This is certainly intriguing... Lets get overexcited for a second and hypothetically say this is the direction of the PSP... I just wonder how much it would cost on a per month basis... Would you also need to pay a one off fee to actually get the phone as well as you do with some other smartphones? And then the cost of the games, would they be included as part of the monthly fee? Or is it standalone purchases? It could start to get pricey depending on how they would work it.

So they'd need to be careful there, as they wouldn't want to stop little Timmy from being able to afford it.

This PSPhone will primarily appeal to people who want to game though. If you weren't primarily interested in gaming then you wouldn't bother with having the d-pad/buttons on your phone. You would get one with an actual qwerty mini keyboard on it (would be the same size as the PSPhone) or if you didn't want that then you would get a slimmer one with probably just a touch screen (like the xperia or iphone) or a screen/keyboard combo (like the blackberry)

obviosly you will need to pay for the phone,this isn't any freeware

it will be just like a PSP GO with phone features and android OS nothing else

games can be purcahsed online

yesbut what i was saying is many people don't need a keypad so PS buttons will be just extra,they can use it or not

also you saying they don't need PS button,it isn't about that,when something gets popular and gets reported in news as the nest big things the casuals just follow

do you really think every iphone consumer needs an iphone and do they use all the features,no they don't but its just cool to have an iphone

Go play some proper psp games and come back...cuz clearly you have no idea what your blabbering on about

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People should forget about the N-Gage, it's design was it's biggest flaw and that was because off al the buttons. These days we have touchscreen and everyone who has ever seen a slidephone knows that this is going to work well.

But phones age really fast. This could mean that after about 2-3 years people will find other phones much more interesting and therefore stop being the PSP2.

One problem is see however is the amound of freedom that Android phones(and most smartphones for that matter) give you in installing just about any Rom or software you like. This could spell serious piracy issues in the future.

The range of freedom thing of android is definitely going to be a problem, but what if the PSN offered things that you ortherwise wouldn't be able to have like online gaming or whatnot?    What if Sony kept the PSN games exclusive to this phone, enticing gaming oriented people to come get the phoen

I think that is what they will do. PSN and PSP games will only work on this phone.

I have yet to buy a smartphone, saw no need for one, but making the PSP into a phone will make me finally dive in if it costs ~$200 or less with a 2-year plan. My plan has been up for over a year now and I never had a reason to get a new phone and tack on more years.

I still use my old ass Motorola SLVR, lol.

ok im super confused is this the "next" psp or is sony going to release a psp2 along side of this? or is this even an offical psp?

@newcloud-  it's probably going to replace the  PSPgo and the PSp3000, if sony is going to have to brand this as a "game" centric phone then it's going to want to slap a PSP logo on the thing