Sony unveils the PSP2 - Codename "NGP"

I was up last night watching kotaku japan's live stream of the Playstation Meeting 2011 that took place in tokyo , and i have to say this thing looks awesome! . Some features include a beautiful "Super Oval Design", a high-res touch capable OLED touch-screen on the front, which is larger than the original PSP, as well as a touch-sensitive material on the back on the device shown below, which is an interesting add.

More features include tilt sensitive six-axis controls , DUAL analog sticks as you can see, front and rear facing cameras, built in wi-fi & 3G connectivity and sony dropped UMD's as their main game storage. Here's a quote from sony on the new medium:

"NGP adopts a new game medium, a small flash memory based card, dedicated for NGP software titles. Taking advantage of the flash memory feature, this innovative card can store the full software titles plus add-on game content or the game save data directly on to the card. By adopting flash memory based card, SCE will be able to provide game cards with higher capacity in the future, allowing developers to store more game data to deliver rich and immersive games."

One thing I'm curious about is if it will support ipv6 seeing as ipv4 will be gone by the end of the year, but that's a whole different subject.

Sony says NGP will be able to play PSone games via their new "Playstation Suite" platform and will be backwards compatible with original PSP games downloadable via the PSN. Sony also said it would be out "This holiday" in japan. I'll keep you posted on pricing/exact availability once sony releases that information.


Key Features:

Multi-touch 5-inch organic light emitting display (OLED) as the front display

Multi-touch pad on the rear of the device

Dual analog sticks

Front and rear facing cameras

New flash memory based medium for software & games

Three motion sensors, gyroscope, accelerometer and electronic compass

Wi-Fi and 3G network connectivity

PlayStation Network access, including ““LiveArea™”, “Near” and “Activity” log features Trophy Support

NGP will be able to play PSP titles, minis, PS one classics, video and comics from the PlayStation Store.

Full Specs:

CPU: ARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core)

GPU: SGX543MP4+

External Dimensions: Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative,excludes largest projection)

Touch Screen Dimensions: 5 inches (16:9), 960x544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED multitouch screen(capacitive type)

Rear multi touch pad (capacitive type

Built-in stereo speakers

Built-in microphone

Sensors: Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer),Three-axis electronic compass

Built-in GPS, wi-fi location support 

Keys/Switches:

PS Button 

Power Button

Directional Buttons(Up,Down,Left,Right)

Action Buttons(Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)              

Shoulder Buttons(Left,Right)   

Right analog stick, Left analog stick

START button, SELECT button

Volume Buttons (+/-)

Wireless communications: Mobile Network Connectivity(3G), IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n=1x1)(Wi-Fi)(Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode), Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP)

Gaming Titles

Killzone

Uncharted

WipEout

LittleBigPlanet

Call of Duty

Resistance

Little Deviants

Hot Shots Golf

Reality Fighters

Gravity Daze

Smart As

Broken

Hustle Kings

List of Third party publishers supporting NGP 

Japan

ACQUIRECorp.

ALVIONInc.

AQINTERACTIVEINC.

ARCSYSTEMWORKSCo.,Ltd.

ARIKACO.,LTD.

ARTDINKCORPORATION

ASCIIMEDIAWORKSInc.

CAPCOMCO.,LTD.

CHUNSOFTCO.,Ltd

CodemastersSoftwareCompanyLimited

Crafts&MeisterCo.,Ltd.

CyberConnect2Co.,Ltd.

D3PUBLISHERInc.

DimpsCorporation

EdiaCo.,Ltd.

ENTERBRAIN,INC.

FromSoftware,Inc

GameloftK.K.

GenkiCo.,Ltd.

GrasshopperManufactureInc.

GungHoOnlineEntertainment,Inc

GUSTCO.,LTD.

HAMSTERCorporation

HUDSONSOFTCO.,LTD.

IDEAFACTORYCO.,LTD.

IndexCorporation（Atlus）

IREMSOFTWAREENGINEERINGINC.

KADOKAWAGAMES,LTD.

KadokawaShotenPublishingCo.,Ltd.

KonamiDigitalEntertainmentCo.,Ltd.

LEVEL-5Inc.

MarvelousEntertainmentInc.

media5Corporation

NAMCOBANDAIGamesInc.

NihonFalcomCorporation

NipponIchiSoftware,Inc.

NOWPRODUCTION,CO.,LTD

QEntertainmentInc.

SEGACORPORATION

SNKPLAYMORECORPORATION

SpikeCo.,Ltd

SQUAREENIXCo.,Ltd.

SystemSoftAlphaCorp.

TECMOKOEIGAMESCO.,LTD.

TOMYCompany,Ltd.

TOSECO.,LTD.

UbisoftK.K.

YUKE'SCo.,Ltd.

48 Companies in total.


North America

Activision, Inc.

Capybara Games

Demiurge Studios

Epic Games Inc.

Far Sight Studios

Frima

High Voltage Software

Kung Fu Factory

Paramount Digital Entertainment

PopCap Games

Powerhead Games

Trendy Entertainment

Ubisoft

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

2K Games

2K Sports

16 Companies in total.

Europe/PAL

Avalanche Studios

Climax Studios Ltd

Codemasters Software Company Ltd

Eurocom Developments Ltd

Eutechnyx Ltd

Exient Ltd

Firemint PTY Ltd

Gameloft SA

Gusto Games Ltd

Home Entertainment Suppliers PTY Ltd

Impromptu Software Ltd

Rebellion

Rockstar Games

Sidhe Interactive

Sumo Digital Ltd

Team 17 Software Ltd

Ubisoft Entertainment SA

Zen Studios Ltd

18 companies in total.