Could PS Vita mean the death of the PSP?

Sony's new PS Vita is slated for release sometime in 2012, but back in 2005 the PSP reigned supreme. That year, stores like Best Buy were selling out of these small gaming investments like there was no tomorrow. There was a mad rush to get one before Christmas that year and several stores had to place the item on back-order or give rain-checks to unlucky customers. This was definitely the most popular portable device amongst teens, children ages 9 and up, and adults alike and for a good reason: this was the most innovative portable gaming device ever to hit the market.

 The PSP's predecessor's occurred decades earlier with Sega's Game Gear being released in 1991, and Nintendo's Gameboy in 1989. The Game Gear was innovative in that it featured a back-lit LED color screen and better, crisper graphics than the Nintendo Gameboy. Sega's Game Gear saw a sharp rise in popularity and a steep decline as well, due to Nintendo's competitive release of the Gameboy pocket, a slimmed-down, multi-colored version of the Gameboy.

The PSP blew these previous portable consoles out of the water. It's graphics were super-sharp, it had a built-in joystick, a wide horizontal viewing screen, it played movies and mp3's, it boasted Wi-Fi capability for multi-player gameplay, and it could browse the internet wherever there was Wi-Fi available. This truly was a modern marvel of portable gaming.

Now Sony plans to one-up itself with a newer version of what made their first portable device a hit.

The PS Vita is slated for North American release some time in 2012 but already crowds are eagerly anticipating it's arrival. What makes it different from the PSP is it's massive 5-inch, 24-bit color touchscreen, a Sixaxis motion sensor (with Three-axis electronic compass), front and back VGA cameras, built in GPS, and the option for 3G support, which would mean internet accessibility anytime you're in range of reception.

This powerhouse of a portable gaming console will be highly sought after by avid members of the gaming community and most likely the PSP will be forgotten about. Users wishing to upgrade from their current PSP will take refuge in the fact that the PS Vita will be backwards compatible, meaning it'll be able to play games from the previous PSP device. This, hopefully, should make the transition to Vita much easier for everyone.

PSP Go Harder To Hack?

I have encountered some articles on where they say it is going to be almost impossible for hackers to get into the PSP Go system. One of the major reasons is that the battery of the PSP Go is already built-in, and not like the original PSP where the pandora battery was used.

Personally, I think there will be a way to hack the PSP Go. I am reminded that before pandora battery, there was a way to hack the PSP with just file download and run executable programs, do not know how many, but there were some homebrew enablers out there. Now just with a pandora battery and magic memory stick, it was just a breeze to hack the PSP.

You can never know, Sony has this war against hackers, but I think we might just be surprised on how quick they will have this system figured out as soon.

PSP Go!? To Be Announced At E3

This is getting interesting... The next E3 is just a week away from now and there everyone will officially know more details about the very rumored PSP Go! I guess including the official date release, and more specs.

Sources say that the PSP Go! will actually be cheaper than our very regular PSP. One big and probably only factor is because the PSP Go! does NOT have UMD drive. It kinda makes sense since there is less hardware production on the unit, but will it be replaced by another cool feature, and actually be about the same price as a regular PSP?

I will gladly love the PSP Go!, but what of those people who have spent a little fortune on their PSP's UMDs? maybe having to upgrade to another PSP would seem like starting over a new hanheld game device, instead of feeling just welcome and being able to play their UMD's on their new machine. Well, I am just saying.... it just crossed my mind... but, who cares if they already have a PSP that plays UMDs right?

It seems so sudden, now that it has not been that long since the PSP 3000 was launched and now, probably less than a year later another PSP is on our way. Sony is really being active this year on their PSP and God only knows what is next. But I guess if they have the money for the production, then... why not.. huh? What do you guys think?

Buy And Download Music At Playstation Network Store Via PSP

Just a rumor for now, I have had the word that this could very well be reality and that Sony would incorporate music downloading to our great portable device, yes, the PSP. How long might this take I wonder. I personally would not be surprised it would mean more money to Sony of course and I think It is really something I would be interested too! and also all depending on cost per song. Well, we will have to wait and see how this develops... I will follow more on this and keep you posted.