1. kwl. i wil b picking one up on launch

   
   Comment by SKOD BIG BOSS — Jul 11, 2007 @ 8:53 pm

2. Wow, too much information for today.

   So there aren’t big differences in design. Great step to bring a better battery and reduced loading times. Nevertheless, I see no need to sell my old PSP to get a new one.

   
   Comment by Andreas — Jul 11, 2007 @ 9:04 pm

3. Excellent news!

   Hope Sony will also release the GPS in Europe soon and just before I’ll go on vacation to Zwitserland

   
   Comment by PSPimages — Jul 11, 2007 @ 9:09 pm

4. Looks awesome! But now my current PSP looks a bit bulky! Charging over USB - I like it!

   
   Comment by reakt — Jul 11, 2007 @ 9:16 pm

5. Correct me if I’m wrong but from the pics, it looks like the psp isnt as shiny anymore but more matte…

   
   Comment by Wardog — Jul 11, 2007 @ 9:33 pm

6. and they put the speakers on top

   
   Comment by Wardog — Jul 11, 2007 @ 9:33 pm

7. So… no changes to the awkward ergonomics then? Shame. I love my PSP, but holding it can become a bit difficult with the positioning of some of the buttons and analog.

   And why did you have to put the video output in there? Now I want one! :p

   
   Comment by Silent_Shark — Jul 11, 2007 @ 9:56 pm

8. i have been thinking about getting a psp for sometime now and seeing this i’m glad i waited. while not a huge change from the original it will be a good time for newbies like myself to get on the psp wagon.

   
   Comment by aiko.adonia — Jul 11, 2007 @ 9:57 pm

9. A redesigned handheld with the name Slim & Lite? No, that doesn’t sound familiar at all.

   With that said, this is timely news that has stopped me from buying a PSP. Looks like I’ll be picking up a redesigned model in future if European pricing is in line with the US and not a simple case of changing a dollar to a pound sign.

   
   Comment by redzoo — Jul 11, 2007 @ 10:14 pm

10. Wow! I’m still waiting for someone to release something decent for the first one!

    
    Comment by CyberRazor — Jul 11, 2007 @ 10:59 pm

11. VERY DISAPPOINTING

    Well I ‘was’ considering purchasing the revised PSPLite prior to todays announcement… but upon seeing the changes it’s clearly not worth it.

    I didn’t buy the original PSP because of the poor controls (d-pad and analogue stick sucks!) not to mention the poor UMD discs.

    I had hoped for a bigger change: a new d-pad, 2 analogue sticks and ‘flash/memory/hdd/Downloadable’ games. Alas it wasn’t to be.

    I’ll be spending my cash elsewhere.

    
    Comment by Rogue Muffin — Jul 12, 2007 @ 2:27 am

12. Wow, will the current PSP be able to use Video Output, man, the IR was removed, so no iR Shell remote.

    
    Comment by GameBox 47 — Jul 12, 2007 @ 2:36 am

13. But will TV out make its way to the older PSPs?

    
    Comment by Extinction — Jul 12, 2007 @ 4:14 am

14. Nice. I reckon I might get this. How’s the battery life? Did they fix that?

    
    Comment by Philbob — Jul 12, 2007 @ 6:50 am

15. hmm so lets get this streight:
    -no dual analog nubs
    -no touch screen
    -no built in camera
    -no built in gps
    -no built in GBs of memory

    sooo what were they working on all this time? video out!? the old firmware already had provisions for it(read about it somewhere)

    thats it! who cares that its
    19% slimmer
    and about
    33% lighter
    anyway?!

    
    Comment by chaitanya krishnan — Jul 12, 2007 @ 7:40 am

16. and i forgot… maybe this isnt relevant but hey,
    when everyony making big screen devices is making them “touch screen” (forget about multi-touch, thats expecting too buch)

    these guys didn’t think of adding that?!

