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.
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The Sony PSP Go has a problem: what do you do about the games you’ve already got on UMD disc, if you already owned an existing PSP? The answer to the problem: Sony’s working on it.
The new PSP still exists in rumour only (albeit a very convincing one), but it looks like publishers are already getting on board with the renewed focus on downloadable titles. Capcom appears to be the first to commit to it wholesale, promising up to 40 new PSP titles for the upgraded PSN service.
Sony has confirmed Patapon 2 for PSP is going on sale as download-only title in the US, with no UMD version going to retailers. It’s described as a “test case” to gauge player’s interest in digital only content.
Rumours are already suggesting that Sony’s next handheld, be it the PSP 2 or PSP-4000, will come without a UMD drive and this latest news certainly points in that direction. Read on for more.
We’ve heard before about a Sony PSP2 device, a next-gen handheld console that will reportedly dispense with the much-maligned UMD drive and focus more on downloadable content. Well, now an insider source says it’s coming very soon – and has been designed to smash Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch into a million tiny pieces.
