PSP2 Will Pack More Horses Than Xbox 360
Sony's rumored PSP2 will supposedly pack more horses and RAM than Microsoft's Xbox 360 stable.
As if to completely annihilate any theories that the PSP2 and PlayStation Phone could be the same device, new rumors have surfaced indicating that the PSP2 will pack more processing power than Microsoft's current Xbox 360.
There's good reason why the PSP2 is a hot topic--it could pose as a serious threat to Apple's iOS platform. As reported Thursday, the PSP platform is backed by Sony's PlayStation Network service offering games, movies, and television shows. The only thing it lacks is music, productive apps, and a device that can access the store anywhere.
Friday's rumors surrounding the PSP2 centers on three factors--that it won't feature a UMD drive (even though Sony said it wasn't abandoning the format), the device's alleged codename "Veta," and hardware specs that will supposedly rival the Xbox 360 console in terms of pure processing.
As a comparison, the PSPgo and PSP 3000 use a MIPS R4000 CPU clocked up to 333 MHz and a mere 64 MB of RAM. The Xbox 360 features a 3.2 GHz CPU and 512 MB of RAM. The upcoming PSP 2 handheld will supposedly feature 1 GB of RAM-- that's just insane when compared to the previous model's specs.
Right now Sony is supposedly deciding over how PSP2 owners will store games. Without a UMD drive, the install load should be massive at best-- single layer UMD discs contain 900 MB whereas the dual layer discs contain 1.8 GB. New PSP2 games should require significantly more storage space, possibly around 5 GB or more (that's a guess). There also needs to be room for movies, TV shows, digital comics and whatever else Sony plans to throw on the PlayStation Network.
Could the PSP2 and PlayStation Phone still be the same device? At this point it's still possible. The phone is slated to feature a 1 GHz Qualcomm CPU, 512 MB of RAM, 1 GB of internal storage, and an HD-capable screen ranging from 3.7 to 4.1-inches. The lack of a UMD actually works in this theory's favor, however the CPU aspect just doesn't pan out, especially if the new Sony unit will surpass the Xbox 360.
Then again, there are reports that two form factors were shown during the Tokyo Game Show. Perhaps Sony plans to offer two versions with the same base smartphone features--one that plays the new PSP2 games (long form factor) and one that doesn't (slide-out form factor), offering only "minis" on the gaming side.
Still, if the PSP2/PSPhone device is more powerful than the Xbox 360, wouldn't that diminish the value of Sony's other platform, the PlayStation 3? Where's Mystery, Inc. when we need them? Jinkies!
Update: More PlayStation Phone images have appeared showing Android 2.2, 512 MB of internal storage and a 8 GB microSD card inserted. The phone is also codenamed "Zeus."
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Man, does that mean the psp2 will eat up its battery right after the greeting screen? I hope Sony read Xbox 360's specs correctly before making this statement! That would be too much power in too little device.
They forgot to mention that you have a wear a battery pack in order to run the thing.
I think this supports the notion that there needs to be an xbox 720 or whatever.
If you think about it, a dualcore ATOM processor would be pretty close, or even faster than the Xbox 360's processor so it isn't completely unbelievable in that aspect. The question remains, is the GPU as fast? Hard to say.
Also, you have to remember the Xbox 360 will be processing at near 720p or higher levels, where as this portable gaming device might only a have a resolution of 480x240 or something similar. That would mean that in a relative sense, the games could be more advanced.
I'm not sure what to think at this point. On one hand the Xbox 360's tech is pretty ancient and there are a lot of excellent mobile technologies coming out, but on the other, how can something like that function with any battery life at all. the PSP had 4-7 hours depending on the exact unit, the usage, and the firmware. That was still considered low.
the battery life would be murder
wonder how hot it runs
"If you think about it, a dualcore ATOM processor would be pretty close, or even faster than the Xbox 360's processor so it isn't completely unbelievable in that aspect. The question remains, is the GPU as fast? Hard to say."
I don't own a 360 but the 360 has a 3 core 2 threads per core. 3.2Ghz Xenon based CPU... So a dual core ATOM wouldn't come close unless it was clocked at something like 5Ghz.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenon_(processor)
I agree about the battery life of this thing.
Who writes these articles?
Seriously when I started reading it I somehow tought it was April fool's day.
Complete horsesh1t! X360 will be far more powerful than any hand held battery operated device until manufacturing processes are around 4nm, or until laptop capacity batteries can be made small enough for handhelds.
As Jonathan said. ATOM is not even close to the power of the x360 cpu.
I have to agree with ispam, A single core atom would most likely eat a 1ghz snapdragon cpu. the Xbox 360 has a 3.2ghz tri core powerpc cpu. If it was x86 it would proberly be as fast as one of them Amd athlon II x3 2.7ghz cpus. And yea KonathanDeane has a point ive seen a 1ghz snapdragon phone the games looked detialed for a phone but nothing like a Xbox 360 if you put it on a 55inch LCD tv even even proberly on a 22inch 1080p pc screen it will look like crap.
