Thursday, January 27, 2011

Sony Unveils NGP

Sony today unveiled the successor to the PSP, the Next Generation Portable(NGP) in Tokyo today. The device will make it's debut at the end of 2011 although how much it will cost and it's games are not yet  known.
Key NGP features are :

  • 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.

And the technical specs would be :
CPUARM® Cortex™-A9 core (4 core)
GPUSGX543MP4+
External DimensionsApprox. 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 padMulti touch pad (capacitive type)
CamerasFront camera, Rear camera
SoundBuilt-in stereo speakers
Built-in microphone
SensorsSix-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer), Three-axis electronic compass
LocationBuilt-in GPS
Wi-Fi location service support
Keys / SwitchesPS 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 communicationsMobile network connectivity (3G)
IEEE 802.11b/g/n (n = 1×1) (Wi-Fi) (Infrastructure mode/Ad-hoc mode)
Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR (A2DP/AVRCP/HSP)


And the titles shown or talked about are :
  1. Killzone
  2. Uncharted
  3. WipEout
  4. LittleBigPlanet
  5. Call of Duty
  6. Resistance
  7. Little Deviants
  8. Hot Shots Golf
  9. Reality Fighters
  10. Gravity Daze
  11. Smart As
  12. Broken
  13. Hustle Kings
Also announced was the Playstation Suite, where you can enjoy Playstation content on an open operating system, namely android based, "Playstation Certified" portable devices such as mobile phones and tablets worldwide.

More details to follow...

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