Sony gets official with PSP-3000
By Darren Murph 
posted August 20th 2008 11:56AM
posted August 20th 2008 11:56AM
posted August 20th 2008 11:56AM
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Um..yippie
My Thoughts exactly, this is more of a PSP- 2001 really.
Things that should be in the PSP 4000
#1 dual analog sticks
#2 vibration via the use of two small actuators (as small as the ones in iPhone or RazrV3)
#3 Skype (already in the 2000)
#4 built in mic so we can hold it to our heads for VoiP calls
#5 keyboard attachment capability (sold seperately).
Actually, all this shoulda been in the 3000
>>My Thoughts exactly, this is more of a PSP- 2001 really.
2000 vs 3000 is only really a model number. The PS1 and PS2 went through several serial number variations with seemingly minor upgrades in between (I think the current PS2 model is SCPH-7000). Personally I wouldn't have expected the PSP to add things like touchscreen or 2nd analog stick to the PSP since it would change game comparability with older models; meaning that current PSP users would be forced to upgrade to be able to play games the utilize touchscreen etc. Perhaps in the PSP2. . .
The screen is a lot better, especially in sunlight, and the built-in mic should make Skpe calls easy, PS button, and the D-pad and buttons seem to be more profiled with the concave indentation in the middle. It seems to be a nice enough upgrade without an increase in price.
Yawn. How about dual analog sticks? Tilt sensors? GPS out of the box w/Touchscreen? Built-in Camera? oh well, back to my Atari Lynx.
@Blaine
I really hope it's not a PSP-2001 (even though technically it is) or PSP-2008... otherwise we might end up like some other netbook company and have a PSP-2001XLite5.0 among fifty other color shades and memory options . . .
The psp-2001 does actually exist, it's the starwars special edition, and i happen to have one (yippee for me!)
For all you whiney b****es who can't see, look right next to "PSP" on the bottom of PSP.
See that little hole?
What do you think that is?
A mic.
Now you can hold it up next to your empty head and talk to people w/ VoIP
Midknight:
:D
Find a mate that has a regular PSP Slim, not Star Wars. It will say 2001.
All PSPs purchased from retail stores in the US will say 2001. It's model number 2000 with the region number 1. Japan will have a different one, as will Europe.
So no, this isn't like a PSP 2001, because that already exists, and it's not just the Star Wars editions.
Maybe a 2000.1? :)
It baffles me when people add loads of new features to the PSP..
Why would you want dual analogue sticks AND a touchscreen? One, the interface would be stupidly cluttered as if it wasn't bad enough already. Two, the analogue stick - no offense to you PSP fans- sucks balls compared to normal control pad ones. Three, a touch screen and analogue sticks as well as a D-Pad would be basically useless, developers would be driven mad trying to make use of all three without really pissing the user off.
Built in GPS, yeah nice idea, but it's probably unneeded extra cost - realistically it's not going to be a good quality one they shove in there and it would be poorly used by games. Since homebrew isn't exactly a piece of cake on the PSP, better off just leaving it in Go Explore.
Yes, they would be fun features, but the PSP isn't the right platform to put them on. You should be asking Sony to release a new handheld, not keep flogging a dead horse. The number of games for the PSP is already pretty dwindling, with the odd amazing release amongst few others, so why keep pushing it? They'd be better off just making a new console.
The PS2 upgrades i can relate to - i think it's good how they've actually done something worthwhile, no power brick is very cool given the no size difference. But the PSP is just getting to be a diluted product.
Time to update, SONY.
Better screen - nice, Mic - ok, location location location. I agree the sticks would not be worth it. But face it this is, more or less, a PSP 200x. Kudo's for saving battery consumption - extra 20 minutes. In 2006 the plans were to have a built in camera, now in 2009 you will be able to get the add on for $40 - $50 bucks and the add on GPS for about the same...little more. Yes they could have added the camera and the vibration. It's not like they cant they have plenty of cell phones that have the feature. A touch screen would have been excellent. Hummmmmmm camera, vibration, touch screen, mic. OMG a Sony version of the IPhone......let the PSPhone rumors fly again LOL Wonder if it will be next to the Zunephone and a Unicorn.
Gah!!! I just bought the 2000. When's this available?
Your not alone.
