[PSP] PSP 2, does anyone care anymore?

So Sony are set to announce a successor to the PSP, the hilariously blandly named NGP.



Jumping on as many bandwagons as possible, it will feature a touchscreen on the front, touch pad on the back (This is actually a pretty neat idea), two analogue sticks and cameras and shit. No doubt it'll also chuck polygons around at a comical rate although it's not PS2 fast (One assumes, since they haven't mentioned that). They're also planning on making it compatible with the forthcoming Playstation phone for those of you who like playing slightly shit games.

So is there any point? Sales of UMD games have been pretty poor and most people I know with a PSP use it largely for playing PS1 games or pirate stuff. I'd suggest that making it straight PS1 compatible without the need to jail break it would improve sales if only because of the massive game catalogue they automatically unlock but I for one won't be replacing the PSP I barely use with this unless it does something really special. To be fair I never get public transport any more so I don't have time for mobile gaming and when I'm at home I play Xbox so I'm not really target market but I fail to see exactly who theyy are aiming this at. I think the PS generation that made the PS1 so popular have all grown up a bit and moved on and kids these days are all about the Nintendo. Still, it's nice to see they're still trying...

Edit: There are probably better pictures and videos out there but I'm too lazy to look for them.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well the Sony Xperia Play is out next month which is basically their attempt at an N-gage. I'm almost tempted to get one, just because nobody else will.



There's nowhere I can't reach.