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UMD–free PSP2 coming this year?

To be honest, we're still mulling over rumours of a rejigged PSP 4000. But it looks as if the much–hyped PSP2 is fighting its way back to the fo

Speaking to GameDaily, Acclaim’s Dave Perry said, “I can’t reveal my sources, but you can be certain there’s no UMD, which means a fully digital online device, and you know I know people.”

In a Twitter post yesterday, Perry claimed Sony finally had a working model of the PSP2, and knew of a developer who was already working on titles for the new handheld. He suggested you’ll be buying games on memory sticks now that the UMD is being retired.

What do we think? Sony’s definitely got something lined up. Their own spokesman told Stuff earlier this week that, “These stories have been circulating for a while, so we’ll see what happens at the trade shows in the summer.”

Whether it’s the PSP 4000 or PSP2, something is clearly in the works. We’ll be heading to E3 this summer to get the full skinny, so make sure you stay tuned for all the news as we get it.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home