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Sony denies touchscreen PSP 2 rumours

Categorically denies that PlayStation Portable 2 is in development...

PSP 2 on the way? Not according to Sony Computer Entertainment...

Sony has flatly denied that a PSP mark 2 is in the works, despite usually-credible news source IGN claiming otherwise this week.

Speaking to TechRadar earlier today, a SCEE rep told us in no uncertain terms that there were definitely no current plans for a PSP 2, despite IGN's claims from its unnamed sources.

"IGN has learned from several credible sources that the PSP 2 is indeed on the horizon, and will be packing multi-touch technology," reads the initial report that kicked off the latest rumours.

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Calcio5560d ago

Loving the PSP2 mock up attached to a denial :)

I think the denial is fair enough but you have to bear in mind that their psp sales would drop like a stone if they DID confirm that a successor was in production.

Touchscreen PSP would be cool though.

shazam5560d ago

well of course they wouldn't tell us about it so soon because then people would stop buying psps.

zoydwheeler5560d ago

If I was forced to hazard a guess - I would say that Sony will release a PSP 4000 'refresh' later this year (with minor improvements to current model) and a new PSP 'mark 2' sometime in 2010 or 2011.

I have been given this info on good authority from un-named sources AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF TEH INDUSTREY (ie some drunken hack said it at a party once...)

Horny Melon5560d ago (Edited 5560d ago )

for a portable gaming platform. Your fingers and motions limit your viewable area. What would be a good feature though is including a qwerty keyboard under the screen of the psp2 and using the touch pad feature from the ps3 keypad.

kharma455560d ago

I also don't want to see a touchscreen on the next PSP. Never in all my time using my PSP over the last 3 years or so have I ever wanted a touchscreen on it, dual analog sticks yes, touchscreen, no.

The DS is a touchscreen and that's great, I quite like my DS and it's quirky games, but if I want something more serious handheld wise, I turn to the PSP.

It feels a more mature gaming platform, and I feel a touchscreen would dilute this, as devs would come along and try to emulate the DS, and we'd end up with a load of crappy games.

PSP2, what it could/should be like.

Bigger screen (due to a redesign)
Dual analog sticks
Mini-cell processor..?
More PS3 compatability
More quality first party games

There are various things you could suggest, but a touchscreen is not one of them.

chrisnick5560d ago

SIXAXIS!!!.........that would be so crazy......sixaxis on my psp? ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! we just have to make sure that we don't play it in the street and we'll be fine. don't forget, u heard it from chrisnick first.

Cajun Chicken5560d ago

I don't want touchscreen on the next PSP, sorry, make another brilliant technical marvel of a shrunken down console for two hands, don't dumb down because of the market, Sony. Do your own thing.

AKA; L2 and R2 on the sides of shoulder buttons and another anologue nub, but feel free to put in Sixaxis-like features and possible vibration if you feel it fit.

Maywell5560d ago

I bet IGN is doing some hard and nice effort to encourage Sony to make PSP2 using the gamers opinion influences...

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Acquire Joins KADOKAWA Group: Could This Mean A Revival for Tenchu & Way of the Samurai ?

Acquire, famous for games like Tenchu and Octopath Traveler, becomes KADOKAWA subsidiary. Can this mean a revival for beloved series?

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Snookies126d ago (Edited 6d ago )

I would kill to have a Way of the Samurai game with a huge budget and modern tech... The first game was one of my greatest joys on PS2 back in the day. And I really hope From Software will do something with Tenchu... I hate that they're just sitting on the IP like it doesn't even exist.

Relientk776d ago

Don't play with my feelings like that.

Also, new Tenchu please!

TheColbertinator5d ago

Tenchu would be superb in this day and age. Ninja and samurai games are hot right now and more is better.

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Original Final Fantasy 7 - Is it Worth Playing in 2024?

Final Fantasy 7 has come back under the spotlight thanks to the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but is it worth replaying the original?

ravens529d ago

Got to Zacks part in 7 Rebirth. Said f it. Finishing my game in 7 og. Just got to part 2 yesterday. I also got Crisis Core... So it'll be a while before I'm back to Rebirth. I just keep thinking about it too smh, want to get back to playing it. Not till I know Zacks story though. I beat 7 og sooooooo long ago, it's crazy going through it again and remembering things.

MrNinosan9d ago (Edited 9d ago )

Got to Zacks part in Rebirth?
You mean you started the game and turned it off?
The game starts with Zack...

ravens528d ago

... Really 🤓 lol. His second part, I've played for 80hrs lmao. <---- PS5 Run time, probably not all game time. You guys know how it goes.

