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Sony plans to refresh the PlayStation Portable product line with a PSP-4000 model in late 2009 and launch a true successor - a PSP2, if you like - later. Publishing sources, speaking to Eurogamer, were unable to provide any further detail on next year's update, which will presumably follow ...
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PSP2 Games Already In Development, PSP-4000 Due In 2009 [Rumor]
PSP2 Games Already In Development, PSP-4000 Due In 2009 [Rumor]
kotaku.com — According to "publisher sources", Eurogamer are reporting that games for a true successor to the PlayStation Portable... - a PSP2, if you will - are already in development. If correct, this means... (more) PSP2 Games Already In Development, PSP-4000 Due In 2009 ...
Rumor: PSP-4000 in 2009, PSP2 Games Already in Development [PSP]
Rumor: PSP-4000 in 2009, PSP2 Games Already in Development [PSP]
gizmodo.com — SCEE president David Reeves can deny what he likes , but that's not stopping the game publishers... from talking to the press about the future of the PSP, including the PSP-4000 and PSP2. While we haven't heard much yet, Eurogamer sources in the game ... (more) Rumor: PSP-4000 in 2009, PSP2 Games Already in ...
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PSP2 Games Already In Development, PSP-4000 Due In 2009 [Rumor]
Kotaku — ... Two at the most? Sounds about right, when you consider the original PSP launched in 2004. Five-to-six years is a healthy lifespan for a handheld. Still, that's all pie-in-the-sky stuff at the moment. It's for the distant future. Closer to the present is news that, in the meantime, Sony plans another iteration of the current PSP, the PSP-4000. Due for release in late 2009, no other details were mentioned, though with a new PSP on the horizon any changes would surely be minor ones. PSP-4000 in 2009, PSP2 later [Eurogamer]

Rumor: PSP-4000 out next year, PSP2 in development
Joystiq [PlayStation] — ... According to Eurogamer, numerous publishing sources have confirmed that Sony is at work at a third hardware revision and it's planned to come out next year. Not only that, but software developers are reportedly busy working on games for a "PSP2." There ...

PSP 4000 and PSP2 Speculation Grows
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today — Multiple websites are reporting that Sony is planning to release the PSP 4000 – the next iteration of the current PSP – late in 2009. Added to this, Eurogamer has been told by anonymous publishing sources that the console’s true successor is in the pipeline. Details on the PSP 4000 and the PSP2 are scarce. SCEE says it will not comment on speculation. However, according to reports, developers are already working on games for the PSP2 model. read more

Rumor: PSP-4000 in 2009, PSP2 in the works
Joystiq — ... Eurogamer reports that "publishing sources" revealed to the site that Sony is planning to release the PSP-4000 in late '09 and will eventually launch a PSP2. This news is sure to come as a big shock to Sony Europe president David Reeves, who stated last week ...

New Sony PSP Coming After All? Let's Hope For Something Radical (SNE)
Silicon Alley Insider — Contradictory rumors swirl around the future of Sony's portable gaming unit the PSP. Last week, a British gaming blog reported no successor to the PSP is in the works, but this morning Eurogamer.net quotes unnamed sources saying game publishers are already designing games for the "PSP2." If a PSP2 really is coming, let's hope Sony throws the current model out the window and reimagines the portable gaming device from the ground up. The PSP is fighting, and losing, a two-front war in portable gaming. The Nintendo DS is handily beating the unit among ...

Rumor: PSP-4000 in 2009, PSP2 Games Already in Development [PSP]
Gizmodo — ... heard much yet, Eurogamer sources in the game publishing sector have confirmed that a PSP-4000 will be released in 2009 with a successor to the PSP platform coming sometime after. Sound vague? It is. But these sources also claim that PSP2 games are in the works right now. Needless to say, if that's actually the case, it's only a matter of time before more details leak. (And it also might not be a bad time to remind the industry that Gizmodo will keep all tipsters anonymous.) [Eurogamer via Kotaku] ...

