Aaron ThomasLet's get this out of the way first, before Gamespot accuses us of thinking
it's real. This is a mock-up of what a PSP Mini could look like – it's not the
real thing. That said, with the runaway success that Apple has seen with the
iPod Mini, and the fact that even the GameBoy Micro is poised to sell a ton of
units, it's not unreasonable to think that Sony will at some point look to
redesign the PSP. Obviously the biggest change made to the system in this
concept picture is that the screen is now a flip-top, which allows the buttons
to be placed closer together, thus decreasing the width of the system, while at
the same time protecting the screen. Other than that, there's not a whole lot
different.
There's no way that anything like this is imminent, but given how fast
technology changes, and taking into account the fact that the original
PlayStation and the PlayStation 2 received slimmed down models, I'd say chances
are pretty good that we'll one day see a sleeker, slimmer PSP.