VIK21218d ago (Edited 8d ago )

Did you not ever play the OG FF7? After you recruit Vincent, later in the game, disc 3, return to that basement and look at the pod, there's a whole Zack story that'll trigger as a memory.... it's well hidden in the game and a lot of things regarding Zack are cleared up. FF7 Crisis Core is basically an extend feature of that hidden flashback... It took me years to discover it back then lol

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

MrNinosan8d ago

@ravens52
80 hours in Rebirth by doing everything, and you should've reached Zacks story about 5 times 🤣

ravens528d ago

Ye I kno that's y I said not all gameplay time. But also I am very anal when it comes to exploring.

ravens528d ago

Not to mention fighting Titan at his full strength. Hours spent trying still haven't succeeded. Found all 3 ruins but I'ma masochist when it comes to games.

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Barlos9d ago

Very much so. Graphically it's dated but the story and the gameplay haven't aged a day. It's still one of my all time favourite RPGs and for me is better than Remake in some ways.

Barlos9d ago (Edited 9d ago )

It always takes me back to Christmas 1997, I got it as a gift and I was blown away when I played it. I couldn't believe games could look that good. The combination of pre rendered backgrounds and FMV really made it stand out. It definitely still has a certain charm that modern games can't replicate.

I can't imagine people will still be talking about Remake and Rebirth in 27 years.

Tapani8d ago

Fully agreed. To me the atmosphere, pacing, gameplay and music are all better than in the remake.

Rebel_Scum9d ago

Yes, play this, skip remake, start rebirth for new players.

I_am_Batman9d ago

Skip Remake? That's terrible advice.

leahcim8d ago

Remake is so amazing, pure FFVII Love, play it on PS5 please! aww the graphics the battles, the music... a dream come true.

Rebel_Scum8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

I disagree Batman

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FF XVI Producer Is Interested In Working On A New Final Fantasy Tactics Game

Final Fantasy XVI producer Naoki Yoshida is interested in working on a brand new Final Fantasy Tactics game.

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GoodGuy0911d ago

It's insane its been this long since the last release.

CrimsonWing6911d ago

Not from you.

Knowing how you handled FF16 by trying to make it appeal to non-fans and changing the entire gameplay design I can see you changing Tactics to appeal to non-fans.

If they’re going to do this please give it to someone who wants to keep the game and genre in tact.

VersusDMC10d ago

He worked on tactics ogre reborn. Was there changes? He wouldn't make an FF tactics game an action game. It will be AA but faithful. Probably what the Diofield Chronicles team and some of the FFXVI team is probably working on already and he is just keeping a secret.

And FF hasn't had a set gameplay design since X. I disliked the MMO, 12, 13 FF's but didn't mald for years. I played other games. Stop crying as he probably won't make a single player FF again and will be busy with the next FF MMO.

EternalTitan10d ago

I can feel your hatred. Keep it up.

Ataraxias10d ago

Tactics Ogre Reborn was an overall solid product but almost eliminated the concept of builds in the game.
So we'd probably end up with a system where character jobs like Mercenary for Ramza is 80% of the character instead of being freeform.

SegaSaturn66910d ago

Tactics Ogre Reborn changed a lot of gameplay mechanics for the worse. The class system is weird and hard to lock in roles, and they shoehorned a new "random card appearing" mechanic on the maps which makes no sense. Previously you obtained those boosts from killing powerful opponents, not spawning randomly.

There's a way better way to play Tactics Ogre: the fanmade onevision mod of the psp version.

EternalTitan10d ago

16 was just a terrible mess.
Its not even a JRPG let alone a final fantasy game.
Yosi piss(who said he hates JRPGs) should not touch another Final Fantasy game ever again.

VersusDMC10d ago

87 metacritic can't be a terrible mess.
If Kingdom Hearts is a JRPG then FFXVI is a JRPG. And he said he hates the term JRPG as it carries a bad stereotype with western journalists.

So you're just incorrect on several fronts...

Asterphoenix10d ago

I wouldn't mind a new FF Tactics longs they keep the tactical elements of Tactics in it as well as a very in depth story. Which FF Tactics years ago has by far one of the best stories in the series.

Tapani10d ago

Yes, alongside with Vagrant Story. Playing FFT, then Vagrant story and finally FFXII is a bliss. Deepest lore and best stories ever made in video games.