PSP 4000 and PSP2 Speculation Grows

Unconfirmed reports suggest Sony will deliver a new iteration of the PSP 3000 as soon as next year, with the PSP2 already being developed for.

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.

The PSP 4000 is set to replace the 3000 edition, a model which only just launched in the UK mid-October. The 2000 system – popularly known a PSP Slim and Lite – launched in September 2007.

The launch of the PSP 3000 was initially hampered by complaints of unsightly scan-lines when displaying some software, sparking rumors that Sony was set to withdraw the handheld from the market.