Sony PSP-4000 coming late 2009, PSP2 after that?
SlashGear — ... Sony are already planning the next update of their PSP handheld console, the PSP-4000, for release in late 2009, while game developers are already coding titles in preparation for the device’s replacement, the PSP2.  That’s the word from Eurogamer, who have heard from unspecified publishing sources about the next-gen versions of the current ...

Sony PSP-4000 coming in late 2009: Still no PSP2
PR News: — ... The PSP-3000 launched in October, so many assume that the 4000 model will launch in October 2009. The 2000 series, which was the first slim-lite PSP model launched back in September 2007, so there is a pattern with the time frame. Sony is thought to be working on the PSP successor; developers are already working on the games for the PSP2. As yet there is no solid proof, but as long as there are rumors, there is always hope which is what keeps gamers going. Read full article

Sony planning to revise PSP again in 2009 - with proper "PSP2" to follow later
Tech Digest — ... in this year's 3000 model update. Now, Eurogamer is telling the world that a further revised PSP - the model 4000 - will hit in late 2009, followed by a proper, all-new PSP2 at some random... ...

The Sony PSP2 to come after one last PSP update
CrunchGear — ... has had a good run, but Sony is ready to move onto the next generation according to EuroGamer.  The PSP will receive one more refresh with the PSP-4000 in late ‘09. It’s PSP2 after that. Details are not available about either the updated PSP or the successor as of yet. The last update of the PSP involved an updated screen ( ...

Sony to release new handheld sometime in the future
Engadget — ... According to Eurogamer, sources close to Sony say that sometime in the future, a new PlayStationPortable will be released. While there's been no official word, the game site is reporting that there could be an update to the current PSP (which might be ...

Sony PSP-4000, PSP 2 rumored to be on the way
Obsessable News Feed — ... The most avid video game fans love rumors, and sometimes a little too much. That's why you should take the following with a few hundred grains of salt. Gaming news site Eurogamer reported today that sources told its editors that a new PSP (PlayStation Portable) model currently dubbed PSP-4000 (the follow-up to the ...

PSP-4000 rumors, PSP2 software already being developed?
Crave: The gadget blog — ... While we just met with Sony Hardware Marketing Director John Koller, he had nothing to say about the possibility of a PSP-4000, let alone a successor to the PSP itself. According to Eurogamer, it's possible he was holding something back. ...

Sony Readies Another PlayStation Portable Iteration, PlayStation Portable Successor to Come Later
X-bit labs — Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. is preparing a yet another version of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) video game console for the launch next year, whereas the next-generation PlayStation Portable will only be released at a later point. The model PSP-4000, the fourth version of Sony PSP and the third slim-and-lite flavour of the portable console, will be released in late 2009, publishing sources revealed in an interview with EuroGamer web-site. Meanwhile, the true next-generation portable game system will be released at a later time. Back in November ...

Sony PSP-4000 launching in 2009?
T3.com All — ... the tip-off, as well as being 'in the know' about an all-new PSP2. Yes, not one but two new handhelds. Indeed, developers are already working on new games titles - so expect someone to blab a rough specification in the coming weeks. Sony is obviously keeping quiet on the presence of either machine. After all, this is its busiest time of the year - why would Sony confirm new models when old ones fill the festive shelves? But in January...well, who knows. Link: Sony PSP (via Eurogamer ) Nokia N97 Sign up for the free T3 newsletter Want your latest gadgets news ...

PSP-4000 or PSP2 coming out next year?
Tech Ticker — ... It’s just been a few months for PSP-3000 and we are hearing a new rumor about its successor. The unnamed sources told Eurogamer that Sony is already developing PSP-3000’s refresh, the PSP-4000 or PSP2. ...

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Sony PSP-4000 and PSP2 rumors denied by SonyObsessable News Feed
Sony's move away from UMD disks and towards an all-digital distribution model does not mean a new PSP is on the way, according to Sony representative. In the face of a flurry of rumors about a new PSP on the horizon , Sony Director of Hardware Marketing John Koller told Silicon Alley ...