The first glimpse of the PlayStation Portable – or, at least, look at the device’s conceived look – was offered by Sony at its Corporate Strategy Meeting in New York last night.
Sony unveiled the production visual in a meeting that also underlined the increasing power of the SCE and PlayStation elements of the company’s business.
PlayStation boss Ken Kutaragi hosted a presentation that touched upon not only the PSP, but also the imminent PSX with a much emphasised push on the new PlayStation unit’s role as a ‘home server’.
As for the PSP design, the visualised look for the unit features a widescreen display and a style many have already likened to an Apple iPod. At the same time, the originally mooted added Dual Shock stick and shoulder buttons are absent from this production design, suggesting that the machine could well change shape considerably between now and the launch in late 2004.
