Price and more revealed for PSP camera, GPS addon [Update 1]

by Chris Powell { Aug 31st 2006 at 2:15PM }

A German video-game news site is reporting Sony has finally released some solid information about its two upcoming PSP peripherals - the camera and GPS add-on.

According to the site, the PSP camera will be released in Japan Nov. 2 for 5,000 Yen (roughly $43) and will have 480x272 resolution for videos and 640x480 resolution for photos. In addition, it will be able to record 15 seconds of video and will be bundled with Chotto Shot photo software.

The GPS add-on will be released in Japan Dec. 7 for 6000 Yen (about $51) and will include Navigation software. Also, it the following games will have GPS support: Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops, HomeStar Portable, and Everybody's Golf.

Still no word on a North American release date. Schucks.

[Thanks daniel-kun! Via Evil Avatar]

[Update 1, from Andrew, because he loves you. New, shinier pictures attached. Stolen from Joystiq]

Tags: camera, gps, homestar, metal gear, MetalGear, peripheral, peripherals, psp

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

pixelator @ Aug 31st 2006 3:12PM

If the PSP camera is limited to 15sec vids even if you have a high capacity Memory Stick to save to, that's pretty lame - even an average PDA or phone can at least tell if there's a memory card present to utilize. I hope they're talking about bare minimum specs or something.

Pricing on the GPS sounds pretty good - if it's a halfway decent receiver and supported with a good assortment of maps, it's definitely worthwhile.

greenie @ Aug 31st 2006 5:13PM

640x480 is not equivalent to 1.3 MegaPixels which you can clearly see on the front of the unit. 1280x1024 on the other hand is.

Saying this I can imagin that there will be different resolution settings, 640x480 representing one of the lower settings.

Joe Jordan @ Aug 31st 2006 5:37PM

Is there any news at all about a navigation UMD that uses the PSP's GPS attachment, because I'm not buying the attachment unless I can get something like that :P

ronturon @ Aug 31st 2006 8:04PM

15 seconds of video on the camera? my celfone records longer than that! what's the point of recording 15 seconds of video? i'm not dissing sony since i'm a psp fanboy but sony is just making simple things so complicated.

and from the look of things, these will be released in 2007 here in the U.S. when will sony appreciate us U.S. fanboys first?

just my two cents.