NGP. Never Gonna Play, Not Gonna Purchase, No Go People, Next Generation Poop. Next Generation Portable is a horrible name for a device that should just be called the PSP 2. Maybe Sony is trying to distance itself from the Playstation Portable. According to Wikipedia it sold over 61 million units which is impressive, but compared to Nintendo's 144 million DS' sold PSP stands in a distant second. Sales of PSP games have not been all that impressive either. Pokemon Black & White sold more units than all but 3 PSP titles in 48 hours. Sony's got some catching up to do. How does Sony plan on catching up to Nintendo? By releasing it's successor to the PSP at least six months after the Nintendo's successor to the DS, 3DS, hits stores.

NGP seems doomed from the start. The 3DS has already established itself with a release date, price, and launch titles. Who knows how many millions of units the 3DS will have sold by the time the NGP is released. The price of the NGP is anyone's guess, and I'm not sure people are willing to spend another $300+ dollars on a portable system after buying a 3DS. I'm going to wait for either a price drop or a redesigned NGP. I was never a fan of the original PSP design and to see it come back for the NGP was a little disappointing.

The software presented seemed cool. Seems there will be an Uncharted, Killzone, Motorstorm, and other Sony console favorites on the NGP. The problem with that is that Sony is banking on it's established mascots to sell the NGP. NGP needs an original IP and fast. Every Nintendo portable system I've ever owned was for a Pokemon game. Sony needs a game like that on it's portable device.

The hardware is impresive. It apparently is as powerful as the PS3 and is smaller than a PSP-3000 which says big things do come in small packages. Just because it's as powerful as the PS3 doesn't mean I want to see remakes of PS3 games on the NGP. Either give us original adventures or don't give us anything at all. I'm a little concerned that some franchises are going to be over saturated thanks to NGP. If Uncharted on the NGP is the best selling game I predict a sequel within a year to complement the newly announced Uncharted game after Drake's Deception. Slow and Steady wins the race. My only requests are the price stays under $300 dollars and that NGP can play PS2 games similar to PS One Classics on the PSP.