Slim PSP dated for Japan Comments by Tom Bramwell

where did the rumors of the 8gig built in hard drive go??

No mention of improvements to the battery then?

"Even the old PSP was hardly big enough to fit a bunch of AV outs, so in Japan at least you'll have to pay 2,200 yen (GBP 9 / EUR 13) for composite or S-video cables and 2,800 yen (GBP 11 / EUR 17) if you want D-terminal or component."

Wha? Why not just make you run it through a PS3? Could it be that Sony are giving us options here?

batteries cost 3 quid are you too skint to afford some spares

TV Tuner for PSP? How strange.

"No mention of improvements to the battery then?"

I wasn't at the conference myself (Ellie was), and the press release doesn't mention it, but as I understand it the slim PSP uses a different battery. Reports around E3 suggested it would indeed last longer - Joystiq quoted 10 hours, I believe.

I remember a long time ago there were rumors of a TV tuner for the PSP and it just vanished. It's a good idea and I hope it can be used with the old PSP as well. If it just uses USB I don't see why not. It certainly another good feature to the system.

Urk! TV Tuner... have we gone back to the Sega Game Gear days?

It would have been nice to have a built in screen cover I must say.

The stock battery life is exactly the same as on the old PSP.

K

It's time to ask the people goign to TGS to pick you one up :))

Heh, I'd seriously buy a TV tuner though. Hopefully the PSPhat will support it too. Are they releasing that in Europe too?

I was hoping they'd change the form factor a bit, as I find my PSP bloody uncomfortable to use for any longer than about 20 minutes.

TV out is good though, I've wanted that since day 1. That way when I'm away on business I can use the PSP on its own whilst travelling, and hook it up to the hotel TV when I get there.

The comparison to gamegear are even greater then

Crap battery time
Mostly the same games as the console version
More expensive than Nintendos handheld
And now theres a TV tuner!

PSP Tuner PSP-S310 (ISDB-T = DVB in the uk)

@playgen: then they should make an external battery pack the size of an aubergine, too

@monkie_king

They already do!

http://www.journaldugeek.com/blog/images...

TV tuner eh? That'll come in handy when the analogue broadcasts gets turned off.

"So £79.00 in Japan... that's what, £200.00 over here?"

And €300 round here. *shrugs*

I want one in fellatio blue

"67 percent more sexalicious"

That sounds like me in my bright red Italian pants (and you think I'm kidding).

i'll ave one.

>Urk! TV Tuner... have we gone back to the Sega Game Gear days?
Let's hope it also comes with an aerial bigger than an electricity pylon!

>TV tuner eh? That'll come in handy when the analogue broadcasts gets turned off.
I read somewhere Nintendo have a TV tuner due out for the DS in the coming months (Edge?) and I think it somehow uses digital signals as opposed to analogue (at least in Japan) could this be the same system?

playgen
17-Jul-07 13:22:09 The comparison to gamegear are even greater then

Crap battery time
Mostly the same games as the console version
More expensive than Nintendos handheld
And now theres a TV tuner!

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The battery life for the current PSP is about 6 hours which is actually pretty good and a whole lot better than the Sony bashers were saying it was gonna be before the system launched.

The PSP may be ever so slighty more expensive than the DS but it's a vastly superior piece of kit and far better value for what you're getting.

I also like being able to play console quality games on the go or when i'm at home and not feeling like sitting in front of a big tv it beats the DS's shallow fun for 5 minutes boring as hell after that games if some of the titles can even be called games.

I love the PSP and think it's the most unfairly criticised piece of hardwear ever although I will fully agree that the positioning of the analogue nub is certainly not the best.

"I love the PSP and think it's the most unfairly criticised piece of hardware ever "

Quoted for truth, it's gets so much bashing when it's actually a technical marvel with many brilliant games.

£79?

It had better be £99 over here otherwise I'll be importing as usual.

Underwhelmed. Total failure of imagination, as redesigns go. Bizarrely, they seem not to have taken on board that difficulty with the controls has been commented on in nearly every PSP game review. As, in reviews of the system itself, has battery life.

Still, it's a potentially great piece of hardware. Stick an 8Gb memory stick in it (£85 on play.com) and it's a decent media system which also plays OK games.

"...it beats the DS's shallow fun for 5 minutes boring as hell after that games if some of the titles can even be called games."

It's a shame. I was taking you seriously right up until that point. Obviously, you haven't played that many DS games.

But yes, I suppose the PSP gets more bashing than it should. UMD was a mistake from the beginning, though.

I believe the caching of data means less UMD work, and so longer battery life.

And a portable widescreen TV? Yeah, who'd want that? O_o
Particularly if (as with most tuner add ons), it'll double as a PVR as well.

Hope the PS3 gets a tuner/PVR add on as well. Would finally complete the 'one entertainment box in the lounge' concept they've been aiming for.

People still give a toss about the PSP ?

How quaint.

Having managed to shrug off the PSP until now, I'm actually quite tempted to get one when this new model arrives - hopefully SCEE will announce a bundle similar to the one the Americans are getting (Daxter seems like a good game to bundle) and keep the price sensible.