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Ideas for what the PSP2 should have

    There have been many rumors flying about what the PSP2 is going to have in it, so I decided to put in my two cents worth on the issue.

    The current PSP has several issues to it.

  1.   The UMD format as a whole has failed. It never truly took off as a format, and has since been easily hacked, causing software sales to suffer, which anyone in the market knows that's where a company makes all of it's money.
  2. Battery Life has always been an issue with the PSP as well, with wireless turned on, the battery life is pretty close to non-existent which leads me to my next point.
  3. The PSP has basically failed as a portable system. With its short battery life and it's big UMD discs, it's basically become a site station. One you sit down and play plugged in. It's not thought of so much as a portable system like the Nintendo DS is.

Now for the Issues I've heard with the PSP2 ideas. The PSP2 is supposed to get rid of the UMD format and incorporate a built in flash drive. The issue with the built in flash drive is the limitation on space. While it would make the PSP more portable, and give it a better battery life (without the need to spin a disk, the batter will last longer) it is limited on space. It's rumored it's only going to have 8gb of internal Memory. 8 gigabytes is way too little space to hold any decent amount of games. And for the people with UMDs, how are they supposed to play their games?

Here's what I think should happen with the PSP2. The PSP2 should come with at least 16gb of built in memory with the option to have more put into it as a Memory Stick Pro Duo. Leaving it expandable up to 32gb. Also coming with a legal option for transferring your UMD's to the PSP or the PS3. I say the PS3 because as an offset and the extension of current software it'd be simple to download PSP games from the PSN to the Playstation 3. That way whenever you're in a WiFi hotspot (which are becoming quite common these days) you can access your PS3 and stream games over the internet to your psp, reducing the need for a spinning disk, and a large internal memory on the PSP. While not an original concept, it's one that hasn't been put into practice as of yet, and with something like the PSP it can't hurt.

nurdeens6257d ago

yea i tottaly agree with you especially with #2 i mean i was playing online and i think the battery lasts like a good 2-3 hours max. The psp needs a huge overhaul of the whole system. It needs a longer battery life and a camera and other stuff that i dont feel like writing right now...

Danes4886250d ago

Lol, yeah. And remember the GPS function that's been promised (in America, I realize Japan had one released) on the PSP since it first launched? When I was in Best Buy recently, I saw a PS3 running a demo showing the PSP using a GPS. I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

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Jin_Sakai3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio3d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing3d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster923d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit3d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing3d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster922d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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