New PSP coming in September

no dual analog sticks? *yawn

Regarding video output to tv...

I wouldn't be surprised to see portable game systems take over console systems in a couple generations. Why support two systems when portable hardware is getting powerful enough to replace consoles?

Hopefully the speakers would be louder...seeing that they're in the front now (assuming those little black dots in the front are the speakers.

The TV feature is cool....Not worth getting a new PSP.
I could just get a Portable DVD player

I don't want it smaller....It is too fragile anyways.

You've got be fracking kidding me!

What is the point. Sony = Perpetually Clueless.

.... usually when you redesign something, you also want it to LOOK different

this is just stupid, they could have at least put in another analog stick

Kotaku should shut their doors and Crecent should get a real job now...

lolz, I thought the PSP was dead....


...I still think it is.

I must know how the D-Pad is. If it's improved, and I can play Tekken Dark Resurrection on it without a stick-on D-Pad or opening it up, I'm there. Otherwise, I'll pass.

No point in buying. TV-out is the only interesting feature, but I wouldn't use it anyways...

To the fools who say "add a second analog nub":
That would be the WORST thing they could do. Any new game coming out couldn't utilize it (at least, not in a critical way), as that would render all PSP V1s useless.

Well, it's not the megaton redesign many were hoping for. Ah, well. I just hope the firmware is hacked just as easily as before.

What the hell is wrong with you people? You act like it would be a psp that would want you to buy it again even if you already own a psp. No! The point is it smaller, lighter, has better battery life and supposedly better load times. It suppose to make the psp more appealing to people, maybe make people who originally didn't want to buy one; buy one. (Ignoring the psp haters)

Hrm, I finally want a PSP! Slimmer, lighter, better battery (Most important IMO) and cool colors, cept for the fact I have to buy some crazy packages to get them.

Ah well, still almost no reason left for me not to own a PSP now (Just gunna wait a little bit to see how much more improved the battery life is)

how could they not add the second Nub? I thought thats this was such a given that I was shocked it's missing it. Its going to be hard for the PSP to get back on it's feet when there is a bullet in each foot.

Please tell me they moved the power switch though. I always hit that damn thing while I am playing and put it into sleep mode.

Those of you (the maybe two of you) that want a second analogue stick need to get off your anal logs, the truth is the PSP does not need two it works great as is.

King, meatwad, etc: what you get when you change the useable hardware isn't a redesign, it's a different system. The Game Boy Pocket was a redesign. The Game Boy Color was a second generation in the GB line. The only way Sony would another stick is for lefties, such that both do the same job, and that would be expensive and largely useless.

Evan: Portables won't overtake consoles anytime soon because of batteries and heating issues. I too share the dream of an alternate universe where Sega gave the Genesis a miss and went straight to the Nomad, but it doesn't work that way in the age of gigantic power bricks and red rings of death. The best we can hope for is extended software life (the long tail, if you will). PSX titles on the PSP through PS3 is the only example right now, but Gamecube discs are small enough to incorporate directly into a handheld system and a DS firmware update could allow low-power Wii Ware / Virtual Console titles to run on that system.

Kenobi: it's probably a combination of publicity and economy that drove them to see this through. The smaller hardware means reduced shipping weight and less plastic - very little saved per unit, but not chump change if you make (and sell) a few million of them. Too bad selling hardware isn't Sony's forte right now.

I like what they've done, despite my hopes for a clamshell PSP SP being dashes. Nothing radical. The TV-out thing is really a major improvement, given the tiny console's power, and it lends some much-needed legitimacy to the UMD format. Now all I need is a price drop on the movies and news that it's been thoroughly hacked and this might be my next major purchase.

"It is, however, 33% lighter and 19% slimmer. Also, the battery is more efficient and games load faster. It can also output a high quality video signal directly to TVs."

Finally!! This is EXACTLY the news I've been waiting for! I'm finally willing to get a PSP now! Yay!

Did it have to look exactly like the first PSP?....Doesn't have a brighter screen, no internal memory, no improved D-pad, its slimmer but its the same size across....I don't get it...Nintendo took to old DS and at least made it look better...Looking back at what Sony did to the PS1 and PS2 I was expecting better....still getting though =)

Oh god, I can't beleive you morons asking for a second nub, maybe they can add that to its sequel but adding it here would alienate all the 20 million+ current PSP owners you idiots. Its fine the way it is anyways, the DS has no analog at all and you don't see people bitching, shut the hell up.

I sold my PSP a while back but I'm getting this one, too bad September is so far away. I wonder if the black one's faceplate will be glossy like the previous one or matte? I wonder how much faster game loading will be and the battery life, bet the old PSP batteries won't be compatible with this?

can you get the white without the star wars crap on it? i always wanted a white one. the battery in mine is getting worse now anyway.

Nintendo had to change the look and feel of their "phat" thingy. It was fugly gimcrack.

Question, will you need a PS3 to beam a signal to TV from the new PSP? I can't see how that would work with out a PS3. If you do need a PS3 to do so, will there be an update for the original PSP that will give the functionality? The redesigned PSP is cool but I don't think it is cool enough to go out and buy another PSP. Oh, and the questions are hypothetical.

All i wanted was two nubs. THATS IT. That is all i needed to trick me into another PSP. I little integrated memory and a clam shell design to protect the screen would have been nice, but not necessary.

Ninja: DS users don't ask for analog because we have a TOUCH SCREEN. PSP users beg for one because FPS fail massively thanks to 1/2 analog 1/2 digital, among other things that would have been nice.

looks like they moved the speakers to the front, thats one thing i never got, the bottom was a wierd choice

Georgio, PSP users DO NOT beg for that. You do.

required. you're just mad because you don't have dual nubs on your psp. It's cool bro, I totally know how you feel. I feel the same way. So much so i even sold the 'ole lady.

I loves me my FPS, driving games, and Katamari Demacy. All of which totally rock with dual nubs. No dual nubs means no rockin, and i get sad when im deprived of my rockin.

Holy crap it's too little too late wowee zowee! Watch the DS break 8 gajillion sales this week!

The PS Lite then?

Ah this is pretty sweet. I was waiting to see if a new model was going to come out before investing in PSP. With Dracula X and FF7 Crisis Core around the bend I really wanted to invest in one, so this will be perfect. I wasn't expecting the TV Out feature though, that will be interesting to see because I wonder if it will be able to increase the game video size without too much pixelization.

I am glad to see the new designs mainly because the old one was getting boring and I didnt feel like modding mine.
I just hope the new ones will be as easy to hack like the old ones.

it's not a new PSP is like a DS lite but with better features tossed in as an extra.

So it took Sony this long to make it slightly thinner, and have better battery life...... Loading games faster....anyone want to bet it is caching on the MS.

Needless to say, I think I will keep mine that has been improved by Dark_Alex

SO its the PSP LITE then

this is sad...no HDD and NO dual stick??? the psp is dead IMO, this is a sad day no HDD support what a waste a one gig memory stick here we go again trying to sell sony's lovely and massively over priced memory sticks...don't they understand how much they missed out!! think about it,how much would you download if you had a HDD?? a lot!! having to buy memory sticks...i'll pass. Think about it if the ipod had to use memory cards it wouldn't be so popular just like the psp...RIP PSP and please take the umd's with you