Today in Tokyo, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced the next generation portable entertainment system (codename: NGP). NGP will make its debut at the end of the 2011, but here’s everything you need to know right now.
Key NGP features:
- Multi-touch 5-inch organic light emitting display (OLED) as the front display
- Multi-touch pad on the rear of the device
- Dual analog sticks
- Two cameras (front and rear)
- Software titles on small, dedicated flash memory-based cards
- Three motion sensors, gyroscope, accelerometer and electronic compass
- Wi-Fi and 3G network connectivity
- PlayStation Network access, including ““LiveArea™”, “Near” and “Activity” log features Trophy Support
- NGP will be able to play PSP titles, minis, PS one classics, video and comics from the PlayStation Store.
Now, the technical specs:
| CPU | ARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core) |
| GPU | SGX543MP4+ |
| External Dimensions | Approx. 182.0 x 18.6 x 83.5mm (width x height x depth) (tentative, excludes largest projection) |
| Screen (Touch screen) |
5 inches (16:9), 960 x 544, Approx. 16 million colors, OLED Multi touch screen (capacitive type) |
| Rear touch pad | Multi touch pad (capacitive type) |
| Cameras | Front camera, Rear camera |
| Sound | Built-in stereo speakers Built-in microphone |
| Sensors | Six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass |
| Location | Built-in GPS Wi-Fi location service support |
| Keys / Switches | PS button Power button Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left) Action buttons (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square) Shoulder buttons (Right/Left) Right stick, Left stick START button, SELECT button Volume buttons (+/-) |
| Wireless communications | Mobile network connectivity (3G) IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1) (Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode) Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR （A2DP/AVRCP/HSP） |
Software Franchises shown or talked about at PlayStation Meeting 2011 (titles are not final)
- Killzone
- Uncharted
- WipEout
- LittleBigPlanet
- Call of Duty
- Resistance
- Little Deviants
- Hot Shots Golf
- Reality Fighters
- Gravity Daze
- Smart As
- Broken
- Hustle Kings
It’s still early going, so we understand that you likely have questions not addressed here. Details such as release date, price, and more will be announced in due course. We’ll keep you updated.
This backward compatibility is a mess, I have more than 50 UMDs that’s not supported in NGP (PSP2)
CrunchyRoll.com wants to make a video app (similar to HULU/Netflix)
Could you direct them to the correct people? Thanks!
is this photo the actual size of the machine? http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/5391827043/in/photostream/#/photos/playstationblog/5391827043/in/photostream/lightbox/
It seems pretty close to it
Any info on the batteries/battery life ?
nm…it should be bigger
battery life?
I just need the price!
Thia thing is going to cost a fortune…
I have died and the NGP info has brought me back to LIFE!!
The Blog Stalker
I don’t know why people expected UMD to be supported when Sony has said their next devices wouldn’t have it. It’s a bad format, it needlessly wastes battery, has slow loading and is bulky to carry around.
But this device is bigger than the original PSP which is pretty weird, you guys should try to shrink it down..
In addition to the games/franchises listed, it was awesome to see Jak and Sly Cooper pop up in the “World is in your Hands” commercial, even if that is only promoting the backwards compatibility.
amazing handheld cant wait
hope infamous gets added to that list
Hmm let’s see how much it cost #TeamBON
@IvanDoomer
I expect there will be an attachment UMD reader. Sleek and easy to carry.
Thanks for staying up late and the great coverage Jeff. I’m excited for this. Looks like I can kijiji my PSP Go. I kinda feel sorry for the kid that is gonna buy it… little does he know that this new PSP2 is going to blow it away! (Well, not too sorry – I did pay $250 for it.)
802.11b/g/n. I know it’s not the most impressive feature in this whole package, but seriously, THANK YOU for finally catching up to the wireless spec of present day!
I hope this device has developers excited and thinking of crazy new ideas for all these inputs!
So I can for sure play PSP games i’ve purchased on PSN through my PSP on my new NGP when it comes out? No rebuying my games?
Will there be 3D games for it?
I CAN’T WAIT!!!!
this device is pretty awesome. The ergonomics are good and the interface is revolutionary.
Still no word concerning battery life. Guess that means “it’s as horrible as it gets”.
@steven_bodner
If they offer something like an attachment UMD reader it will solves all problem, but I think that’s not coming.
We r still waiting a similar solution for PS2 disks on PS3.
Time to stop complaining about dual analog sticks.
Time to start complaining about triple analog sticks.
@BrownMint
“The ergonomics are good and the interface is revolutionary.”
And how on earth would you know THAT. By looking at pictures?
Backwards Compatibility isn’t a huge issue to me… I still have my PSP’s if i want to play my UMD Title.
Battery life? DS3 compatibility? PS3/Any Headset compatibility? No HDMI mini port? Internal Storage? Extendable storage (please say dual Micro SD’s)? Do the Analog sticks press in? Trade in program for UMD titles? Price reduction on PSP downloads (I may have to rebuy some UMD’s even if there is a trade in program)? RAM? Interchangeable battery? Flux Capacitor?
This is so awesome! Great job keeping the design a secret. Don’t sweat people complaining about UMD’s, that’s like whining about the PS3 not playing cassette tapes
Hey, Sony, get Activision and team up for a new Crash Bandicoot on this [DELETED]. I’m tired of waiting for them to do it theirselves.
Also, Jak and Ratchet and Sly.
i hope this doesnt sound too [DELETED], I just really love platformers
Now, just scratching my head here on this but the detail “NGP will be able to play PSP titles” is this to say that we’re going to only have access to the PSP titles that are already offered for download in the Playstation Store? or are we looking at a possible usb connected UMD reader that will allow users to copy their UMD titles to the hard drive of their PS3 and then sync them to the NGP in much the same way as PS1 titles currently sync to the PSP?
PSN titles. From the post above: “NGP will be able to play PSP titles, minis, PS one classics, video and comics from the PlayStation Store.”