From the Oct 06 issue of PSM
It also sounds like you'll need to have a PS3 in order to play PSX games on PSP.
Sorry if this is all old news, I hadn't heard it before so I thought I'd share with others who hadn't.
Sony is expected to introduce an upgraded version of the PlayStation Portable in Japan before the end of March 2007.
Sony has, as of this writing, reached a deal with Samsung to purchase a large amound of eight gigabyte (8GB) flash memory chips, which are to be built into the new PSP according to numerous semiconductor industry reports.
Sony is still expected to include a still/video camera of undertermined resolution as a built-in feature of the new generation PSP, and developers have been told to treat it in the same way they would the add-on PSP EyeToy camera shown at this year's E3 expo.
The new PSP is said by sources familiar with its development to look very similar to the current design, only streamlined to an extent. It's said to be thinner and lighter than the current PSP, as a means of not only slmming it down, but also saving on production costs, the complex UMD "hatch" is being replaced by a "slot loading" configuration whereby UMD discs are inserted directly into the system, much like a cartridge inot a Game Boy or Nintendo DS's game cards.
From all indications, the next PSP will have the same graphic and sound capabilities of the current system...
The biggest unknown remains whether or not Sony will add a second analog stick to its design. Technically speaking, there's nothing stopping them from doing it... If it's done, this does create problems for owners of current PSPs since games requiring two analog sticks will obviously be released for the newere hardware. It's for this reason that we at PSM still feel that this addition to the PSP spec may not happen.
Sony has, as of this writing, reached a deal with Samsung to purchase a large amound of eight gigabyte (8GB) flash memory chips, which are to be built into the new PSP according to numerous semiconductor industry reports.
Sony is still expected to include a still/video camera of undertermined resolution as a built-in feature of the new generation PSP, and developers have been told to treat it in the same way they would the add-on PSP EyeToy camera shown at this year's E3 expo.
The new PSP is said by sources familiar with its development to look very similar to the current design, only streamlined to an extent. It's said to be thinner and lighter than the current PSP, as a means of not only slmming it down, but also saving on production costs, the complex UMD "hatch" is being replaced by a "slot loading" configuration whereby UMD discs are inserted directly into the system, much like a cartridge inot a Game Boy or Nintendo DS's game cards.
From all indications, the next PSP will have the same graphic and sound capabilities of the current system...
The biggest unknown remains whether or not Sony will add a second analog stick to its design. Technically speaking, there's nothing stopping them from doing it... If it's done, this does create problems for owners of current PSPs since games requiring two analog sticks will obviously be released for the newere hardware. It's for this reason that we at PSM still feel that this addition to the PSP spec may not happen.
According to development sources privy to PlayStation 3's hardware documentation, the actual plan is for the PlayStation games to be downloaded and stored on PS3's built-in hard disk drive, then transferred onto the PSP's internal memory for playing on the go.
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