Sony making a cellphone/game gear hybrid according to Nikkei

Written on 6/27/2009 01:02:00 PM by poison_ivy

Looks like my prediction that the PSP Go! is actually a PSP Phone is waaayy off because the PSP Go! has actually been confirmed a few months ago. But even though there's still no PSP Phone in the horizon, according to Nikkei, Sony is trying to come up with a cellphone/game gear hybrid (now why don't they just call it a PSP Phone?).

According to Yahoo News, Sony is planning to set up a project team as early as July to develop a new product. This is because Sony seems to be seeing the iPhone as a threat to their PSP since a number of game makers are offering software for the iPod and iPhone.

If I'm on the product team, I'll just make the PSP GO much more pleasing to look at, make the front screen a full touchscreen and then retain the game controllers, there you have it, a hybrid cellphone/game gear.