The Sony PSP2, codenamed NGP

[sciwizam]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/27/the-sony-psp2/

Specs include a quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, 5-inch touchscreen OLED display with 960 x 544 resolution, dual analog sticks (not nubs as on the current generation), 3G, WiFi, GPS, a rear-mounted touchpad, the same accelerometer / gyroscope motion sensing as in the PlayStation Move, an electronic compass, and cameras on both the front and back. Available this holiday season.

Sony's NGP / PSP2 has a quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, quad-core GPU as well

You know that crazy next-gen PSP with multiple touchpads, dual analog sticks, and quadrupled resolution that Sony just trotted out? Yeah, it's got a quad-core Cortex-A9 and a quad-core Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX543MP+ GPU doing the grunt work within. We've never seen a handheld this powerful. Then again, considering the darn thing won't be launching until this holiday season, maybe quad-core parts will be the least Sony will need in order to match up to the "super phones" coming up this year.

[FONT=Arial]CPU[/FONT]
 [FONT=Arial]ARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core)[/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial]GPU[/FONT]
 [FONT=Arial]SGX543MP4+[/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial]External [/FONT][FONT=Arial]Dimensions[/FONT]
 [FONT=Arial]Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) ([/FONT][FONT=Arial]tentative, [/FONT][FONT=Arial]excludes largest projection)[/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial]Screen [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial](Touch screen)[/FONT]
 [FONT=Arial]5 inche[/FONT][FONT=Arial]s [/FONT][FONT=Arial](16:9)[/FONT][FONT=Arial], [/FONT][FONT=Arial]960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED[/FONT]
 [FONT=Arial]Multi touch screen (capacitive type)[/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial]Rear touch pad[/FONT]
 [FONT=Arial]Multi touch pad (capacitive type)[/FONT]
 
[FONT=Arial]Cameras[/FONT]
 [FONT=Arial]Front camera, Rear camera[/FONT]

 

[finbarqs]

you forgot to mention about the 3g's and the wifi's

 

[PuppettMaster001]

This is one sexy machine. I can wait to see what the price of the system and the games are going to be. I am not really looking forward to the 3DS, but the PSP2 gave me wood.

 

[ViRGE]

I'm honestly going to be surprised if this thing doesn't cost as much as an unsubsized smartphone and run for more than 4 hours on a charge.

 

[destrekor]

I'm honestly going to be surprised if this thing doesn't cost as much as an unsubsized smartphone and run for more than 4 hours on a charge.

Yeah, I don't have high hopes that this thing will a) be affordable, and b) sip the battery.

Monstrous specs and a large amount of components.

I still cannot believe all of that is exactly true. Quad-core A9 is still a dream at this stage, a dedicated dual-core mobile GPU is just nuts, and then they add features requested based on the previous versions of the PSP.

The thing is, with those specs, to have a profit on the device it would have to cost what the PS3 did at launch ($600).
Here's to hoping for Sony's success... as it being a potentially awesome device, Sony deserves it, also considering they are also being ballsy by using Android as the base OS - it's like a dinner-bell to all the would-be modders out there. Most importantly, that success is going to need an affordable launch price, no more than... say $350. Even with better hardware, if sony wants to tackle the mobile gaming world, what with the iPhones and iPods, they gotta jump in at around that price.

Also quite interested in the multi-platform Playstation Suite... a quality emulator and games for multiple phones and devices? The real question being, how will they handle the massive variances in hardware capability when looking at the Android world from afar. Demand minimum specs, and anything in excess is largely that, excess?

 

[finbarqs]

Yeah, I don't have high hopes that this thing will a) be affordable, and b) sip the battery.

Monstrous specs and a large amount of components.

I still cannot believe all of that is exactly true. Quad-core A9 is still a dream at this stage, a dedicated dual-core mobile GPU is just nuts, and then they add features requested based on the previous versions of the PSP.

It's a dedicated quad core GPU!!!

I wonder if it's using Android for it's OS...

 

[destrekor]

It's a dedicated quad core GPU!!!

I wonder if it's using Android for it's OS...

oo, misread that part

and based on what they have said, I won't expect anything near a full-Android appearance, but it definitely looks like they have cooked up whatever they have using an Android base. Probably extremely stripped down to bare minimum, but Android nonetheless.

 

[havuk]

is this also a phone?

 

[destrekor]

is this also a phone?

no. It's essentially a specialized PMP.

It has 3G for data.

BTW, I am definitely interesting in hearing how this will work: is it going to be free 3G access, will it require a contract or per-month data fees... and if there are fees, will they be significantly cheaper than smartphone fees? That'd be a major buzzkill.

It may have a microphone, and in general likely has BT, so if there is a voip program like Skype, then one may have the ability to use it in the style of a phone.

 

[Sheep]

is this also a phone?

No. Xperia Play (what used to be labeled the PSP phone) is a completely separate product line.

Apparently the U.S. will get 3G and non-3G versions of the NGP. I can't imagine how 3G would be useful in a game system that will likely have games that are hundreds if not thousands of megabytes in size. The thought of downloading that much over 3G all at once is enough to make me vomit.

The battery life is reportedly similar to the original PSP, so around 5-6 hours. As for the cost, I'll be utterly shocked if this comes in under $400 considering its specs stomp every smartphone out there.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

No. Xperia Play (what used to be labeled the PSP phone) is a completely separate product line.

Apparently the U.S. will get 3G and non-3G versions of the NGP. I can't imagine how 3G would be useful in a game system that will likely have games that are hundreds if not thousands of megabytes in size. The thought of downloading that much over 3G all at once is enough to make me vomit.

The battery life is reportedly similar to the original PSP, so around 5-6 hours. As for the cost, I'll be utterly shocked if this comes in under $400 considering its specs stomp every smartphone out there.

The 3G isn't probably going to be used very much for Dling games.

More for the "connected all the time" approach they're going with the system.

 

[finbarqs]

that means i can play mgs4 on my evo 4g!

 

[zebrax2]

I'd like to see how they would advertise this. Sure its powerful but at a possible price tag of >300 dollars it would be a though sell no matter what.

 

[ViRGE]

The battery life is reportedly similar to the original PSP, so around 5-6 hours.

Unless they're quoting the Go, even the PSP3K was never that good. The only games I can get that much time out of are the older ones that run at 222MHz; anything that does 333MHz is under 5.

 

[Joseph F]

I would love to see this thing under $350. Also I'd bet that 3G carriers will sell them for cheap with a 2-year data plan.

 

[finbarqs]

wonder if this thing will even be released... with the tsunami and the nuclear crisis out there right now.

 

[tonygeor]

I would say this is gonna fail...but considering how wow the nintendo 3ds sold in japan I just never know

 

[finbarqs]

this is a pure powerhouse... it'll sell on units alone!