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More speculation about the 'PSP2' has emerged, this time suggesting that the console will feature a touchscreen.

IGN reported the rumour and claim that their sources have informed them that the PSP2 will feature a multi-touch screen. In English please doctor! Basically that means players will be able to touch the screen in several different places at the same time.

A touch screen would hardly come as a surprise to anyone. After all the Nintendo DS has been extremely successful using the technology, and it is working well for Apple with the iPhone. The rumoured PSP2 will be the first true successor to the PSP if the speculation is true. Since it's initial launch in 2005 the PSP has undergone some minor transformations, but is yet to have a fully fledged successor.

No more information was presented from this 'source' besides the fact that the PSP2 is "coming soon".

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Cliche
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Touch screens are never all that great except in maybe navigating in menus. It seems like they would just use it for marketing rather then anything else, kind of like the DS and iPhone, the touch screen felt like only something to grab attention.
3 days ago
Booth
azn_kvn69
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A touch screen would be a great addition to the psp.
3 days ago
MELBOURNE
slicingman
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would make internet searches so much easyer... and they should put more ram in it and flash updates. that way it could be a much better gaming console with internet capabilitys
4 days ago
Esperance
pattyc
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whose fingers that!?!
4 days ago
nsw
insectoid
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Kespen said:A touch-screen can only increase a console's potential after all.


But it's 50/50 whether that potential will be used, or whether it will spawn gimmicky games.
4 days ago
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fatpumba3
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TomStones said: I find touch screens annoying



I don't have a problem with a touch screen as long as its not used in the games.Then it would be annoying.If they were going to use a touch screen I would only like it to be for menu navigation.
4 days ago
Sydney,Australia
Kespen
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I wantz HDUMDs.
(Not Blu-ray UMDs, that'd suck.)

IMO, a touch screen would only be useful for navigating through menus.
And browsing teh interwebs.
A touch-screen can only increase a console's potential after all.
4 days ago
[X] Krew Co-Leader - Put THAT in ur Googlez adn search et!1 - Sydney NSW
TomStones
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I find touch screens annoying
4 days ago
Geelong VIC ~ [X] Krew for life =D
cam0007
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as long as it doesnt play psp umds
4 days ago
stay off my lawn....... he he he
mateo1
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mebe there will be a second joystick. AND HOMEBREW.
4 days ago
RIP t-bag
Lewace11
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*gets excited*

A touchscreen would be a nice wee feature, but it'd be kinda pointless for games

Hopefully game developers don't over use the touch screen on the PSP2 as much as it's overused on the DS.
4 days ago
www.lewace11.co.uk |::| Edinburgh, UK (:
jakliu100
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hmm would be good but then a we might need a fold over screen to protect the touch area..
4 days ago
Manchester, UK
gdmatt
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BJ2 said: maybe they'll follow the trend of their controllers and make it look the same as the original but with a touchscreen



Maybe. But by the looks of things, that are more concerned about making a multimedia device then handheld. Which is the wrong approach.
5 days ago
abuu91s bf - Melbourne, Victoria
BJ2
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maybe they'll follow the trend of their controllers and make it look the same as the original but with a touchscreen
5 days ago
Candy Mountain
gdmatt
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A touch screen? If the games are the same as they are now, no way a touchscreen will convince me to buy it.
5 days ago
abuu91s bf - Melbourne, Victoria
ROOK1E
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ICC LIES !

i'm joking ben .

ily s2 ~

hmm .

why do things have to keep coming out ..

i need money you know ... -.-
5 days ago
+<3 JLA s2
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