NGP (PSP2) announced!

[rockstar99]

It looks decent; and I like the return to cartridges rather than relying on the ridiculous UMD format or terrible and stifling digital distribution models.

Gotta say, I have no interest in 3G on a portable gaming system, though. A monthly cell phone bill is expensive enough.

Does this mean sony will be using cartridge based format?

yes

 

[CarbonX13]

I'll still be getting the 3DS regardless, but I might just get this in the coming future if it has a lot of quality games. They should definitely make an L2 and R2 button somewhere though.

I doubt the L2 and R2 buttons would get omitted, considering Killzone and Resistance were announced and such. It'd be a pain to finally have dual-analog sticks, but now we don't have the trigger buttons.

 

[DigitalDeviant]

So it's what the PSP should have been in the first place. But I don't care much for the features list, because as always it will be the third party software and emulation that makes the system. I will get one if DaedalusX64 gets ported to it and works.

Heh keep dreaming. That's quite an expensive N64 you want...

I have yet to see an n64 emu on a portable running at full speed.

 

[CarbonX13]

So it's what the PSP should have been in the first place. But I don't care much for the features list, because as always it will be the third party software and emulation that makes the system. I will get one if DaedalusX64 gets ported to it and works.

Heh keep dreaming. That's quite an expensive N64 you want...

I have yet to see an n64 emu on a portable running at full speed.

If in the end the NGP does receive an N64 emulator, judging from how it appears to have graphics similar to the PS3, an N64 emulator shouldn't be much of a problem for the device.

 

[Terenigma]

Does anyone have a live video stream of the event?

atm im following it here http://www.engadget.com/liveblog/live-from-sonys-tokyo-event

 

[DigitalDeviant]

It looks decent; and I like the return to cartridges rather than relying on the ridiculous UMD format or terrible and stifling digital distribution models.

Gotta say, I have no interest in 3G on a portable gaming system, though. A monthly cell phone bill is expensive enough.

Does this mean sony will be using cartridge based format?

yes

Why do I think of all the sony fanboys who trashed the ds for using the cartridge format?

Its funny how the sony is turning to cartridge format, reminds me of when nintendo turned to disc format for the first time on gamecube.

carts are better than discs, imo. They read faster and now a days memory is pretty cheap.

 

[nryn99]

So it's what the PSP should have been in the first place. But I don't care much for the features list, because as always it will be the third party software and emulation that makes the system. I will get one if DaedalusX64 gets ported to it and works.

Heh keep dreaming. That's quite an expensive N64 you want...

I have yet to see an n64 emu on a portable running at full speed.

If in the end the NGP does receive an N64 emulator, judging from how it appears to have graphics similar to the PS3, an N64 emulator shouldn't be much of a problem for the device.

don't speculate yet. no hacker still had their hands one one yet.

 

[TheDestroyer]

I am sure miyamoto is watching live coverage and be like this:

Spoiler

 

[CarbonX13]

Does anyone have a live video stream of the event?

atm im following it here http://www.engadget.com/liveblog/live-from-sonys-tokyo-event

I don't think there's a live video stream. Kotaku's got a live blog going with a few videos (bad quality cell phone ones though) uploaded if you're interested.

 

[dib]

That would be absurd. Making it prohibitively expensive will not help Sony build an audience. The fatal flaw of the PSP was not enough units made it into the hands of gamers, and coupled with the expensive production values it meant little return for the publishers.

I'm betting they adopt the same business model as the consoles and take a hit on the price of the hardware, then make it up in other areas like licensing and games. Eventually the production cost will drop closer to breaking even, and we can assume there will be a PSP2v2 just like the 1000, 2000, 3000, and Go.

 

[DigitalDeviant]

So it's what the PSP should have been in the first place. But I don't care much for the features list, because as always it will be the third party software and emulation that makes the system. I will get one if DaedalusX64 gets ported to it and works.

Heh keep dreaming. That's quite an expensive N64 you want...

I have yet to see an n64 emu on a portable running at full speed.

