Sony PlayStation NGP specs

Brian Ambrozy 27 Jan, 2011 at 1:37am ET Article published in Gaming

Dual analog sticks (SixAxis, not nubs. Actual sticks)
5″ OLED (!) display, 960×544 resolution
3G
GPS
Front and rear touchpads
Electronic compass on three axes
Front and rear cameras

Physical media in the form of New Game Media (cartridges)

Released “holiday season” 2011.

More soon!

Comments

27 Jan 2011 ~ 1:38am Thrax A small tablet with a new game format that forces everyone to re-buy games. Cool story.
27 Jan 2011 ~ 1:45am Bandrik OLED display, cameras, and GPS? In MY PSP2? It's more likely than you think.

Also, for OLED alone... need a change of pants. Be right back...
27 Jan 2011 ~ 1:46am Chooch looks like I am saving my money to the get the Japanese NGP....
27 Jan 2011 ~ 2:09am primesuspect Thrax: Nobody will have to re-buy games. If they are downloaded from the PlayStation Store (which most titles have been for a couple of years now), they are fully compatible with the NGP.

tl;dr: The NGP is backwards compatible.
27 Jan 2011 ~ 8:18am Herandar What is the point of the "rear" touchpad?
27 Jan 2011 ~ 10:23am drasnor Er, if by "couple of years" you mean "past 6 months" then sure. Mainstream studio downloadable games have only just started to appear.
27 Jan 2011 ~ 1:43pm Herandar

Herandar wrote:

What is the point of the "rear" touchpad?

Okay, I read the 'purpose' in the other article, but I still have a sneaking suspicion that this is mainly going to be used to make Japanese butt-poking/date rape simulation games.
27 Jan 2011 ~ 2:18pm Garg If I already own the PS1 games, I have to re-buy them. I wish I could use the PSP2's supposed mastery of the virtual/real divide and scan my CD case to get a license for FF Tactics.
27 Jan 2011 ~ 2:23pm primesuspect It's the same with PC gaming, thus "GOG.com". Yes, if you own games from 15 years ago, you will have to re-buy them. Same as "Dreamcast collection" and so forth.

You're paying for the convenience and awesomeness of them porting over old-ass content to a new generation of hardware. I have no problem whatsoever with re-buying old ass games.
27 Jan 2011 ~ 2:24pm primesuspect

Gargoyle wrote:

I wish I could use the PSP2's supposed mastery of the virtual/real divide and scan my CD case to get a license for FF Tactics.

That's like saying "I wish I could scan my floppy disks of old gold box D&D games and have Windows 7 automatically download a license of them." Come on.
27 Jan 2011 ~ 3:06pm Garg

primesuspect wrote:

That's like saying "I wish I could scan my floppy disks of old gold box D&D games and have Windows 7 automatically download a license of them." Come on.

That would be awesome.

They probably won't charge another $50 for FFT, but they probably will charge more than I'm willing to pay for their trouble of writing an emulator.
27 Jan 2011 ~ 3:52pm QuadWhore Rear touchpad? Hell yes. So excited for the Japanese butt-poking/date rape simulation games!

Wait. Fingerprints? Oh god.
27 Jan 2011 ~ 4:19pm Garg Heh. Kancho.
27 Jan 2011 ~ 6:49pm BobbyDigi http://i.imgur.com/rIT29.png
28 Jan 2011 ~ 1:46pm Herandar

QuadWhore wrote:

Wait. Fingerprints? Oh god.

A new game from the creators of Rapelay and CSI:Hard Evidence: Fingered! Can you point out the suspect before the cosplayer is sexually harassed? Now with dual modes, where you can play as the investigator, or the criminal!!
28 Jan 2011 ~ 4:44pm UPSLynx

BobbyDigi wrote:

http://i.imgur.com/rIT29.png

Manlytears :*(

So, there's a boatload of tech going into the PSP2. I mean, yeesh. This thing is going to cost a fortune.

I cannot imagine it being cheaper than $300, or even $350. If it's anything less than $350, Sony is going to be losing a ton of money on it.
28 Jan 2011 ~ 5:35pm Bandrik

BobbyDigi wrote:

http://i.imgur.com/rIT29.png

Awww... Game Boy.... ;___;

(and yeah, I had those same exact memories. I still have my "Brick", and he works just fine.)
31 Jan 2011 ~ 3:43pm CrumbleShake

Herandar wrote:

What is the point of the "rear" touchpad?

It's probably some kind of 'Just in Case it has a use' feature.
31 Jan 2011 ~ 4:00pm drasnor

CrumbleShake wrote:

It's probably some kind of 'Just in Case it has a use' feature.

Kinda like the UMD drive on the PSP or PS2 backwards compatibility and Other OS support on the PS3?
31 Jan 2011 ~ 4:22pm Snarkasm You mean something they'll take out in future revisions?
31 Jan 2011 ~ 4:41pm drasnor

Snarkasm wrote:

You mean something they'll take out in future revisions?

But only after they've built up a loyal base of users.
2 Feb 2011 ~ 8:29pm Tansunn I like the concept of the rear touch-pad, so you can have touch capabilities without blocking the screen with your fingers. The only real issue I can see with it is accuracy since you can't really see where you're touching until it's registered by the game.
2 Feb 2011 ~ 10:37pm Garg I'm wondering how natural it will feel. It might just work.

I've seen demos of other devices where the back touchpad was part of a transparent screen, so you could actually see your fingers. That might be more distracting, though.
2 Feb 2011 ~ 11:27pm Bandrik

Tansunn wrote:

I like the concept of the rear touch-pad, so you can have touch capabilities without blocking the screen with your fingers. The only real issue I can see with it is accuracy since you can't really see where you're touching until it's registered by the game.

That's actually a very good point, a benefit I didn't even think of when I heard about the rear touch screen. You're right, my fingers getting in the way is one of my biggest gripes with traditional touch-screen displays. They're neat and fun and all, but... your fingers obscure your view all the time!