The initial PlayStation Vita specs which suggested the console would feature 512MB of RAM appear to be off, to the tune of 100 percent. According to Novarama CEO Dani Sánchez-Crespo, the PSP successor has slimmed down to 256MB of RAM. When asked whether the move would hurt Novarama’s current Vita development, he said, “that won’t affect us.”
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Breaking tech news and taking names, it’s that time for your US Update. We kick things off this morning with a look at a fresh render of a Samsung portable gaming console that could challenge Sony’s NGP. We recap Apple’s second quarter earning and then show off the latest BlackBerry Storm 3 hands-on video. Ready, set, go.
Our insatiable demand for the fresh new Nintendo 3DS in the US and the UK pales in comparison to our friends from Japan. According to the latest Japanese sales data, the Sony PSP has managed to outsell Nintendo’s 3D creation for the second week in a row. Unlike last week’s figures which tallied all PSP sales, this week it only took sales of the PSP-3000 to eclipse the 3DS.
Sony’s Next Generation Portable (NGP) has stirred up quite the buzz since being announced in January at a Tokyo press event. Today, the topic of discussion is focused on game launches. Following in the footsteps of the PSP Go, Sony’s NGP will primarily focus on digital content, but like the original PSPs there will also be physical copies (flash cards), released simultaneously.
The Sony PSP 2 will be front and center at an event in Tokyo Thursday. Set to take on the Nintendo 3DS in the growing handheld market, the PSP 2 may pack the power of a Playstation 3, but fit in your pocket. With 3G data and a touch screen, here’s the latest on the PSP 2.
The Panasonic Jungle, a new gaming device, has popped up out of nowhere to battle the PSP Go and Nintendo 3DS. Panasonic’s first gaming console since the late-lamented 3DO (remember that?) is pitched at MMO fans. But with looks that resemble the open-source Pandora but without its openness, can the Panasonic Jungle take on bigger beasts like the PSP Go, Nintendo 3DS and the new iPod touch?
The PSP 2 jumped back onto the agenda last week with rumours that publishers were prepping publicity for the new Sony portable. But now PSP 2 specs are leaking out into the world with tales of finished units in the UK. It could all be hot air but the whispers about PSP 2 features have got us hoping…