Sony executive, Kazuo Hirai recently confirmed that the next-gen PSP or the PSP2 is definitely coming. Talking to New York Times’ Bits Hirai said that they’re in the “successor game since the day PlayStation was released” but to everyone’s dismay did not spill detailed info on the device.
He however, spoke about PSP’s controllers which will mostly have a combination of touch and conventional PSP controls. The decision to go with dual controls is obvious – Sony wants to target casual gamers who’re accustomed to games like those on Android and iOS and physical buttons to please hardcore gamers.
If we go by the recent leak, this dual controls condition is easily fulfilled by Sony Ericsson’s PlayStation Phone but apparently, Hirai is not really fond of the idea.
When asked about the PlayStation Phone, he claimed that Sony didn’t “want gamers to be asking, what’s the difference between that and a PSP…We have to come up with a message that users will understand. It would have to be a product that keeps the PlayStation’s strengths intact.”
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