PSP 2 Rumors

 01/13/2011

Written by: DL

CES (Consumer Electronics Show) wrapped up this weekend of course new mobile devices and tablets continue to be the craze.  Nearly every major company is jumping into this market if not beefing up their already established line-up of mobile gadgets.

Now with that said, it’s getting hard to ignore the rumors about Sony’s yet to be unveiled PSP2 as the more I hear about it, the cooler it sounds!  Needless to say Sony has lost a lot of ground to catch up on mobile gaming with the PSP Go going up against Nintendo’s DS & DSi and of course the app driven Apple iPhone.  Of course in theory the PSP Go was a good idea but without the support of a wireless network (AT&T, Verizon, etc) or even the ability to purchase tangible games at a retail store it just couldn’t keep with the on-demand nature of people.

Okay, now on to the rumors on the PSP2 that I mentioned…  Via MCVuk.com it’s been mentioned that Sony has been telling developers (licenses) that the new PSP2 will be as powerful as the PS3 home console.  Say what?!  I could have a pocket size PS3 that I can take anywhere?!  Yes, that does sound enticing!  Of course it’s yet to be seen.  Another rumor floating around is the PSP2 as a mobile phone.  There’s been a allegedly leaked picture of a prototype of the PSP2 that shows it has a front facing camera as well as a microphone AND will also be able to take physical media as it did in the original PSP.

So, you’re telling me the new PSP2 is as powerful as a PS3, I can bring games along with me as oppose to worry about it’s local memory being full and it’s a mobile phone that will have a mobile wireless network to support it?!  Holy crap!  That sounds super awesome right?

Now, another but kind of vague rumor floating around is that the new device might be able to basically act as a cloud gaming device.  So say you have your copy of Call Of Duty Black Ops loaded in your PS3 at home.  Well, in theory you could log on to your wireless network and play Black Ops off your PS3 and on to your PSP2.

These are all of course very fantastic rumors and if any of them are true I think Sony will definite re-gain a lot of ground in mobile gaming.  Oh, and one more rumor…  People are saying that Sony is aiming for a Q4 launch…  If that’s the case, my Christmas list has the PSP2 on it!