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Sony Announces Updated PSP

Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

2007-07-13 10:18:59.0


Anyone who follows handheld gaming closely will not be surprised to hear that Sony has announced a newly designed PlayStation Portable. Not only is it thinner and lighter, but it also features a video-out port.

Here's what they had to say:

“In conjunction with a global announcement by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) today announced the availability of a new PSP®(PlayStation®Portable) that has a more streamlined form factor and a video-out port, offered for the first time in this territory in two exciting new PSP Entertainment Packs. PSP “Ice Silver” will be included in the limited-edition Daxter PSP Entertainment Pack, available in September. Also, a collector’s edition PSP “Ceramic White,” including a Darth Vader silk-screen on the unit, as well as the PSP exclusive title, Star Wars Battlefront®: Renegade Squadron™, will be featured in Star Wars Battlefront PSP Entertainment Pack, launching in October. PSP Entertainment Packs with the new colors, revealed at the E3 Media & Business Summit today, will be available for $199.99 (SRP).”


I doubt those with existing PSP’s are going to rush out and ‘upgrade’, but thinner and lighter is always welcome. It will be interesting to see if Sony has done any modifications to inhibit the homebrew scene.

Click here to read the full press release.

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