Sony unveils a new PSP with microphone: PSP-3000
Three years after leaving the first portable console Sony and nearly a year after the exit of the last PSP "Slim & Lite", the giant Japanese consumer electronics-public took advantage of the exhibition "Games Convention" held in Leipzig in Germany to unveil a new PSP console.
Dubbed "PSP-3000", it has a design totally identical to the current Sony Playstation Portable (PSP-2000) but breaks new ground on two points. The first screen will be better (suppresses reflections) and it will in addition to a microphone. What use it more easily to his duties as voice over IP. As a reminder, the Skype software is available for many months now on PSP but it was necessary to use until then an accessory charge extra fifteen euros for a microphone.
Having passed 41 million PSP consoles in the world, including 13.4 million in Europe, Sony is counting on this new console to take advantage of the end of the year to increase its market share in the sector. Especially since Nintendo, with its DS, becomes increasingly popular and that dedicated to mobile games are also beginning to spread quickly, the Apple iPhone 3G smartphones compatible with the N-Gage at Nokia. The "PSP-3000" Sony will go on sale from October 15 to Europe for a price of 199 euros. The PSP "Slim & Lite" will be available for his part on that date at a price of 169 euros.
PSP 3000 has been successful launch in Japan
Pending the launch of the DSi, the Japanese seem to have adopted the Playstation Portable. Launched on October 16 in the state, the new model (PSP 3000) would have already sold 141,270 units. The figures released by Famitsu also stress that the previous models continue to achieve good scores. For the record, the "new" PSP has been available since last week in Europe.