If you think about it, a dualcore ATOM processor would be pretty close, or even faster than the Xbox 360's processor so it isn't completely unbelievable in that aspect. The question remains, is the GPU as fast? Hard to say.Also, you have to remember the Xbox 360 will be processing at near 720p or higher levels, where as this portable gaming device might only a have a resolution of 480x240 or something similar. That would mean that in a relative sense, the games could be more advanced.I'm not sure what to think at this point. On one hand the Xbox 360's tech is pretty ancient and there are a lot of excellent mobile technologies coming out, but on the other, how can something like that function with any battery life at all. the PSP had 4-7 hours depending on the exact unit, the usage, and the firmware. That was still considered low.
What are you drinking my fellow?
I highly doubt
With a tricore and two threads per core CPU the the Xbox 360 has...and a handheld console is supposed to rival that? The RAM, maybe, but in terms of a processor...Nah! Unless the already have a deal with some aliens on extra-terrestrial technology. Then It could be. also I couldn't imagine a guy playing on that and 15 min. later (I just try to be positive) looking for an outlet to keep playing/recharge the device.
I have to agree with ispam, A single core atom would most likely eat a 1ghz snapdragon cpu. the Xbox 360 has a 3.2ghz tri core powerpc cpu. If it was x86 it would proberly be as fast as one of them Amd athlon II x3 2.7ghz cpus. .
I highly doubt that an xbox 360 proc is near the same speed as as Athlon 2. Its almost 5 years now, give SOME credit to technological growth -_-
With great power, comes great responsibility.
The Xbox 360 features a custom 64 bit "triple core" 3.2 GHz CPU and 512 MB of RAM. - There I fixed it.
The 360's CPU is capable of 96 gflops, its GPU is capable of 240 gflops. To have a mobile device with this kind of cpu power they would need to something ten times the power of the tegra. Unless they are releaseing a octo core cell processor for mobile devices I jsut don't see how this is possible.
1 GB of RAM? Games fitting on 900 MB or 1.8GB storage units? Something doesn't add up. Either the games need larger capacity storage units or the 1 GB of RAM might be useless.
It's really not hard for a handheld today to beat the specs of a 5+ year old system.. no real surprises here at all.
HAHAHAHAHA, memory maybe, proc no, GPU, not a chance in bloody hell. I would be curious to know how the 360 proc stacks up to the Athlon 2/intel chips. I would suspect slower but they poured tons of resources into the 360 and cell chips and IBM had a huge lead on multi core performance. The 360 proc can also run 2 threads per core giving 6 total threads. http://domino.research.ibm.com/com [...] index.html
Why is this comparison even being made ?
I mean, after the first few paragraphs everybody, including the author, agrees the CPU is not possible to be comparable to the Xbox360. All that is left is the RAM.
But then again, the PS3 ALSO has ONLY 515MB total memory. Let me guess, Sony is trying not to devalue the PS3's ridiculous RAM amount, and instead deviates attention to... the Xbox360's equally ridiculous RAM amount. LOLOLOL
Let's see.. current Netbooks have more RAM than either.. so there you go. Not as exciting, but factually correct. heheheh
I would be curious to know how the 360 proc stacks up to the Athlon 2/intel chips.[...] index.html
Desktop CPU's run x86 code. The Xenos cpu has a much smaller instruction set as its required to perform a much smaller set of tasks. It would be difficult to get an apples to apples comparison, but the I7 980XE performs at 107 gflops on x86, xbox 90gflops on risc x64.
Regardless, I think we all agree the Xbox 360 is due for a hardware upgrade.
It's $ony you could have a hemi in that thing only to be limit by valve displacement. Don't expect a miracle, And don't expect it to keep any great feature ( piracy concerns)
the xbox 1 has a 733 Mhz Processor and 64 MB Ram. Maybe they were talking about that and got confused? and traditionally the psp only had 32MB ram. I don't think games are allowed to use the other 32 for same of backwards compatibility.
1 GB of RAM? Games fitting on 900 MB or 1.8GB storage units? Something doesn't add up. Either the games need larger capacity storage units or the 1 GB of RAM might be useless.
ummmmm..... he said RAM not ROM. storage ranges from 8gb to whatever via micro sd
Remember though, Sony DID launch a handheld about 5 years after the PS2, and it had comparable horsepower.
The fact they might have a handheld to match, or even beat the 360 after the 5 years it has been released sounds totally feasable. Practical? Maybe not. But we'll see.
It's really not hard for a handheld today to beat the specs of a 5+ year old system.. no real surprises here at all.
Remember though, Sony DID launch a handheld about 5 years after the PS2, and it had comparable horsepower.The fact they might have a handheld to match, or even beat the 360 after the 5 years it has been released sounds totally feasable. Practical? Maybe not. But we'll see.
Yes. Whether it's more powerful or not is probably not the important question. It's going to need a lot more than just insane power to be a successful handheld. Specifics on Backwards Compatibility, Battery Life, Connectivity and others come to mind.
Holy mother of God, that would be insanity in your hands! And just imagine all that heat...
Why are you all talking about power? It clearly says Horses. How Sony is gonna cram horses into something so small, remains to be seen.
Well to date, there hasn't been many xbox games featuring a lot of horses. Maybe that's what Sony is intending here...
While I wouldn't say its impossible to make a handheld that could exceed the 360 specs I certainly don't think we will be seeing such within the next generation of handhelds.
In fact this is nothing more than a silly rumor and there is no reason to take it seriously.
Why is such rumors and speculation even making it to be news here?