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"PSP unveiled"

Holy crap! I'm so getting me one of these. Doesn't look to dissimilar to the prototype revealed last year, except that it's black, has a proper D-pad and some volume facia buttons. In short, it looks awesome.

The pics I've got from a press site show it with Gran Turismo 4 - not the PS2 version, the PSP version. How the hell did they keep that under wraps?

Sony execs, listen up - as long as you don't charge over £250 for this thing, you're going to make more money than Jesus by selling this sweet baby. Just get it out before summer next year and you'll be laughing. Laughing I tells ya! Compare it to the (let's face it) really dull mock-up of the Nintendo DS (found on Eurogamer.net) and it jizzes right it in its coffee.

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gunman wrote:
> so is this psp a copy of the GBA??

Yes. An exact copy. It will even play GBA games and link up with NES, SNES, N64 and Gamecube systems.

I just love the widescreen, rarr.

And no

so is this psp a copy of the GBA??

Comparison pics next to an original GBA are doing the rounds, it's only about half an inch to an inch wider! Awesome! There's some really nifty limited edition designs as well.

Well, 2 and a half to be exact, according to that guy.

Only 2 hours for movies? That could get annoying. Very much so. Yes. Indeed.

Yeah, the figures are 2 hours for movies to 10 for music. Network games will whack that down a fair bit.

Icaruss wrote:
> I'm sure it will, I'm thinking like Advance Wars, but more on screen
> action.

And people instead of tanks ...
On that note - seen GC Advance Wars? My my, it shall be great.

I didn't think anything official had been said about battery life. Most figures are just speculation, methinks. Same with the price

pb wrote:
> Battery life? That's the only thing I'm worried about on the PSP. The
> rest seems fine.

10 hours is what I've seen reported on one of the videos/articles/features/websites during my E3 surfing. I'd link to it but I've been through so many this week I can't remember where I saw it.

Edit: Here you go

Battery Life
"The PSP should last for 10 hours of music playback, 8 hours of gameplay and 2 hours of movie playback from the UMD."

Source: PlayStation.com forums

So whether that's 20 hours total or each has to be taken separately I'm not sure.

I'm sure it will, I'm thinking like Advance Wars, but more on screen action.