PSP-3000 screen is berry colorful

by Andrew Yoon { Aug 21st 2008 at 9:30PM }

Famitsu posted some comparison shots of the new PSP-3000 and the older PSP-2000 series, and this is easily the most interesting one to note. Here, you see how much better images off the new screen hold up in comparison to the old one. Looks like we're going to have to change our PSP nicknaming system:

PSP-1000: PSP Phat
PSP-2000: ~~PSP Lite~~ PSP Dim
PSP-3000: PSP Brite?

Help us brainstorm here, folks.

[Thanks, Zach M.!]

Tags: famitsu, psp, psp-3000, psp-brite, screen

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

saito ps3 @ Aug 21st 2008 9:35PM

this is cool, but i dont think im going to buy it, i have the psp 2000 version, and unless that one breaks, im not getting a new one, ill wait for psp2

Eric E @ Aug 22nd 2008 9:34AM

All Sony is teaching me is "don't buy our hardware, something better will come out right after you do for the same price"
Im guessing right after everyone gets their hands on this they'll announce psp2 or psp4000, now with hat!

Jacksons @ Aug 22nd 2008 11:37AM

Eric E

Small improvements whenever they become financially possibly draw in new customers. I assure you the iPod would not be as popular as it is today if Apple had made the original 5 GB model and stuck with it for 10 years. As long as mine doesn't go obsolete, I'm fine with little fine-tunings.

xtremefro @ Aug 21st 2008 9:37PM

PSP Shine

PSP Killuh

PSP Glow

PSP Radiance

PSP Best

myuusmeow @ Aug 21st 2008 9:52PM

I like the last one, but it would have to be changed to something like "PSP Best Until Next Year When We Want to Make A New PSP"... not too catchy anymore though.

c_judicator @ Aug 21st 2008 11:06PM

Radiance could work. The PSP Radiance, PSP Rad for short. Probably cliche, but I'd be ok with that one.

lorddshadow @ Aug 21st 2008 9:41PM

and i thought the lite had good picture! dayum! it's like the mini portable ps3. psp3 FTW!!!

silentshadowxp @ Aug 21st 2008 9:46PM

i don't think it's necessarily brighter, just more glare resistant

Stza @ Aug 21st 2008 9:53PM

how bout
psp phat
psp lite
psp less than a year fn ripoff

andwhyisit @ Aug 21st 2008 10:14PM

Too long a name.

Stza @ Aug 22nd 2008 11:57AM

but true ;)
ok how bout
psp ripoff

DarkSituation @ Aug 21st 2008 10:03PM

I agree, the difference seems to be more from glare-reduction than brightness.

andwhyisit @ Aug 21st 2008 10:12PM

PSP Phat
PSP Slim
PSP...

..I have no idea.

PSP-3000 until something catches on.

RiffRaff @ Oct 8th 2008 12:04AM

How bout psp2soon

Kevin Gass @ Aug 21st 2008 10:13PM

Does the Sony logo light up?

Virtuous @ Aug 21st 2008 10:28PM

Sony is picking up the bad habits of Nintendo.

jake @ Aug 22nd 2008 8:30AM

Why do you say that? It is kinda wierd though, i thought the next model of a playstation portable would be psp2, not an updated version of an updated version of the original psp. Didn't they say psp2 would be at least end of 09? i don't get why they couldn't have left features like these for the next psp.

gurbinder @ Aug 22nd 2008 10:09AM

I heard the psp would be a 10 year thing....

WhiteShield @ Aug 23rd 2008 12:20PM

do you mean that they are copying how nintendo came out with pokemon games like every year? or how there are like 5 or 6 different variations of the game boy?

Ben @ Aug 21st 2008 10:37PM

I want to know if the screen actually has a cover over it now. Placing protectors on my Slim gets pretty annoying.

Vidaluko @ Aug 21st 2008 10:39PM

That´s false, look at the PSP, not the screen, it has less light, the angle helps to show it better....

I think that if they put the PSP 3000 in the top, and the 2000 in the bottom, they would look very similar to this picture...

Jerry @ Aug 22nd 2008 9:11AM

I agree. You see this kind of crap all of the time. The PSP 3000 case looks like a darker black, too. Where if you notice in the previous pictures, they look to be the same exact shade of black. Its all in the angle.. They're just making something look better/worse than it actually is.

Hawk_r @ Aug 22nd 2008 8:44AM

I agree, look closely at the case. Lot more glare on the upper one. Odd?

Hugo @ Aug 22nd 2008 7:30PM

I agree, that's true, they're just trying to make some publicity, aren't they?

cowbob9999 @ Aug 21st 2008 10:39PM

oh snaps
it used to say sony on the top right and now its on the top left

Don @ Aug 22nd 2008 1:53PM

Good catch! And not only is the PS logo moved to the HOME button, they removed it from the body... too bad, I think it belongs up there in the corner by the screen....

Shinogu @ Aug 21st 2008 10:41PM

PSP-1000: PSP Brick
PSP-2000: PSP Slim and Lite
PSP-3000: PSP Slim, Lite and Brite

andwhyisit @ Aug 21st 2008 11:32PM

PSP Phat and PSP Slim are the most widely accepted names for the PSP-1000 and PSP-2000 builds from what I remember.

Toa Takanuva @ Aug 21st 2008 10:54PM

POP (Planned Obsolescence Portable). It's the new goddamn iPod. The DS has only seen one revision, and one could legitimately argue that it actually made it worse (nicer screen, but I never upgraded, and I only know one person whose DS lite screen has never broken at least once).

Manuel @ Aug 21st 2008 11:01PM

Nail.Hammer.Head How bout they focus more on the Content, instead of the showboating.

It's like that blonde bimbo. (no offense meant for any women, blondes, or otherwise affluent high-income allowance earners).

Sukino @ Aug 21st 2008 11:15PM

Weird. I've had my DS lite for almost two years and I've not had any problems with breakage of any kind.

aj @ Aug 22nd 2008 2:05AM

In my experience, the DS Lite only breaks if you really try to break it. Or maybe I bought the DS Titanium on accident....

I've not had my PSP long enough to know just how tough she is, so I shall not comment on that.

Manuel @ Aug 21st 2008 10:58PM

I think the glare is reduced significantly. But this picture is misleading because of the angle of both PSP. How about you ACTUALLY take it outside!

I know it seems like Sony is read a book from Nintendo. But I think they're giving us choices, not F'ing us over. It's the capitolist consumerism in you that thinks it needs the latest and greatest, and doesn't appreciate the greatness they already have in their hands.

(R.I.P Dreamcast)