    
    Comment by chaitanya krishnan — Jul 12, 2007 @ 7:45 am

17. Been holding out on a PSP for a while. It’s my birthday in September - think I’ll buy into it now…

    
    Comment by Mick — Jul 12, 2007 @ 9:42 am

18. Wow, on the day of the announcement I was talking to a friend about how I would get a PSP if I could play games on a TV. Looks like I am getting an PSP then.

    
    Comment by Kamiboy — Jul 12, 2007 @ 9:51 am

19. No touch screen… no new button layout… no built-in camera… but an improved battery life. Whoopy-doodle-doo!

    The Wi-Fi switch location has moved, the UMD drawer mechanism is less complex (meaning it is less bulky for the overall slim appearance), and the infrared port has been removed. Oh yes, and the 32Mb on-board RAM has been increased to 64Mb (no doubt to provide further cache space for faster loading, &/or to provide additional storage for future firmware releases).

    I’m not so sure a lighter model is a good idea, to be honest. Having a heavier handheld device means you are less likely to forget it is in your hand, and drop it accidentally. And a larger device looks like it costs 200 dollars. The new UMD drive looks a bit fragile to say the least.

    I never had a problem with the battery life, and if I did, I would just buy one of the many third-party battery extender products, a secondary battery that I’d keep charged for swapping with the dead one, or sit beside an electrical AC outlet socket & plug in whilst gaming.

    And to think Sony wonders why the Nintendo DS is outselling the PSP!?!

    Let’s hope the touted PSP2 is not far behind.

    Furthermore, why, oh why, is the Darth Vadar Silkscreen variant in Ceramic White?

    Erm, hello!

    He represents the “Dark Side”!?!

    If you are looking for a “fatline” PSP for that special someone (or ones) in your life for Christmas, you may well find a bargain surfacing on eBay later in the year.

    Just don’t let your kids (whatever size they are) know about the new Darth Vadar model… but if they find out, then you can buy stickers for the old “fatline” model. Who’s to know?

    Personally I’d go for the ‘Ice Silver’ slimline if I was having any of them.

    As for the other colours; Felicia Blue, Lavender Purple, & Rose Pink… urgh!

    BFN,

    fp.
    (1upGamers.com Moderator)

    
    Comment by fanpages — Jul 12, 2007 @ 11:03 am

20. missing ogg codec

    
    Comment by BodonianX — Jul 12, 2007 @ 12:58 pm

21. [...] More details and pics can be found HERE and on the forum. [...]

    
    Pingback by Sakuranbo! — Jul 12, 2007 @ 1:23 pm

22. Actually the most important improvement is that it can now cache game files while playing a game in order to reduce constant umd access. That decreases load time and reduces battery drain from running the UMD all of the time. That’s an improvement worth mentioning.

    
    Comment by K Henderson — Jul 12, 2007 @ 1:27 pm

23. hallo die neue psp ist schon echt cool.vielleicht werde ich sie mir kaufen!

    
    Comment by hallo — Jul 12, 2007 @ 1:51 pm

24. I like double the onboard RAM. (32

    
    Comment by Unreal.Blender — Jul 12, 2007 @ 2:42 pm

25. Interesting isn’t it how the DS Lite had everyone going “ZOMG ITS GORGEOUS!!!111″ and this slightly upgraded PSP has a negative effect.

    Personally, I’m not that fussed by the upgraded PSP, but it’s a nice revision for the hardware for anyone who hasn’t already picked one up.

    
    Comment by Pete Cullen — Jul 12, 2007 @ 2:51 pm

26. i find it odd that someone thinks that the reduced weight is a negative!

    i hope to get one of these lighter PSPs. i already carry around so many gadgets, the less weight, the better.

    
    Comment by bunnyhero — Jul 12, 2007 @ 4:32 pm

27. there is no PSP2 coming in another 3 years.
    with over 25million PSP sold to consumers “not shipping number” the PSP is actually selling faster everywhere then the xbox360.

    so don’t expect a PSP2 in 1 or 2 years but in 3 to 4 years.

