The event currently going down at Leipzig is now officially more exciting than E3. Taking the ace out of its sleeve, Sony has just officially announced the PSP-3000 at their press conference. Speculate no more folks, here's the skinny.
According to David Reeves, the PSP-3000 will have its own built-in microphone, and has an enhanced LCD screen that will increase intensity and the number of colours that can be displayed and is easier to view in natural light."
That's a pic of it up there. The unit will launch on October 15 in PAL territories, tagged at EUR 199 (US 292).
Article originally posted Aug 20, 2008 at 08:50AM
Update We now also got word from the US Sony blogs that the PSP-3000 is also coming to North America as part of the Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters PSP Entertainment Pack bundle. They've also now announced a PSP 4GB Memory Entertainment Pack which includes a 4GB memstick PRO Duo.
The Entertainment Packs with the updated PSP-3000 will be retailed for the same standard price of US 199.99. And later on this year, Sony will be releasing the PSP-3000 Core Pack, which will also keep its regular price of US 169.99.
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