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ph4nt on 14 May 2010

Considering the PSP is essentially dead in North America, I'd say they should be releasing something soon.



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Millennium on 14 May 2010

The problem with the PSP2 being the biggest E3 surprise is that this would require it to be a surprise at all. Seriously; who here doesn't expect an announcement very soon?



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Severance on 14 May 2010

i would love to see this, lots of my play time is becoming towards the handhelds these days, and i love the PSP.



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Joelcool7 on 15 May 2010

The next PSP will be at E3 or at least announced at the show. That would be my best bet. To be honest if the next PSP does not launch in a competitive time to the 3DS Sony will loose all of its marketshare in the handheld market and be doomed to fail if it chooses to launch the console in 2011 or 2012.

Sony needs PSP2 in order to survive in the handheld market and they need it fast. Heck Nintendo doesn't even consider PSP the competition anymore they consider the I-Phone to be. Sony needs to take drastic action fast or have their console (PSP) go the way of the great GameGear!



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freebs2 on 15 May 2010

I wouldn't be surprised....they have to do something or 3DS will steal more of their market share.



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Rasen Shuriken on 15 May 2010

I'm sure they will announce it,sony is the best secret keeper after all...



Joelcool7 on 15 May 2010
Rasen Shuriken said:

I'm sure they will announce it,sony is the best secret keeper after all...

No way Nintendo is for sure. I mean seriously the PSPGo was the worst kept secret in the history of gaming.



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stof on 17 May 2010
Icyedge said:
stof said:
Icyedge said:
stof said:
Carl2291 said:
stof said:
Even if Sony announces a PSP-2 at E3, the biggest surprise will still be our first look at the Nintendo 3DS.

Why would the biggest surprise of E3, be something we will have known about for months?

I'm curious.


Because we haven't seen it yet. When we finally get the revelation of the thing we are eager to see but can not yet comprehend, it will probably have much more in the way of surprises than the thing that... well... a second PSP.

 

 

Ok so you cannot comprehend the next DS but you can comprehend the next PSP?

I think we can no more comprehend the next DS than we could comprehend the first DS. Remember how we couldn't comprehend the first DS at all? Even when Nintendo announced it and showed it off, they left out the touch screen part, and we were left completely uncomprehending. As for the next PSP... unless they take the Move approach of shamelessly copying the DS... is there really anything they can do that would elicit much excitement?

Your saying that there is still room to innovate and bring new features when it comes to Nintendo handheld but not when it comes to Sony handheld? Thats how it sounds you know. Your also talking like Nintendo invent everything, while im pretty sure dual screen was the only feature not available somewhere else.

"unless they take the Move approach of shamelessly copying the DS" Really?! Its a different tech with a similar concept,  dont you think shamelessly copying is a little exagerated?

Well, the DS was pretty damned innovative, and I think most people are expecting the 3DS to follow that innovative path. Can you really fault someone for expecting more innovation from the Nintendo handheld than the Sony handheld? And I'm not saying Nintendo invented everything, or even anything (I don't think 2 screens is so much an invention as it is a design choice). But there's a huge difference between invention and successful and innovative implementation.

Perhaps I'll be proven quite wrong and the PSP-2 (if it comes) will blow away expectations. But right now I think my expectations seem to be fairly justified.



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ultraslick on 17 May 2010

I would want the PSP2 to have better connectivity with the PS3.
Friends list, chat, messaging, trophies all cross platform with the PS3 would be great.
Unique PSP trophies would show up on the PSP's new xmb interface, and they would be tracked and shown on the PSN through the PS3 as well.

and of course a touch screen and dual analogue would be a must. A large hard drive and built in camera would be great as well. I like the form of the PSP go, so if all of this was integrated, and physical games came on micro sd cards (for all of you whiners who need physical games)
then that would be cool too.

there is still a space to revitalize and invent the online multiplayer market for portable consoles.
a person should be able to play LBP on the PSP online and play with friends who are playing on the PS3.
This would really be amazing.



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Icyedge on 17 May 2010
stof said:
Icyedge said:
stof said:
Icyedge said:
stof said:
Carl2291 said:
stof said:
Even if Sony announces a PSP-2 at E3, the biggest surprise will still be our first look at the Nintendo 3DS.

Why would the biggest surprise of E3, be something we will have known about for months?

I'm curious.


Because we haven't seen it yet. When we finally get the revelation of the thing we are eager to see but can not yet comprehend, it will probably have much more in the way of surprises than the thing that... well... a second PSP.

 

 

Ok so you cannot comprehend the next DS but you can comprehend the next PSP?

I think we can no more comprehend the next DS than we could comprehend the first DS. Remember how we couldn't comprehend the first DS at all? Even when Nintendo announced it and showed it off, they left out the touch screen part, and we were left completely uncomprehending. As for the next PSP... unless they take the Move approach of shamelessly copying the DS... is there really anything they can do that would elicit much excitement?

Your saying that there is still room to innovate and bring new features when it comes to Nintendo handheld but not when it comes to Sony handheld? Thats how it sounds you know. Your also talking like Nintendo invent everything, while im pretty sure dual screen was the only feature not available somewhere else.

"unless they take the Move approach of shamelessly copying the DS" Really?! Its a different tech with a similar concept,  dont you think shamelessly copying is a little exagerated?

Well, the DS was pretty damned innovative, and I think most people are expecting the 3DS to follow that innovative path. Can you really fault someone for expecting more innovation from the Nintendo handheld than the Sony handheld? And I'm not saying Nintendo invented everything, or even anything (I don't think 2 screens is so much an invention as it is a design choice). But there's a huge difference between invention and successful and innovative implementation.

Perhaps I'll be proven quite wrong and the PSP-2 (if it comes) will blow away expectations. But right now I think my expectations seem to be fairly justified.

 

I agree with your last paragraph, its natural to expect something more based on past experiences. But re-read what I underline from one of your earlier post.