    
    Comment by stewiemark — Jul 12, 2007 @ 8:22 pm

28. What does the “Region Code” in Access control mean? Are games now region coded? That would be the worst thing possible.

    
    Comment by Sechnetar — Jul 12, 2007 @ 9:13 pm

29. dam i want them to come out with an update for the old to become video output

    
    Comment by Ben — Jul 13, 2007 @ 12:09 am

30. and more dead pixel, read this!!! more dead pixel!!!

    
    Comment by kevu — Jul 13, 2007 @ 5:15 am

31. HOW MUCH LONGER WILL THE NEW BATTERY LAST???

    
    Comment by Devin — Jul 13, 2007 @ 8:22 am

32. [...] Zitat von dropi das display ist nicht besser sonder schlechter! schau dir mal die spezis genauer an!! Wo stehen denn diese Spezis ? bitte sehr: Three Speech » SLIM & LITE - NEW PSP TO LAUNCH IN SEPTEMBER anzahl farben! das display kann weniger darstellen. der unterschied ist zwar margial, jedoch deutet es darauf hin, dass ein b-display eingebaut wurde die IMMER weniger farben darstellen können. es gibt genau 2 klassen. pfff! damit meinte ich natürlich solche die heute noch nicht erhältlich sind. sollte eigentlich logisch sein oder?! sony wollte anfänglich die psp erst hochtakten, wenn bessere akkus entwickelt würden als die mit 2200!! Zitat: [...]

    
    Pingback by Offiziell bestätigt: Überarbeitete PSP - Seite 4 - portablegaming.de — Jul 13, 2007 @ 12:36 pm

33. I’m definately picking this one up in silver.

    
    Comment by Fred — Jul 13, 2007 @ 4:41 pm

34. Re: Duration of new model’s battery…

    On an article host at DailyTech.com, Marcus Yam reports:

    “Sony representatives also said PSP battery life increases to 8 to 10 hours in the new hardware, more than double the playtime of the current model.”

    BFN,

    fp.
    (1upGamers.com Moderator)

    
    Comment by fanpages — Jul 13, 2007 @ 5:59 pm

35. piss me right off!!!! damn it!!! i purchased a PSP like a month and a half ago! now i wish i would have waited!.. gggrrrrr!

    
    Comment by EddieDZ — Jul 14, 2007 @ 1:52 pm

36. I have visited your site 976-times

    
    Comment by Visitor698 — Jul 14, 2007 @ 2:19 pm

37. What I’m wondering is this:

    Will the d-pad be significantly better than the current one?

    Is the horrible ghosting on the screen gone for good?

    If that’s a double yes, then I’ll be picking one up for that and the TV out.

    
    Comment by Tom — Jul 15, 2007 @ 12:32 am

38. Hey Threespeech,

    Could you get some photos of the color versions?
    Also wondering where those will be relesased.

    
    Comment by Escalation — Jul 15, 2007 @ 8:32 am

39. will it have home brew does anybody know

    
    Comment by UNKNOWN — Jul 18, 2007 @ 6:24 pm

40. crazy stuff keep up the good work sony!! Microsoft or nintendo has nothing as good as the awesome company of sony!!!

    
    Comment by Psp — Jul 19, 2007 @ 1:00 am

41. I might want to trade my current psp for a psp slim soon.

    
    Comment by jo — Jul 23, 2007 @ 3:08 am

42. Everybody who owns a psp and they say bad things about the New PSP dont be hatin jus beacause u gots a old psp u can buy a new one jeez its not like there gonna get a diferent umd disk only the model is gonna change a little and jo has good spirit and someof you other people do to

    
    Comment by PSP — Jul 27, 2007 @ 5:08 am

43. ok ok im sick of waiting im gonna get the right second it comes no matter what it tkes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    
    Comment by PSP — Jul 28, 2007 @ 6:49 am

44. Fanpages u big noob

    
    Comment by PSP — Jul 28, 2007 @ 6:54 am

45. Hey!

    I resemble that remark.

