Old PSP model to be phased out
By Conrad Quilty-Harper 
posted July 15th 2007 5:27PM
posted July 15th 2007 5:27PM
Not that we weren't assuming this anyway, but Sony has gone on record to say that when the new PSP starts shipping in September, it will completely replace the original, 19 percent fatter PSP model. Sony definitely ain't no Nintendo, which continues to sell GameBoy Advance models alongside the DS. We've got to wonder how likely it is that the PSP will suffer from a kind of Osbourne effect until September: would you pick up a PSP knowing that a thinner, faster version of the same device is just around the corner?[Via PSP Fanboy]
Personaly i'd rather the older (fatter) PSP over a new slim one, the PSP is already to slim as it is imo makeing it less comfortable to hold, I always keep my external battery pack I bought on mine, it's the exact same shape as the PSP and clips on the back adding about 50% to the thickness (and 250% to the battery life), it's so much more comfortable to hold even being heavier.
Ummm... Duh??
sony should just say " *psst* if you buy one now, you'll get a psp that can be downgraded" nothing offical of course, but you leak it to the right sources, they will find homes for the last of the stock.
Sony should have waited for the holidays to acknowledge releasing the PSP slim. That way people wouldn't be waiting to buy one because who's going to buy one now. I think Nintendo had the right strategy the way the surprised people with the DS lite. And no one call me a fanboy because I have PSP, PS3 and a Nintendo DS.