Sony wants to build a new PSP

[dany28]

It is now known that Sony wants to build another PSP but what do you think could this be something or will it end like the last two PSP? I'm a bit skeptical but let's see what happens .

 

[Yousef]

I’ve been through this song and dance many a time. I’ll only take this discourse seriously if there’s an official announcement.

 

[drizzes]

I'd prefer a new PS Vita personally

 

[Stingy Perry]

If it’s like a powered up Vita and twice as powerful as the Switch 2 sign me in.

 

[Daemos666]

Both Microsoft and Sony are working on handheld devices I believe. I love my PsP so hopefully Sony do it justice.

 

[destinyduelist]

I’ve been through this song and dance many a time. I’ll only take this discourse seriously if there’s an official announcement.

Yep. And making a second PSP is a very tall order anyway. Its (in my personal humble opinion) probably the greatest handheld of all time. Yes I'm putting it above the DS that's not ridiculous that's not ridiculous to say that

 

[Kamako]

The PS Vita was a superb upgrade to the PSP (especially the original models with the OLED screens) and yet official support for it from Sony was milquetoast at best. It spent half of its lifespan on commercial life support. Like Yousef says I'll only believe it once I've seen it, and even then I won't be buying it.

 

[destinyduelist]

twice as powerful as the Switch 2 sign me in.

If this happens it'll be twice the price too. People don't get that the Switch being "underpowered" is why it's price is relatively affordable. You gotta factor in PSN cost 80 bucks yearly and with the new Switch game price reveals well... Its not looking great...

 

[RustySK]

I do think it'd make sense for console proprietors to switch to a cheaper handheld console alternative, assuming they're going to stick with the concept of consoles at all.

Portability and convenience are the one and only aspects that something like the Switch has over PC gaming anymore (Steam deck aside), while the PS5 and whatever XBox iteration we're on at this point have become completely obsolete to me.

That said, I doubt they'll manage to hit the sweet spot of price and quality that they'd need to hit to justify that endeavor, given the competition they're up against and especially given their recent corporate history.

 

[Bonkers225]

Going to be extremely hard in today's environment to succeed, with the Switch 2, Steamdeck, and countless of handhelds out of China that can play/stream PC games, where the best games are no longer mainly console exclusives.

 

[DanVzare]

I'd prefer a new PS Vita personally

I mean... the PS Vita is just the PSP 2. So a new PSP would also be a new PS Vita.

 

[Mopeybloke]

I mean... the PS Vita is just the PSP 2. So a new PSP would also be a new PS Vita.

Vita means life.

 

[happymasksalesman]

It is now known that Sony wants to build another PSP but what do you think could this be something or will it end like the last two PSP? I'm a bit skeptical but let's see what happens .

Psp was very good. I playing final fantasy lion wars on it. It would be cool to have a new psp. In fact in this age people more like big consoles like Xbox and PlayStation. Even if switch is a moveable and new console, you will see people rather to play with bigger consoles.

 

[beefbowl]

Sony's handhelds are great, it would be a day-one purchase for me but I would mod the shit out of it to be honest.

 

[McDoob]

Portability and convenience are the one and only aspects that something like the Switch has over PC gaming anymore (Steam deck aside), while the PS5 and whatever XBox iteration we're on at this point have become completely obsolete to me.

That said, I doubt they'll manage to hit the sweet spot of price and quality that they'd need to hit to justify that endeavor, given the competition they're up against and especially given their recent corporate history.

Going to be extremely hard in today's environment to succeed, with the Switch 2, Steamdeck, and countless of handhelds out of China that can play/stream PC games, where the best games are no longer mainly console exclusives.

This is the issue. With the proliferation of handheld PCs from the likes of Valve, Asus, etc, Sony is going to have an uphill battle trying to get another PSP into the market. Especially with their reputation for poor performance in this area.

I don't know how they got this reputation, though. I really enjoyed my PSP when I had one. I'd cracked it so I could run homebrew, and I had a ton of fun with on-the-go emulation. Even now, I find I'm emulating the PSP pretty regularly. However, I have absolutely no experience with the Vita, and can't emulate it.

-McD

 

[Graw]

So another arm powered device that's going to essentially be a souped up smartphone with a built in controller and some special firmware ensuring you only use the device to play games sony allows you to play on it? Yup, the world sure needs yet another specialized handheld arm device for playing games.

 

[thanonyx]

My message to Sony,

 

[Moreno909]

It's the path the market is going. Table console are become a redudant and losing to PC competition. Handhels are cheaper and pretty powerful nowadays

 

[TheDuke_11037]

I’ve been through this song and dance many a time. I’ll only take this discourse seriously if there’s an official announcement.

Fr I swear they say this crap every couple years then don't do shit. I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Let's hope they learned their lesson about treating VITA's publicity as an afterthough and mind people that actually would like RPG's

 

[Bonkers225]

This is the issue. With the proliferation of handheld PCs from the likes of Valve, Asus, etc, Sony is going to have an uphill battle trying to get another PSP into the market. Especially with their reputation for poor performance in this area.

I don't know how they got this reputation, though. I really enjoyed my PSP when I had one. I'd cracked it so I could run homebrew, and I had a ton of fun with on-the-go emulation. Even now, I find I'm emulating the PSP pretty regularly. However, I have absolutely no experience with the Vita, and can't emulate it.

-McD

They got this reputation from the Vita. They dropped first party support for it fairly quickly, and it just became a dumping ground for mainly cheap looking, sometimes perverted Japanese RPG dungeon games.