Sony dispels PSP redesign rumors…
… for now, anyways. There was a huge internet fiasco last week when new PSP “Lite” rumors surfaced. However, John Koller was quick to dispel the rumors on the official PlayStation Blog with this update. “We haven’t announced anything about a new PSP, much less one that would have any phone capabilities. As SCEA’s resident PSP guru, I’m thrilled to hear that there’s so much interest in the platform, but sorry folks, these reports floating around fall into the rumors/speculation category.”
The significant thing to note here is that this is coming from John Koller, Sony’s Senior Marketing Manager for the PSP. His job is literally to get people to go out and buy a PSP [or two]. If Sony did announce a PSP redesign now, then PSP sales would plummet until the new model was released. They want to keep selling the current model for as long as possible.
Also interesting to note is that he never says that a PSP redesign isn’t coming. He strategically phrases the post around this fact. Hopefully we’ll learn something new at this year’s E3.
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