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Sony Preparing PSP2 for 2011, say British Sources

Posted May 17, 2010 by James Brightman

For now we'd say take this with a hefty grain of salt, but the folks at VG247 have gotten word from multiple British sources that NDAs have been in place regarding Sony's PSP2 for many months now. The device reportedly will offer a touch-screen in addition to standard PlayStation buttons, will likely not use any physical media (a la PSPgo), and will come with two cameras (one forward facing and one in the back, similar to DSi). It also “could” be 3G-enabled, as opposed to the current PSP, which is WiFi-only.

The sources further indicated that developers are working on PSP2 games right now and the Sony is aiming for a 2011 release. Apparently there's already been some "finished" hardware units for the PSP2 in the U.K. A source also noted that the PSP2 is "f***ing powerful" because it runs on a four-core Cell processor (the PS3's Cell is an eight-core processor).

We hope to find out much more at E3. Whether or not this information proves completely accurate, it's clear that Sony does need to move its PSP business forward, especially with Apple gaining iPhone/iPad momentum and Nintendo pushing the 3DS. Sony's press conference will take place on June 15.

James Brightman has been covering the games industry since 2003 and has been an avid gamer ever since the days of Atari and Intellivision. He was previously the EIC of GameDaily Biz.