    

    
    Comment by fanpages — Jul 31, 2007 @ 12:59 pm

46. LOL (ps2slim - ps2)+(DS lite- ds)+ PSP = PSP Lite&Slim

    I’ve been thinking about getting a psp, and I’m definetly gonna get one now that I could say “Yes, I have a psp, in fact it’s superior to yours” insted of “Yeah, I like your psp, I want a psp.”

    
    Comment by Sage Novak — Aug 13, 2007 @ 8:44 am

47. i think this one is awsome i just one someone to tell me the release date in Australia

    
    Comment by PSP Fan — Aug 18, 2007 @ 8:41 am

48. i wanted a psp before and now that it is updated and better then the old one i think ill get it.

    
    Comment by anonymous — Aug 21, 2007 @ 5:49 pm

49. I just got my psp half a year ago and love it. Personally, I like it’s weight, it makes it feel expensive lol. …But… Although the new upgraded version does have it’s perks, I still think Sony should just throw all of the advanced technology they can in it and do the handheld justice.
    what I’d like to see:
    More on board memory - flash based - 2 gigs (why not)
    Internal flash based storage (at least 10 gigs (it is possible) + keep external memory available for on the go file transfers
    scrap umd, it had it’s day, put all games to flash memory, it’s not like they can’t do it.
    Use extra space where umd *used to go for ummm, let’s say digital camera - 5.1 mb min.
    Touchscreen - hell ya! No more texting cellphone style! woohoo!
    More powerfull processor, yes I know, more battery power required, but hey, let’s give Sony a challenge!
    Second analog nub, just cause it’s usefull
    Stronger wifi, go to at least 802.11g instead of b
    Keep the infared, it is neat to have especially with homebrew
    Built in sound equalizer with or with out headphones
    Built in mic, why not.
    The video out is a cool idea
    As for that faster processor mentioned, if cooling is needed, then a micro low voltage brushless silent fan can be applied (ultra thin) - could go right where the umd used to go. - again more battery consumption, but hey, what the hell, my original battery for my psp lasts on average 6 to 7 hours with the screen at full brightness and wifi on full power and in use. Not bad I’d say.
    If there was a way to add even a little bit more of the lower frequencies to the sound output, that would be great, because, despite how small the speakers have to be, they suck - no offense to Sony, I like there products, but ya.
    All in all, if this could be done with todays technology, I think they should go for it, even if it is a lot of stuff to cram in it, why not?

    
    Comment by Kalden — Sep 4, 2007 @ 4:07 am

50. I am so angry. The screen on mine broke a month ago (before I knew a new one was coming out) so with the warrenty, I got a new one for $80. Then they say, “Oh yah were coming out with a new one HA HA HA HA!” I like sony but this is killing me. I want a new one but I can’t seem so sell mine for for more than $100. It’s in friggin mint condition too.

    
    Comment by Ben — Sep 8, 2007 @ 2:09 pm

51. I was thinking about getting a normal one a while ago, but i decided not to. Now there’s a better one out i going to.

    
    Comment by Alex — Nov 28, 2007 @ 8:27 pm

52. I’ve got a question!
    I know it’s a dumb one but I want to be sure:

    Can you play games on the new PSP Slim and Lite, which are taken from the PSP?
    Hope you can answer me please per e-mail!
    And, sorry for my bad english, how you can imagine by my e-mail adress, I’m from Germany
    With Greetz

    Yetrix

    
    Comment by Yetrix — Nov 29, 2007 @ 7:09 pm

53. I have the psp slim, and my friend has the fat one and the slim one is wwwaaayyy better. :):) my slim psp is hacked.

    
    Comment by Javier — Feb 20, 2008 @ 5:39 am

54. hwy peeps i wanted to buy 1 of these new psps in a mint green colour or a felicia blue colour and i need sum help . i want to no if they still shine and have that see through glass coat and that if the colours are originals and that the colour wont fade.if any1 knows the awnser plzz put a comment below on it

    
    Comment by jkidd — Jul 2, 2008 @ 8:15 pm

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