PSP2 Announced, Codenamed NGP
Sony claims its graphics will rival the PlayStation 3.
January 27, 2011

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Sony formally revealed the heavily-rumored PSP2 in Japan today. The device has been codenamed NGP for "next generation portable." It is set for release by the end of 2011. Pricing information was not provided.


Critical Details


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NGP will use a new game medium, a small flash memory based card, dedicated for NGP software titles. The cards will store full game titles and add-on game content or save data. Sony notes that they'll be able to provide higher capacity cards in the future to allow developers to store more game data. The device also supports PlayStation Network Trophies.

The NGP contains a touch screen on top and a touch pad on the bottom. This will allow players to interact with games through "touch, grab, trace, push and pull" moves of the fingers.


The Release Date and Price


Sadly, the release date and price were not revealed. However, Sony did say that the NGP would be out for the 2011 holiday season.


The Games


The NGP's debut party saw Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid 4, LittleBigPlanet and Call of Duty take the stage, but most were just tech demos. So far, more than 10 third-parties are listed a supporting the NGP. Click here to read more and see them all.


The Interface: LiveArea


The new interface.
NGP, the successor to the PlayStation Portable, is getting an all-new interface. Dubbed LiveArea, the program acts as a hub page for games, and like the XMB before it, LiveArea allows users to hop between the different parts of the PlayStation space. Want to know more about the live message boards and 3G connectivity? More on LiveArea.


PlayStation Suite


The touch pad back.
Ever wish you could play PlayStation games on your smartphone or tablet? Sony aims to do precisely that with PlayStation Suite, their new unified gaming platform for Android 2.3.

Cleck here for more on PlayStation Suite
Hardware Specs

CPU:

ARM Corte-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)

Screen:

(Touch screen) 5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED Multi touch screen (capacitive type)

Rear touch pad:

Multi touch pad (capacitive type)

Cameras:

Front camera, Rear camera

Sound:

Built-in stereo speakers, built-in microphone

Sensors:

Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer)

Three-axis electronic compass

Location

Built-in GPS

Wi-Fi location service support

Keys/Switches:

PS button

Power button

Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)

Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)

Shoulder buttons (Right/Left)

Right stick, Left 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) During Sony's press conference today where it revealed the next iteration of the PSP system, currently codenamed Next Generation Portable, a slew of tech demos and games were shown.

Sony said the NGP rivals the graphical power of the PlayStation 3, and the company proved it. Sony released a trailer that showed off several key titles, including: Hot Shots Golf Next, Killzone, LittleBigPlanet, WipEout, Resistance, Hustle Kings, and Uncharted Portable.

Other first-party titles also include Little Deviants, Gravity Daze, Reality Fighters, Smart As, and Broken.

Shuhei Yoshida, president of SCE Worldwide Studios, took the stage to give a live gameplay demonstration of Uncharted. Shuhei first controlled Drake using the touch screen and moved him through a jungle environment. He later showed he could control Drake swinging on a vine using the NGP's SixAxis capability. Drake can also be controlled by the bottom touch pad. The built-in gyro sensor was also demoed to control Drake's aiming.

Later, Jun Takeuchi of Capcom took the stage to announce Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, a downloadable version of the PSP Monster Hunter Portable ported over for play on NGP. He gave a quick demo on stage. Takeuchi also gave a short demo of a realtime cutscene from Lost Planet 2 running on the NGP, saying it took roughly two weeks for his team to port over. Lost Planet 2 was not announced as a planned NGP release, it was shown only as a demonstration of the power of MT Framework on NGP. HeTakeuchididn't announce any new games but said to stay tuned.

Next up, Toshihiro Nagoshi from SEGA appeared and showed off a video demo of Yakuza: Of the End, a spin-off zombie title currently set for PS3. Nagoshi did not announce that it would arrive on NGP.

A new Dynasty Warriors game was confirmed. Tecmo Koei's Akihiro Suzuki showed off some gameplay that allows players to simply tap an enemy to kill them. Metal Gear director Hideo Kojima later came out to show off a real-time demo of a cutscene from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Kojima envisions the possibility of creating a PlayStation 3 title that players can than transfer to the NGP to play on the go. He'll be presenting his new project at E3 this June.

Making a surprise appearance was Epic Games' Tim Sweeney who showed off two real-time demos, Citadel, which is currently available on iPhone, and Dungeon Defenders on Android. And last but not least, Philip Earl from Activision announced a new Call of Duty title was in development for NGP. No gameplay footage was shown.

Here are a list of current third-party publishers and developers supporting the NGP: Grasshopper, IREM, Level 5, Namco Bandai, Square Enix, Ubisoft, 2K Games, Rockstar, Capcom, SEGA, Tecmo Koei, Konami, Epic, Activision.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKsWSzAe5R4&feature=player_embedded

Look of 4:34 at 6:30 for they game !

Ye, I'm gonna wait till I see some prices on that.

Yeah man can't wait to play the new Resistance, Killzone, and COD on this when it comes out!

omg i can imagin many ppl gettin a boner over this

Waffles how long well it take you to hack this psp NGP ?

Dee7112 wrote:

Waffles how long well it take you to hack this psp NGP ?

I don't hack the hardware, I just code for the games.

damn built-in camera, touch screen and all that good stuff. Shit too bad im not too experience with coding language yet or else i'll be able to hack that motha

that psp iz sick but ill have to work my @ss off at walmart to get it btw how much is it gonna cost ?

Price hasn't been determined

what does it look like? i looked it up but a whole load of ideas came up

Google search for "psp ngp"

how much is it? any estimations?

3l_Loco wrote:

how much is it? any estimations?

Expect $300+

I agree waffles but Im only gonna get cause Killzone and Call of Duty

damn psp i wonder if ppl r going to sleep outside the store to get it?!?

yea im probably gonna get it too....or i might wait and see if they come out w/ a v2

Oh wait, there's pictures on the first page! THAT LOOKS EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There better be a chat room for the Resistance on there or im going to decapite the closest person who doesn't meet my fancy.

Holy snot! Just looking at those pictures gives me a BONER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tactical-StriX3 wrote:

Holy snot! Just looking at those pictures gives me a BONER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thats.......thats kinda sad bro

3l_Loco wrote:

Tactical-StriX3 wrote:

Holy snot! Just looking at those pictures gives me a BONER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thats.......thats kinda sad bro

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