PSP 4000 Series Coming This Christmas

Sony let out details about a new console they are planning on releasing this year before christmas.

In an unanticipated move, Sony have announced details on their next portable gaming console in its PlayStation® Portable range, dubbed PSP-4000.

In a statement at a recent press conference, SCEE president David Reeves announced the decision for the hardware update.

What's unusual about this move is that it follows the release of Sony's new console, the PSP-3000, which hit the shelves less than a month ago. Speculators believe that this sooner than expected update was made by Sony in an attempt to give it a competitive advantage over Nintendo's new DSi.

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Details on this new model were sketchy however. Reeves announced that the new model is expected to be available before Christmas this year, but the price had yet to be finalized. The new model builds on the PSP-2000's "slim and lite" design, and the PSP-3000's improved screen and built-in microphone, and adds an improved processing unit.

Sony announced details on making PlayStation® 2 games available for download via its PlayStation® Store, which could then be transferred to and played on the PSP-4000.

Critics of the PSPTM say that the system's main weakness is it's lack of quality games, and some believe that Sony is relying on the strength and popularity of its aging console to improve the sales of its current generation systems, the PlayStation® Portable and PlayStation® 3.

unrealiable source : http://www.consolespot.net/forums/psp-news/17678-psp-4000-series-coming-christmas.html

I don't trust this. It's impossible to release a new PSP all of a sudden before Christmas even when the NEW 3000 just hit shelves like 2 weeks ago.

But still, PS2 on PSP would be awesome! I wonder if the graphics for PSP will improve because of PS2 :|

It wont be 4k, in order for it to be that, it would have to have new motherboards, new features and blah blah, they pulled all the new 3k's to fix them and then they will soon resell them, as like 3004 if anything, just for a quick simple hardware update.

EDIT: "Sony announced details on making PlayStation® 2 games available for download via its PlayStation® Store, which could then be transferred to and played on the PSP-4000."

Instantly impossible.

Every time I see an article about a new psp I search the webpage for the key terms "Right analog stick" If they aren't there I'm not interested in anything else.

How impossible is putting PS2 games on the PSN and then downloading them? Whats the capacity of a DVD.. 4.5gbs or something?

Some of the video's and demo's we download off the network are already 1-2gb's in size.. so i think it's very feasible to do PS2 games.

Yeah and the PSP-5000 will be released after new year.

Sure I'll believe it when I see it or hear more, but what's funny is how many angry little 3K fanboys there will be if this actually does go down.

It might get crazy..

not possible :(

i just read that is is not coming out till ether 2011 or 2009..

How impossible is putting PS2 games on the PSN and then downloading them? Whats the capacity of a DVD.. 4.5gbs or something?

Some of the video's and demo's we download off the network are already 1-2gb's in size.. so i think it's very feasible to do PS2 games.

GenTom

ommm hello... the gfx for the ps2 is way better then psp's so how would psp run it? and yes game sizes are a problem, not a lot of people have 4gb+ memory cards, so that would also affect sales,

I just read the article, and in the end this came up :

"For those reading this, this article is a pure work of fiction. Obviously, the user who posted this didn't read that it was fiction and decided to post it on ConsoleSpot.

I repeat, this is fake article written by the admin over at EP.
Thread Locked."

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I don't trust this. It's impossible to release a new PSP all of a sudden before Christmas even when the NEW 3000 just hit shelves like 2 weeks ago.

But still, PS2 on PSP would be awesome! I wonder if the graphics for PSP will improve because of PS2 :|

ChiddaPotta

I completey agree with you. I doubt they'd be able to make a new PSP and market it before Christamas after having released one less than a month ago.

And PS2 on PSP would be epic.

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I don't trust this. It's impossible to release a new PSP all of a sudden before Christmas even when the NEW 3000 just hit shelves like 2 weeks ago.

But still, PS2 on PSP would be awesome! I wonder if the graphics for PSP will improve because of PS2 :|

wado-karate

I completey agree with you. I doubt they'd be able to make a new PSP and market it before Christamas after having released one less than a month ago.

And PS2 on PSP would be epic.

Ooh man, just imagine Shadow Of The Colossus and another epic games in your hands!:twisted: