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[bork]

I really hope the new one is hackable.

It's probably more of a question of "when" rather than "if."   

[chronovore]

In Japan, PSP seems to the machine which is finally waking people up to network gaming. The hook seems to be that it's less threatening to play with people in the same room as you - all the ads for Monster Hunter etc show happy people in various social situations whipping out their PSPs for a lengthy epic loot raid. All is co-op, all is "no, no, YOU take the armour".

That's actually the situation at my company and another friend, who works at a different (larger) J-developer. Lunch and evenings, slurping cup-noodles, these guys are grinding on Monster Hunter G like they're frottage enthusiasts and they've found their favorite couch.

[cool breeze]

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6196930/index.html

A few choice quotes:

The response time has doubled in speed and will help eliminate ghosting or blurring during gameplay and video playback.

The vivid, ghost-free screen does draw more power than the old screen. John Koller, Sony director of hardware marketing told GameSpot that the new screen will reduce battery life by "about 20 minutes."

The silver PSP will be available first, on October 14, 2008, in a $199 Ratchet & Clank Entertainment Pack. The package will include a silver PSP-3000, a Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters UMD game, a National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets UMD movie, a PlayStation Network download voucher for Echochrome, and a 1GB Memory Stick Pro Duo. The black PSP will ship in November in a $199 PSP 4GB Memory Entertainment Pack that includes the black PSP-3000, a 4GB Memory Stick Pro Duo, and a PlayStation Network download voucher for Everyday Shooter. The black PSP-3000 will also make it into the basic PSP Core Pack, priced at $169, sometime later this year.

It is lame that they are releasing the silver one before the black one again.  I will wait this time around.

[MoxManiac]

i'll gladly sacrifice the battery life if the improved response time is true.

[cool breeze]

There is a video, but it is hard to tell if anything is really changed based on the quality and content they showed (CG stuff from Crisis Core)

There is also some rumor going around that this new PSP will also let you play with the DS3 controller...yeah, I think it will be bogus.