Nuova PSP diventa ufficiale. Prime immagini

impressive. prezzo direi non meno di 400€ (vendendola in perdita il primo periodo... solo lo schermo oled devo costargli una fortuna a produrlo). Forse 350 se vogliono essere aggressivi e i costi da qui all'uscita calano considerevolmente, ma dubito fortemente.

[B][U]The recently announced PSP2, codenamed Next Generation Portable, has a battery life of between four and five hours[/U][/B], Eurogamer has been told by a source.

Six to eight hours of life was Sony's original target, Eurogamer understands.

Sony announced the NGP this morning at a Tokyo press, but failed to discuss the device's battery life.

It did, however, reveal specifications.

The NGP boasts a ARM Cortex A9 (4 core) PU, a SGX543MP4+ GPU, a five inch (16:9), 960 x 544, 16 million colours OLED screen, and a multi touch pad on the back.

Then there's a Sixaxis motion sensing system, a three-axis electronic compass, and built-in GPS and Wi-Fi location service support.

As for wireless, expect 3G mobile network connectivity, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support.

The NGP's four to five hour battery life is similar to that of the Nintendo 3DS. Depending on the level of brightness used and whether you're playing a 3DS-specific game, the Nintendo 3DS should last between three and five hours on a single charge.

[U]NGP pricing is also yet to be revealed, but Eurogamer was told this morning that Sony will "make a loss"[/U].

Umezu: As mentioned earlier, what uses the most power in a handheld gaming device is the LCD backlight, and making one screen 3D presented the problem of even more power used by the backlight. The power save mode uses a technology called active backlight. It precisely controls the brightness of the backlight according to the brightness of the screen being displayed. When the screen as a whole is dark, the backlight itself gets darker, which saves power.

Iwata: In principle, it may not be much use in a game with lots of bright screens, but if you set the backlight to bright, the more darker screens there are in a game, the greater the effect of the power save mode.

Umezu: Right. But you can't say exactly how much of an effect the power save mode is having on game processing because of the various factors that influence power use, such as how constantly the SoC is running, whether you're using the camera or wireless, and how loud the volume is set.

Iwata: Maybe you can't be exact, but how about an approximation?

[B]Umezu: We announced the other day that the battery duration for playing Nintendo 3DS games on it is about three to five hours. When I measured it by playing several Nintendo games, [U]with the backlight set to the brightest level and the power save mode turned off, battery duration was about three hours. [/U][U]But if you use the power save mode under the same conditions, it gets about 10-20% longer. And if you set the backlight to the darkest setting, the battery lasts five hours, but the power save mode makes less of a difference then[/U].[/B]

Iwata: In other words, the brightness of the backlight has the greatest effect on battery duration.

Umezu: Right. What's more, with the backlight set as high as it will go, battery life changes about 25% according to whether you're playing in 2D or 3D.

Iwata: Yes, 3D is a battle against power use. How about wireless use? Some players may be worried about that.

Umezu: In StreetPass mode, the system isn't always communicating, so there isn't much of a drain on the battery, but games that communicate a lot through local play and online play—with the backlight set to high—have an over 10% effect on the battery.

Iwata: So it will be necessary for this system to be charged more often than for the previous systems. For that reason, we include a special charging cradle. We recommend that when players get home, they put their system there.

va che la psp2 è una bestia... ci vorranno un paio di revisione almeno prima di avere una potenza paragonabile , e poi cmq non avrai gli stick analogici.

Cmq di sicuro se apple (come pare) spinge sempre di più sul gaming mobile, sarà una concorrente sempre più temibile.

Ben più di Ps3? Questo trend, come il 3DS, non è molto buono...