Focus on new firmware, PC Store and UMD movies part of PSP future

The PSP Man, aka John Koller, spoke with 1UP at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. There, he had a chance to talk about what's planned for PSP in 2008. With the success of the PSP-2000, Sony has no immediate plans to introduce a new hardware model for the PSP. Makes sense. Rather, new firmware updates are key to the company's vision of the handheld's future. "In the near future, it's going to be all firmware update additions. If we add anything, it'll be through firmware updates."

The PC Store will continue growing throughout the year, but don't expect the ability to purchase content directly from the PSP any time soon. "We're concentrating more on the PC right now. We're using the kind of TiVo-to-go model, where before you leave on your trip, you download a bunch of stuff and you bring it with you on the go. That'll be the way it is moving forward for the foreseeable future"

Finally, UMD movie will make a comeback as SCEA tries to deliver content on their own terms. The company will be actively promoting titles with the full backing of SCEA's marketing division. "We, actually, at SCEA, we're going to be launching our own titles, as well, so we have a deal that we're going to be launching some studio titles on our own."

For more, read 1UP's complete interview.