One of the most recurrent industry rumors of the past few months is that Sony is readying the launch of a new, redesigned PSP. While we've already had a go at anticipating the areas Sony could be improving for a PSP 2, we're being led to believe that the updated handheld will in fact be more of a 1.5.
In fact, if we're correct, the key thing to change doesn't involve faster load times, a better screen, new analog sticks, improved buttons or even built-in flash memory, but, rather mundanely, a slimmer casing.
Like us, you're probably wondering how Sony can make the PSP much thinner than it already is, but look what it did to the PS2. Their tech-wizards managed to cram all the chips into a casing that was a fraction of the weight and size of the original - and add a built-in Ethernet slot.
May 29, 2007