The post said October 15th. I guess you're impetuous with your posting along with gadget buying.
Awesome! Very Fartworthy!!!!
How would you react to a second analog stick?
^ I would shit my pants.
Maybe they finally figured out how to put a scratch resistant glass screen. Or maybe a touch screen... hmmm.
How about SD card support. lol
oh wouldn't that be nice. Too bad sony has to be a major pain in the a** and use all this crap proprietary cards and cables. I had to buy a 1gb micro memory stick for 20bucks. If they all weren't dicks and used micro sd I could have gotten a card 8 times the size for the same price.
This is the same argument everyone has every time someone mentions sony's memory stick. Almost word for word.
The Memory Stick isn't that expensive, anymore. 4GB for $40, 8GB for $60. Circuit City has the 1GB yellow clear SanDisk ones for $9.99.
This is a mild hardware rev. Sony's not passing it off as a 'PSP 2' or anything of the sort. Still, trolls and blogskanks predictably find their readily-proffered reasons to dismiss the PSP, regardless of improvements. Been that way since 2004, so in that sense the model numbers are irrelevant. Nintendophiles and Sony bashers will never be satisfied. Failing anything of substance to criticize, they'll concoct imaginary nonsense about Sony returning the device to a $300 price point. Yeah, sure. OK.
Lynx was definitely cool, though. Too bad the Tramiels sucked. In many ways, Sony has mirrored their apathy with the PSP, especially in how they're (mis)handling the USA market. Alas. Good hardware frequently gets left out in the proverbial cold.
i'm still sticking with my old PSP 1000 :P
You're not alone. ;)
Yeah the PSP-1000 is still the best one out there to run Homebrew, which we don't even know if this one can or will be able to hacked cause me thinks that with the new hardware (although minimalistic) there may be a new revision of the motherboard which may or may not be able to be hacked.
am this compeetlie silvr?
if it am slvr then it prbly is reely $$
but i dont thinck tht the insiyd cumponints r slvr
;)
what the fuck dude?! can you spell at all?!!
Looking at your comment history, you must have done a lot of drugs between May and June.
Can you please stop speaking like this? It's scaring my kids. Mewtard...
What?
What the hell is "Cumponints" sounds dirty to me.
What the fuck? You don't even deserve to own a PSP. Go to school first. Dumbass
Damn! You really are the dumbest of dumb shits. Everybody, look at his comment history! I just know this guy went to Oxford.
ugh Sony move on from this failure and make a psp 2 already!
A mic? :LOL
Make more games too.
you low ranked gabe... pfft..
please... sony was pumping out more firmware updates than the growth rate of P.R.o.China, because they kept getting slapped in the face every week with dark alexs' cfu's. Now, ?! they've turned on the hardware; and in this iterations, they've added a mic. well congradulations. be sure to watch the launch party.
Listen sony, add a real feature like multi touch, motion sense, and for phuk sake a 2nd analog stick.
BUILT IN MIC?? THIS CALLS FOR A CELEBRATION!!!
Seriously, why release this new rev? The only real reason I can think is to stem homebrew a little bit. (The psp-2000 doesn't have full homebrew capability)
No second thumbstick, no buy.
y u no by?
its slvr
slvr=kewl
;)
Yes, Pat. I'd like to but a vowel please.
scratch that... a LOT of them.
What is with all these people complaining about a second thumbstick? It would only get in the way... and if you've ever held a handheld gaming console, you would notice that they are held way differently than a standard controller...
Jesus God Almighty man, look at that bunch over there. They've spotted us!
Without some major improvements this is a waste of effort by Sony. They need 2nd analog stick, built in HD, and possibly even a touchscreen. Get rid of the worthless UMD and come up with some kind of store to download games, apps and movies directly from the PSP. Maybe then I would consider replaces my original PSP.
If you get all of these from SONY
It is no longer the SONY
Absolutely, I've stuck with my PSP-1000 as the later revisions haven't had any worthy enough features to give me reason to buy another PSP. Features like the ones you have mentioned most likely would.
is it me or engadget updated that pic? hahaha
It went from silver to black, so no, you're not trippin.
Well, the mic is in an awful place to use this as a Skype phone.
Why doesn't Sony just stop improving the psp and make the psp2 of psp phone?
Go original PSP