PlayStation Portable revealed at last!

[jadison]

After months of speculation as to exactly what it will look like, Sony have finally released the first render of their PSP handheld games machine. While we were anticipating a GBA SP-style device that flips open, it's actually closer in look to Nokia's N-Gage - only much, much snazzier. The PSP render was unveiled at Sony's Corporate Strategy Meeting in New York yesterday by Ken Kutaragi, Sony's executive deputy president and head of their games division.

The first things that strike you are the generously-proportioned 4.5 inch widescreen and the buttons, which appear to be touch-sensitive. There's been speculation that a thumbstick will pop up on the left hand side, although there's no confirmation from Sony whether this will be the case or not. The image also contains a Universal Media Disc, the 1.8GB mini disc-style storage device that will house games, movies and music. It's not entirely clear where this will slot into the machine although, judging by the curve of PSP itself, it looks as if UMDs will be inserted into the side of the machine.

WOW! So smooth and sexy, I want! Definitely some serious eye-candy, I can't wait to see how well it performs.

Source: Games Radar

[Dj-Icer]

Isn't that has been ages ago? Whatever it is, im waiting for a pocket PS2 handheld machine

[UpYourz]

That is sweet...now lets hope its not $300

[GohanSSJ]

I want one.

The buttons look abit annoying though, very small and all.

[Warthog]

This is gonna cost sooooooo much money...have fun

[Mike]

Originally posted by Dj-Icer
Isn't that has been ages ago? Whatever it is, im waiting for a pocket PS2 handheld machine

Well, you're in Japan, you'll get first dibs!

[butch81385]

yea, if you want you can buy me a japaneese one and send it to me.

[shawshank62]

geez butch, you want everyone to send you things

looks cool, but as others have said, looks expensive too.

[jadison]

Here's some detailed info:

Release Date: Christmas 2004

Launch Schedule:
Prototype: E3 in May 2004
Title line-up: Tokyo Game Show 2004
Worldwide Launch: Q4 2004

Specs:
- Wireless LAN
- built-in analogue stick w/similar PS2 button layout
- MP3, ATRAC3 Plus, and AAC supported sound formats
- MPEG4 plus various other supported video formats
- 16x9 widescreen
- 4.5" TFT display

Detailed Specs

CPU Core:
MIPS R4000 32-bit core
128-bit Bus
333MHz, 1.2V
8MB eDRAM main memory
2.6GB/sec Bus Bandwidth
I-Cache, D-Cache
2.6GFlops, FPU, VFPU (Vector Unit)
3D-CG extended instructions

Media Engine:
MIPS R4000 32-bit core
333MHz, 1.2V
128-bit bus
2MB eDRAM sub memory
90nm CMOS manufacturing process

Graphics Core 1:
2MB VRAM
5.3Gbps bus bandwidth
3D Curved Surface + 3D Polygon
Compressed Texture
Hardware Clipping, Morphing, Bone
Hardware Tessellator
Bezier, B-Spline (NURBS)

Graphics Core 2:
Rendering Engine + Surface Engine
256-bit bus, 166MHz, 1.2V
2MB VRAM
5.3Gbps bus bandwidth
664M pixels/sec fill rate
Max. 33M polygons/sec
24-bit full colour

Sound Core:
VME (Virtual Mobile Engine)
166MHz, 1.2V
128-bit bus
5 billion operations/second
3D Sound, 7.1 Channel
Support ATRAC3 Plus, AAC, MP3
Reconfigurable DSP engine

Media:
UMD; Universal Media Disc, 60mm diameter
660nm Laser Diode
1.8GB Dual Layer
11Mbps transfer rate
Shock Proof
Secure ROM by AES
Unique Disc ID

Display:
4.5" TFT LCD with 16:9 widescreen display
480 x 272 pixels, 24-bit full colour

Communication:
Wireless LAN (802.11) [Hotspots, Home Server]
IrDA infrared wireless communication [PSP, Mobile Phone]
USB 2.0 [PSP, PS2, PC]
Memory Stick

Controller:
Directional pad, analogue stick
Circle, Cross, Triangle, Square, L1, R1, Start, Select buttons

Misc:
MPEG4 AVC Decoder
Rechargeable Lithium ion battery
AV input/output
Headphone output

Programming:
Similar to the original PlayStation
PSP Libraries
Middleware
Sample Code
Simple Programmable Field
Media Engine and VME/AVE are not user programmable

[butch81385]

geez butch, you want everyone to send you things

anything wrong with that?

im just one of those people who loves all the new high-tech stuff but cant afford to buy it all. i knew getting into hightech stuff would be bad for me.... but i just cant stop!