As you rightly said; they should just get their act together and release some good games, not keep re-doing the same console.

It makes me mad when such a massive company makes dumb ass mistakes constantly.

I don't think they'll announce another one.
maybe a psp2

The PSP is not in itself a bad system, infact in many ways its far better than the DS. The problem with it is more the software released for it and its image. Why are people so keen to promote the DS over the PSP and yet in the same breath bash the Wii with the 360? The 360 is more of a 'classic' setup in its controls and output where as the wii has a new gimmic. The same is true of the DS and PSP and yet the response is almost universally different.

I have a DS and PSP so I wouldnt buy a new one of either but I can still appreciate them.

One per six months? So far one per year if that. Silent Hill Origins was pants and now I'm just hoping for Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce to be good. I have a Japanese import PSP which is as good as a paperweight compared to the ones my flatmates have managed to get use out of by trading them in for DS'.

If this does turn out to be true, it's too late for me to get on board. I just bought Nerf Armor for my 2000, so it's not going anywhere.

@jorgedc-

Cotton? Is that you???

They need better marketing. The PSP is good for more than games, and maybe it's just my neck of the woods, but it seems that all they do is show it as a handheld console when it's pretty useful for other things- I've talked total strangers into getting one purely for the fact that their kids can use them on planes and watch movies, let alone limited net access on top of having games that their crotch dropped hellspawn can play to quieten them down.

Eh.

i didnt know flat screen TVs were portable.

For those who think the DS is "gimmicky," just because it has a touch screen, remember that it also has a standard d-pad, four buttons, and two shoulder buttons. Many games (not all, but many) can be played without ever taking the stylus out.
That being said, I think the PSP has done poorly in part because Sony failed to make a decisive marketing strategy. Is it a game system or a multimedia system? They also tried to use it to promote a ludicrous proprietary data format, including UMD movies, which would be fine (the DS carts are also proprietary), except why pay MORE for UMD media on which you get LESS (smaller screen, limited extras) compared to DVD? The price point didn't help, and neither did the battery life. But I think the poorly focused marketing and media format were the big blunders.
The DS was less expensive, played only games, and had the GBA slot, and that backward compatibility helped a lot.

All this being said, the PSP has been great for homebrew, and I think that's prompted the various changes Sony has made. The firmware updates rarely contain anything SO good to prompt an update, they yet are put out frequently, and newer games require newer firmware. Why? To try to stop the hackers. I think this is prompting the new hardware versions as well, though I don't know why, it's not stopping people from hacking their systems, not for very long anyway.

I'll stick with my GBA Micro 20TH Anniversary Edition thank you very much. I just got it Friday and this thing is adorable! Yay!

kind of makes me think of the GBASP. I don't mind it at all. but I just got my PSP this christmas, so...pass.

like zombiekiller13 said too, all these console revamps are really getting out of hand. they should just save all the new ideas for the next system, so we'd get a huge, good revamp, instead of tiny little updates we still have to pay full price for.

Ughhh... I just got my PSP-3000 last December.

Sony's finally following the Nintendo handheld model.

Release what SEEMS like a great system so that you buy it, then blindside them with an even better version of it that's JUST good enough to make you think about upgrading.

I've still got my PSP Fatty and should I come into some free cash, I was considering getting the 3000. Thanks for making my decision easier, Sony.

Though if the 400 is anything at all like that concept sketch up there (minus the placement of the shoulder buttons) then it will be a must buy for me.

"Sony's finally following the Nintendo handheld model."

Yes Nintendo does release new redesigns of it hardware, but not one a year. If anything Sony is being more like Apple, who release a new iPod every year. People freaked out over the new DSi, but at least its been a few years since the DS Lite came out. Not just one year like the last one in the PSP-3000, and the one before that in 2007 with the PSP-2000. A new one every year is just absurd, and its nothing like Nintendo handheld model!

for fucks sake please give it a second analog nub

FUUUUUUUUUUUUU- IT ACTUALLY HAS A SCREEN LIKE THAT!!! SO MUCH WANTING!

But of course, lets not forget part of their reasoning to do this AGAIN is to prevent hacking and homebrew... which, apart from music, is all i use mine for. I dont think i could do without my gba/gbc/snes/genesis/psx combo.

This wont save you PSP. Pirates have already stolen your heart and no fancy remodel can take that back. Its time to accept this PSP, besides no one can stop the juggernaut that is Nintendo, well maybe Apple...