-21-2008 @ 3:25PM
gurbinder said...
daxter....
8-20-2008 @ 11:44AM
gumby said...
the mic would be nice..but they really needed to do something about the screen outdoors as it is now it is unplayable.
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8-20-2008 @ 11:46AM
mikelhend said...
I suspect the biggest "upgrade" here is going to be harder-to-flash firmware... they needed to make it attractive enough to attract buyers as they phase out the old model that is uber-hackable.
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8-21-2008 @ 9:44AM
Christopher said...
Yeah, but they know just as well as anybody else, they not going to have it nailed down for long. It'll be hacked somehow.
8-20-2008 @ 11:47AM
vivelemal said...
well i still want the madden bundle but the lees glare outside screen is good and i dont really care bout the mic but i think ill still stick to buying the madden bundle lol
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8-20-2008 @ 12:00PM
guardianknight2 said...
strike.how much did they give u for ur psp phat
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8-20-2008 @ 12:16PM
strike said...
@guardianknight2
The psp itself sold for 55 pounds ($100), but with some old games, it went up to 75 pounds ($150)
I traded it in Gamestation, for credit, not cash. For cash, I think it would go down from 75 pounds ($150) to 50 pounds ($100). Gamestation is also a UK company.
Hope it helps.
8-20-2008 @ 12:03PM
mikelhend said...
I wonder... if they do make it "unhackable" (or at least much harder to hack), will that kill the PSP? I suspect a lot of people buy the PSP knowing they can hack it and then play most of the console's library for free.
Nintendo is wise to target the "family" audience... who is more likely to hack their console and pirate games? The 8 year old kid and/or his/her mom (DS...), or the 20 year old college student (PSP)? Yes, piracy is rampant on the DS, but it's a SMALL portion of their audience, versus the PSP which I think draws more tech savvy owners that can find/use hacker tools for it.
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8-20-2008 @ 12:28PM
Riley said...
I know this isn't the norm, but I was on a shuttle traveling from a med school to a hospital with a 8-10 year-old kid and his dad who was at least 40. Sure enough, he was playing a DS with an R4.
8-20-2008 @ 1:23PM
mikelhend said...
Groovy... I've never seen an R4 in the wild. I have a CycloDS and love it, but I show it off (and use it) as a "my entire library on one cart" solution. (I do own physical copies of every ROM I have on there. Yep, that makes me perfectly legal! Yep... yep yep yep. Yep. There, I'm convinced. :)
8-20-2008 @ 3:23PM
aj said...
....actually, people only buying the PSP because they intend on playing PSP games for free will probably kill the PSP.
Just a thought.
8-21-2008 @ 9:48AM
Christopher said...
No. It will be hacked. They always leave a back door into these systems for repair work. All it takes is for somebody to figure it out and then exploit the code in such a way to run homebrew. The only true way to make it unhackable would be to require online authentication for each package that was installed. It's barely tolerable for on PC's let alone on a handheld.
8-21-2008 @ 9:53AM
Christopher said...
@AJ,
No, if this were true, the PSP wouldn't be selling so well in Japan. You can buy archives of PSP games cheap from what I have read in akihabara market which is right on their doorstep. Piracy online just makes it more convenient. Why do you think that most of the homebrew flash carts for the DS are made in Japan? Coincidence? I think not.
8-20-2008 @ 12:07PM
tehpwner said...
woahh dang a new PSP already. i was planning to buy the white darth vader in a week....should i wait for this one?
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