In an interview with the official Playstation website, SCEE president and COO has shed further light upon both the and the PSP, delivering a few surprises along the way in this revealing talk. Most notably, we've learnt that forthcoming games will probably be region-free, which is good news - as well as word that the PS3 and PSX are 'intrinsically linked', currently considering two versions of the new hardware: a home server edition and a standalone gaming-only system. Reeves also revealed that the may be re-designed and re-launched in the same fashion as the PSone.

Reeves did admit that whilst software for the PSP will probably be region-free, any movies released on the device's UMD format may still be region-coded, at the request most probably of the Hollywood firms authorising distribution on the format. Reeves remained upbeat on the prospect of films on the format however, commenting "I think they will come up with quite a few surprises, so that you'd want to buy a on UMD as well as having it on DVD. Maybe."

The full 'home server' edition of the PS3 speculated would cater for audiences seeking "all-singing, all-dancing features with maybe a hard disk drive", and could cost "€600 or €700", whilst a cut-down movies and games-only system would cater for those "just [wanting] to pay 200 Euros for a new generation games machine".

On the prospect of a PStwo, Reeves stated "Something we haven't talked about, is that we made a change from PlayStation to PSone, so we may, in the course of time, make some cosmetic changes to PlayStation 2 and come out with something that's a little bit sexier, but probably no changes to specs or anything like that."

The Sony head also cast doubt over the likelihood of the PSP actually matching the concept images we've seen, confessing "I think it was made of fibreglass or something like that. I honestly don't know if it'll look like that or not." Though did reveal that after vocal developer concern the PSP's memory has been expanded to 30MB. Development for the Playstation portable will also increase shortly as "emulators are out, and I think dev kits will probably go out in March or April - the full dev kits, with analysers and things like that."

Continuing the excitement, Reeves noted that the PSP's power lies somewhere between the PS2 and the PS3, and that he predicted "someone like Square" would probably be able to push the device beyond the capabilities of the PS2 in the future.

Finally, Reeves concluded the interview chatting about the PS3 and game distribution via broadband, one of Sony's ultimate hopes for the console, and revealed that plans are already in place for such a system by 2006, though penetration of high-speed access remains key, as does the security of such a network.

By Luke Guttridge

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  1. mathew smith Unregistered 5 years ago

    how much is psp when it comes aut

  2. Kurt Unregistered 5 years ago

    Will psp be able to use the regular mm stick rather than the duo?

    In the game magazines all the screen shots are blury?
    Why is that?

    When will it come out?

  3. chrizby Unregistered 5 years ago

    to Kurt:
    the shots are blurry for multiple reasons. sometimes, they have to take the shots from video. other times they scan photos. other times they have to blow up smaller shots, messing up the picture.

  4. happy man Unregistered 5 years ago

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  5. Danny G Unregistered 5 years ago

    granny green

  6. hc tiger Unregistered 5 years ago

    will the psp play dvds?

  7. cndian gamer Unregistered 5 years ago

    PSP dosnt play DVD's .......it play UMD's.....roughly 2 times the size of the gamecube 32 mm disc+

  8. cyo Unregistered 5 years ago

    psp will be awsome. have you seen the concepts?!

    memory card looks thinner in picture.

    widescreen 4.5 inch lcd screen . . . ahh : - )

    ds sucks

  9. ar Unregistered 4 years ago

    how much will the psp be when it comes out?

  10. Ethan Unregistered 4 years ago

    I'd say about $150-$200.

  11. Jason M Unregistered 4 years ago

    How much will the psp b wen it cums out £200

  12. commander Unregistered 4 years ago

    more like 300

  13. !#C2G#! Unregistered 4 years ago

    it will be about £120 too £140

    selling for £120 in japan, £130 in USA.

  14. samudabamu Unregistered 4 years ago

    Okay can someone fill me in.
    Can you play with the wirless lan i.e. Im in english class and my friend upstairs is doing science will we be able to connect.
    Also is there any way of contacting people using the PSP.
    Lastly whats the max range of the wireless lan?

  15. fred Unregistered 4 years ago

    poop

  16. daryl simmons Unregistered 4 years ago

    I can't wait for playstation 3 to come out my first game will be tekken 6 and is the console going to be a hard drive?

  17. minature Unregistered 3 years ago

    i cant decide wats better ds or psp as ds has touch screen and talkin access but the psp has better graphics etc tell me wich 1 to get pls : - )

  18. jimm bob Unregistered 3 years ago

    isnt a psp a ps2 but handheld

  19. daanis Unregistered 3 years ago

    tingana daanis
    y all the fuss with ps3 and psx. wait till ps3 gets old den release psx
    dundit

  20. yo Unregistered 3 years ago

    bob, forget msn, dis is sik
    Danis and tingana, pundit wid gandat

  21. didly bob dely Unregistered 3 years ago

    jaanis of dodly

  22. bibbbbbbbbbbbly Unregistered 3 years ago

    VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
    are u playing out today

  23. Ralph Unregistered 2 years ago

    how could i download PSP game with out paying

  24. Night mare Unregistered 2 years ago

    WELL KURT youi should know the mermory stick duo is about ur thump OK bitch sorry don't mean that way BITCH