If in the end the NGP does receive an N64 emulator, judging from how it appears to have graphics similar to the PS3, an N64 emulator shouldn't be much of a problem for the device.

don't speculate yet. no hacker still had their hands one one yet.

he's just stating a hypothetical using "if", meaning it's not currently knowable yet.

kaz hirai stated " NGP and PlayStation Suite. "Content that operates on smartphones will operate on PlayStation."

I think this means games released for the playstation phone may work on the psp2.

edit: now theres over 100 users viewing this!!!!

 

[Terenigma]

Does anyone have a live video stream of the event?

atm im following it here http://www.engadget.com/liveblog/live-from-sonys-tokyo-event

I don't think there's a live video stream. Kotaku's got a live blog going with a few videos (bad quality cell phone ones though) uploaded if you're interested.

Grr yeah seems like theres no live video stream (that i can find)

its anoying because they just demo'd monster hunter lol i wanted to see that!

 

[granville]

Need battery life and price badly.

 

[TheDestroyer]

there's a live stream in kotaku but its kinda not good quality though.

 

[nryn99]

If in the end the NGP does receive an N64 emulator, judging from how it appears to have graphics similar to the PS3, an N64 emulator shouldn't be much of a problem for the device.

don't speculate yet. no hacker still had their hands one one yet.

he's just stating a hypothetical using "if", meaning it's not currently knowable yet.

sorry didn't see that, i'm just simply surprised about this.

 

[DigitalDeviant]

heres a pic of the psp2 media card

looks like an sd card.

seems like sony has finally understood the fail that was a disc based system and the advantages of cartridges.

If in the end the NGP does receive an N64 emulator, judging from how it appears to have graphics similar to the PS3, an N64 emulator shouldn't be much of a problem for the device.

don't speculate yet. no hacker still had their hands one one yet.

he's just stating a hypothetical using "if", meaning it's not currently knowable yet.

sorry didn't see that, i'm just simply surprised about this.

Yeah I'm surprised as well, I wasn't aware that sony was going to hold a press conference of sorts.

This is great though, I'm anxious to know the price.

I speculate that it'll be in the $300-400 range.

 

[granville]

Seems to be a live stream here-
http://www.justin.tv/legendarysoy

Crap quality and hard to see though...

 

[DigitalDeviant]

Seems to be a live stream here-
http://www.justin.tv/legendarysoy

Crap quality and hard to see though...

thank anyway, I may not speak japanese but would like to hear the different speakers/reactions.

 

[Nathan Drake]

Need battery life and price badly.

Maybe we should start making estimates. :3

My best guess:

Battery life - 3 to 4 hours w/ 3G off playing a PSP2 game, less with 3G on.
Price - Between $500 and $600 dollars.

I honestly have a hard time seeing this being worth the price. For anybody saying "well look at the PS3." Remember when that launched? Wanna go off and pay $650 for a PSP2 and pray that a price drop happens? I still have to ask what happened to just making a game system. I like my DS because it is just made to play games. I liked my GBA because it was just made to play games. I wasn't a huge fan of the normal PSP, as although it was hackable and presented many features even on the unhacked model, there wasn't even developer support for games.

I buy a handheld to play games. I just don't understand the appeal of your handheld being able to do so much more that no person actually will ever need in a game system.

 

[DigitalDeviant]

Need battery life and price badly.

Maybe we should start making estimates. :3

My best guess:

Battery life - 3 to 4 hours w/ 3G off playing a PSP2 game, less with 3G on.
Price - Between $500 and $600 dollars.

I honestly have a hard time seeing this being worth the price. For anybody saying "well look at the PS3." Remember when that launched? Wanna go off and pay $650 for a PSP2 and pray that a price drop happens? I still have to ask what happened to just making a game system. I like my DS because it is just made to play games. I liked my GBA because it was just made to play games. I wasn't a huge fan of the normal PSP, as although it was hackable and presented many features even on the unhacked model, there wasn't even developer support for games.

I buy a handheld to play games. I just don't understand the appeal of your handheld being able to do so much more that no person actually will ever need in a game system.

$500-$600 price point would be a mistake, IMO. If Sony expects to compete with Nintendo they'll have to go to not more than $100 more than the 3DS.

my estimate is $300-$400 range.