It's official. The handheld that redefined the quality portable gaming can and should have, is getting a successor: Codename NGP (Next Generation Portable).
Sony has made the NGP a sexy beast, both aesthetically and technically. They have incorporated everything fans and even "anti-PSP" fanboys have been saying for almost 6 years the PSP should have.
Rundown of features, specs and games after the jump.
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
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) EEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1) (Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode) Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP) |
Games mentionned during the conference
- Call of Duty
- Broken
- Gravity Daze
- Hot Shots Golf
- Hustle Kings
- Killzone
- LittleBigPlanet
- Little Deviants
- Reality Fighters
- Resistance
- Smart As
- Uncharted
- WipEout
