PSP-3000 new details on LCD screen

Engadget Japan has revealed that the LCD on the new PSP 3000 screen will have twice the response time of the current model. Additionally, the new 3000 model has twice the colour gamut and five times the contrast ratio, too.

[Cwalat]

feeling the updated screen tech and mic, but i gotta ask... since they are already in the planning of improving the PSP, why don't they add another analoug stick?

release a firmwire update so devs doesn't loose money because of the Pirated version

Get some more contracts from publishers before designin a new PSP model, instead go and make Resident Evil PSP, Devil May Cry PSP and many more.. a reality...

[Mr_Bun]

Thank you! I don't understand why they are refusing to add a 2nd analog! It is probably the only reason that I haven't picked one up yet.

[Jackthepwnsaur]

it would then be considered as the PSP2, you guys still dont get it do you? They cant change the standards of handheld play until we get to the next-generation of handheld gaming, which is the PSP2. Developers wouldnt even be using the 2nd Analog stick cause they cant gimp the People who have a PSP-1000 and PSP-2000.

[Xemnas]

Yeah i was going to say the same thing why don't they just put the damn analog stick thats what everyone wants.

[TOO PAWNED]

@Jackthepwnsaur

Glad to read intelligent comment on this site, something rare. I wrote same stuff who knows how many times, but it seems people are either ignorant or..... IGNORANT!

[Mr_Bun]

Technically they have already gimped them by adding a buit-in mic and making the screen better on this new version. There is obviously a market for those who want the 2nd analog and I am not sure why they aren't implementing it. They can rename it the PSP2 (or whatever you wish) if that makes you feel better, but this is the only reason I haven't picked one up yet.

[TOO PAWNED]

Mr BUn

Are you for real dude? Do you get it that if they add second analog stick it is basically another platform? Then developers have to program and build game for PSP without second analog stick and for one with 2nd analog stick, which is if not impassible, than finacially unprofitable to waste that much time and money for basically developing two games.

You will get second analog stick on next PSP, by next i mean NEXT PSP, not revamps that improve Screen, improve battery life and what not.

[Crazyglues]

yeah it's really good to read and finally see some intelligent comments because all too often I come on here and it feels like it's nothing but little kids replying to the stories...

Every now and then it's just really nice to have a good discussion that has something worth reading...

So let me just say for me, I see no need to buy a PSP and that's sad, because I think Sony should have added that second analog and make the PSP work more with the PS3, too give people like me more of a reason to buy one... if it worked more like an extra controller for the PS3 I would have grabbed one in a heart beat.

But I guess there focus is on the DS by Nintendo, trying to compete with them..

[kinggeoff]

some of you still do not get it.

As some intelligent posters have stated

THERE WILL NOT BE A SECOND ANALOG STICK

Why? EVERY SINGLE GAME (YES EVERY ONE) that makes use of this second analog stick WOULD NOT be able to be played on the older PSP versions. There is no way around this. Sony WILL NOT add a second stick and render the **35+ MILLION psp's** which have already been sold OBSOLETE.

That would be the stupidest move in gaming history since the Virtual Boy.

PLEASE TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS BEFORE YOU LOOK LIKE A MORON ASKING FOR SECOND ANALOG STICK REVISIONS. PLEASE.

please?

fck there are some stupid kids here

[SpecialSauce]

i can barely fit this thing in my pocket. i like the new curves on this one.

[QuackPot]

Another analog stick is needed as well as r1/r2 & l1/l2 buttons to make the PSP fully compatible with the Ps3.......and as a future remote controller with display.

fingers crossed for PSP 2.

Also, a touchscreen like the iPhone would make the PSP the king of handhelds.

[Orange]

I would love the 2nd analog stick. that would force me to buy a 2nd PSP.

[Light Yagami]

Freaking awesome. I'm buying another PSP.

[moses]

Is the PSP 3000 like a next-gen PSP design? Or is it just a revamp of the current PSP hardware?

[Jackthepwnsaur]

its revamping PSP hardware. just like what happened with the PS2. it was fat, then it got slim, then they kept slimming down the hardware from the inside and making it more efficient.

[TapiocaMilkTea]

What about power consumption? Is it not going to last as long?

[TOO PAWNED]

Very good question. Hmm seems no one asked them that, and neither Sony gave comment on battery life.

[DJ]

I'm definitely upgrading to this version.

[Aclay]

That's a pretty significant upgrade to the PSP's screen. At first I thought that it was minor, but after reading this, it's much more. The new screen will pretty much ensure better picture and I can't argue with that.

[Rhezin]

I'll take a Nintendo DS

[Tmac]

lmfao, and the 50 renditions that come along with it right? Have fun with ur nintendogs and cracked hinges.

[Cyb3r]

I think the big question would be does the new screen suffer from dead pixels? I bought the slimline PSP and had to send it back 3 times because all of them got dead pixels. In the end I got so frustrated I eventually sold the last one I got replaced.

[asyouburn]

any lcd can get dead pixels. it goes with the territory. its not like sony programs them in

[The Sony Hater]

I sent mine back 13 times. Had to break the last one with a tow truck, i was so mad.

[Skerj]

Looks like we'll be riding out the current PSP hardware for another 2 years and then the PSP2 will be unveiled.

[The Sony Hater]

It's not like the PSP's screen was all that great to begin with.

[Allowen]

Adding a new analog stick would be "easy"(the PSP design would have to change more then you think) but to make a patch for old games like Syphon Filter to be able to use it to control the camera view would be near impossible.Just look to old PS3 games that will never get a trophy patch because they say it is too hard,LOL.

Another thing is the response time of the lcd screen of the PSP that can not work well if the camera view is moved too fast.I think it is the refresh rate and FPS that really makes way too hard to adapt a 2nd alanog since it is limitated to work well enough with ONE analog.
Really,it seems much easier to add new buttons to the vg like L/R2 then another analog.

PSP2 will probably have all buttons of a PS3's DS3 and a few more but no way in HELL(my opinion) that a 2nd analog stick insert on this gen PSP is even near a viable possibility.

[Millah]

Twice the response time? Thats sic, I'll be getting another PSP I guess. Hopefully its still just as easy to install custom firmware ;)

[kumashii38]

LCD Comparison of PSP-2000 and PSP-3000

http://www.famitsu.com/game...

the upside is PSP-2000
the downside is PSP-3000

PSP-3000 is great ! it looks significantly improved.

[The Sony Hater]

Doesn't even look like a screen.

[J@D]

I'm sure the Pandora battery is not going to work on this baby. Maybe a new way to avoid piracy ^__^ which means great things after all.

[Garrison]

As if any portable console EVER has needed 2 analog sticks. You guys need to play other games that are not first person shooters, seriously. The only thing the psp needs is more original games just like any other portable game system does. God of War, Final Fantasy, killzone and Siphon Filter and Jean D'Arc are better than anything on any other portable out there.

[SteinigerGE]

Could it be that the new screen is actually an OLED screen? That could explain the faster response times and higher contrast ratio. It would also mean longer battery life.

[heylo]

n1ce

and please no burnt pixels or dust between the LCD and the front cover