It appears as if Sony is now charging headlong into the mobile phone industry by creating a hybrid gaming phone based on the design of the current PSP Go. This would support the rumors that Sony was looking to make a move into the mobile phone market, but perhaps the numbers above have forced their hand a little prematurely.

According to AppleInsider, the phone would be based on Android 3.0 (aka Gingerbread) and use “PSP-like” controls instead of the standard QWERTY keyboards. It’s being more specifically described as a combination of the Samsung Captivate and the PSP Go. I’ll let your minds create the product.

Sony would definitely be playing a game of catch up in this space since Apple is already working on creating an iOS4 centralized gaming hub that would contain leader boards, track friends, and build an entire social community around their gamers. Add to that the fact that Apple has been rumored to purchase a Chinese game making company into the mix and there is no doubt that Apple is looking to eat up market share very quickly.

I can see how Sony would be threatened by this considering that the PSP, while nice in style, has not come close to outselling or matching the long time champion of mobile gaming, Nintendo. As for Nintendo, while they are sitting high on the mountain, Apple has proven that they can indeed make a splash in the market. We saw it with mp3 players, we saw it with the iPhone, more recently tablets, and now perhaps a gaming system.

• Windows 7 Phone Sexes Up the Market – February 18, 2010
• Foxconn Producing Over 30 million iPhone 5 Handsets in 2011 – September 9, 2011
• Apple Approves Google Voice iPhone Apps – September 20, 2010
• China Launches iPhone 4 – September 20, 2010
• Verizon to Bolster Apple Bottom Line? – August 17, 2010

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New Games: PlayStation 3

• Metal Gear Solid: Rising
• Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
• EyePet
• Free Realms
• Gran Turismo 5
• Saw II
• Killzone 3
• LittleBigPlanet 2
• Move Party
• PlayStation Move games
• SOCOM 4
• Sports Champions
• Slider
• TV Superstars
• The Fight: Lights Out
• The Last Guardian
• The Shoot
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
• Clash of the Titans
• Enslaved
• Splatterhouse
• Mafia II
• Fallout: New Vegas
• Hunted: The Demon’s Forge
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3
• Bionic Commando Rearmed 2
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned
• Toy Story 3: The Video Game
• Lego Star Wars III
• Monkey Island 2 SE
• The Force Unleashed II
• R.U.S.E
• Shaun White Skateboarding
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
• Tom Clancy’s HAWX 2

New Games: Nintendo Wii

• Metroid
• Zelda Wii
• Wii Party
• The Cages: Pro Style Batting Practice (Wii)
• Lego Star Wars III
• The Force Unleashed II
• Shaun White Skateboarding
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

XBOX

• Fable III
• Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
• Gears of War 3
• Halo: Reach
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
• Metal Gear Solid: Rising
• N3: Ninety-Nine Nights II
• Saw II
• Clash of the Titans
• Enslaved
• Splatterhouse
• Mafia II
• Fallout: New Vegas
• Hunted: The Demon’s Forge
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned
• Toy Story 3: The Video Game
• Lego Star Wars III
• Monkey Island 2 SE
• The Force Unleashed II
• R.U.S.E
• Shaun White Skateboarding
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
• Tom Clancy’s HAWX 2

New Games: PSP

• Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip
• God of War: Ghost of Sparta
• Invizimals
• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
• Ace Combat: Joint Assault
• Lego Star Wars III
• The Force Unleashed II
• Valkyria Chronicles II
• Shaun White Skateboarding
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier

Ready to make your pick?

• eBOX Arriving in China (Instead of XBOX Kinect) – August 15, 2010
• Sony Rumored to Release iTunes Competitor – September 1, 2010
• Sony Will Block PlayStations with PSJailBreak – August 29, 2010
• Eye Mario Bros – August 15, 2010
• PlayStation 3: Unbreakable – July 16, 2010

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This PSP Go rent will have the cost of $3.5 (US dollars) and you’ll get the PSP Go device with 16GB, having several game titles loaded by default (there are no confirmations about this), or even including some movies.

Even though this could mean a great boost for PSP devices, Sony is not currently participating with this strategy together with the airline. Sony’s struggling to maintain the PSP business that in the last couple of years is battling with iPhone apps and games that are almost the same quality but far cheaper.

So, if you were looking for an excuse to get a flight to Korea, this is your chance!

• E3 2010: New Games – June 15, 2010
• Sony’s Walkman 30 Years – July 3, 2009
• PSP Go! Almost There – June 1, 2009
• Introducing the PS Vita – June 8, 2011
• Sony PSP NGP “PSP 2″ Specs and Images – January 28, 2011

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Sony is still trying to make a revolutionary product release that they didn’t have particulary since the first portable audio player hit the market. They are having a rough year (first annual loss balance in 14 years) and they don’t have so great expectations for next year either. Most of the hopes are placed in PlayStation 3 (mainly based on two things, the release of the slim version and waiting for the blu-ray to become a real home standard), and also the portable new console PSP Go!

Getting back to the walkman’s story, here’s a quick and funny image that a friend of mine sent me today:

• Sony Rumored to Release iTunes Competitor – September 1, 2010
• E3 2010: New Games – June 15, 2010
• Introducing the PS Vita – June 8, 2011
• Geohot Takes Donations to Flee the Country and Skip His Sony Court Battle – March 24, 2011
• Playstation Move Could Be Moving Onto a PC – February 3, 2011

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Some of them:

• ~ 43% lighter. The previous version didn’t feel like too heavy, but if this one is lighter, even better.

• Versions with 8/16 gb internal memory.

• 3.8-inch screen. It is not a touch-screen if you want to ask. Maybe we can expect that feature on next version.

• Bluetooth and Wi-Fi support.

• Games announced so far: Little Big Planet, Jak & Daxter, Gran Turismo and Metal Gear Solid.

• Price: So far, Unknown. But it should be around $250 or $300, don’t you think?

Most of this information it is not “official” and we are expecting the response from Sony any moment now. Considering that not only all this data has been revealed (leaked or not), there was also photos of this new model (Eurogamer photo gallery).

And this interview from Sony Qore with John Koller:

They sure will be insisting on having this PSP as the portable PS3. And I love that!

• Introducing the PS Vita – June 8, 2011
• E3 2010: New Games – June 15, 2010
• Travel with a Korean Airline and Get your PSP Go! – January 21, 2010
• Sony’s Walkman 30 Years – July 3, 2009
• PS3 price drop (prediction) – June 11, 2009

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