Sony Telling People The PSP2 Is As Powerful As A PS3 [Rumor]

A report on trade site MCV reckons Sony has been telling ” licensees” – ie the folks making games for it – that the PSP2 ” ‘is as powerful as the PlayStation 3″ .

It’s component to a clear strategy Sony has for the approaching (and still not yet officially unveiled) handheld, that is that it’s ” specifically requesting richer, more in-depth content to tell apart its device from app-centric Apple and Android devices.”

Like its own PlayStation Phone , as an instance.

The same report claims that while downloads will play a huge part within the system’s game library, the PSP2 may also use physical media so that its games could be sold in retail stores. It also states the hand held shall be out in Q4 2011, possibly as early as October.

There’s even word it’s going to include some variety of phone (remember, the current PSP can be utilized as a Skype device), though ” not as a chief function” .

Before you spit internet coffee worldwide yourself, remember the PSP2 probably won’t actually be as powerful as a PS3. But on a smaller screen, it’s going to manage – similar to the PSP did with the PS2 – to look as though it’s pretty close.

Kotaku is following up with Sony and may update should the company comment.

PSP2 as powerful as PS3, set for Q4 launch [MCV]

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