PSP2 officially announced, codenamed “NGP”
Sony’s just announced the PSP2 officialy over at their press event which is undergoing right now in Japan.
The handheld is slated to release near the end of this year and will be packing a host of impressive features.
The console’s price is yet to be confirmed.
It’s codenamed “NGP”
Here’s some details:
“A new interface that translates actions into inputs”.
“Location based entertainment”
The device has a tagline of “The power is now in your hands”
The NGP will have dual analog sticks, a 5 inch OLED display, 3G and GPS support, rear touchpads and more. Here’s the official specs:
We’re seeing NGP – dual analogs sticks, 5 inch OLED display, 3G and GPS, front and rear touchpads, electronic compass on 3 axes. Awesome iconography on the back.
The NGP’s screen features 4x more crisper resolution than the current PSP’s screen. Â There are cameras on both the front and rear of the device. There will be physical media for games, a New Game Media, a flash memory-based card.
NGP will be released starting from the holiday season this year”
Here are the official specs:
- 2 analog sticks
- Six access motion controls
- New game media (flash based carts)
- Large screeen
- Touch pad on the back
- Front and rear camera, with a microphone
- 5 inch OLED
- 3G plus WiFI
- GPOS
- 4x resolution of PSP
- Touch screen
- Touch pad on back of device
- PS3 quality graphics
- Released this holiday season, in Japan
- Micro analogue stick
NGP will be released starting from the holiday season this year”
