Hi-res shots.



56k watchout.

I think the overall design is pretty good really, eventhough it doesn't appear as sexy as it should be.
But at the end of the day, as long as the system works well.. that's all that matters.

Apparently battery life = 4-5 hours.
Start raging...

From eurogamer.



Also, @TS please put this one the first post-
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2011/01/27/off...ngp-fact-sheet/

Official PSP2 fact sheet.
For those who still aren't sure on what's new.

Sorta...
Would be better to just paint it matte black with the PS Logo in the middle.

That'll be so much classier.

I foresee alot of broken PSP2s due to dropping......

Accidental falls... there are alot out there.
And it would mostly be because of the touchpad at the back, it's bound to happen.

Dude...

Understand?

Alright some technical stuff for the tech-jargons here.

What I found is that while the ARM Cortex-A9 CPU is 4 cores (quad-cores), it runs on a 32-bit platform.
Not much of a surprise there considering majority of the handhelds today (including most mobile smartphones) are doing the same thing.

It is estimated that each core will be clocked in at 1.5Ghz each, but the maximum amount of clock speed it can reach is 2Ghz per core.
Obviously, faster CPU = less battery life.

Like the PSP before FW3.5, the CPU was only clocked at 266mhz, which was the default.
When GoW: COO was in development, Sony gave developers that extra speed by unlocking the CPU speed up to 333mhz.

With that said, I think Sony would allow developers to use that extra power down the line when needed.


As for the GPU, it is also a quad-core based.
Pretty unique for an embedded IGP if you ask me.

Each core is rated at 200mhz, delivers up to 133 million polys per sec.
Pretty much as powerful as the Xbox 1's GPU, about 4x as powerful as the current PSPs.

Like we've seen on the live-presentation yesterday, Uncharted was seemingly running at a pretty stable 25-30fps mark.
While the character polys weren't that impressive, the shaders and textures were pretty jaw-dropping stuff.

I expect developers to push for shaders more than polys though (MGS4 tech demo was all polys), but we'll see soon enough as Sony hasn't finalized the clock speed it wants for the GPU yet.


That's the end of my analysis.
Lots of power packed under the NGP, lots of potential too.

One thing is for sure, games will look better than the Wii and we can expect games on the NGP to be as good looking as first-generation titles on the PS3.

Obviously not as powerful.
If it is powerful (or more powerful), the battery would only last an hour.

People who says that it is more powerful doesn't know what they're talking about.

The UI is basically a heavily modified Android.
It's bound to have a texting system, no worries.

Non 3G, Wi-fi only NGP will cost less than $300.
3G version will take the $300 spot.

No it's not confirm at all for the prices.
I'm just saying it, take it with a grain of salt. However I feel confident that it'll cost less than $300, for sure.

Drop the poly counts, lower texture res and filrate, re-do the geometry.
Many PS3 games can be done on the NGP.

And of course it is more powerful than the PS2 as the NGP is already more powerful than the Xbox 1.