{"id":547,"date":"2006-03-02T18:09:33","date_gmt":"2006-03-02T10:09:33","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-06-25T11:55:05","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T03:55:05","slug":"psp_redesign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2006\/03\/02\/psp_redesign\/","title":{"rendered":"PSP redesign"},"content":{"rendered":"

It had to happen eventually! After my multiple previous<\/a> Nintendo<\/a> DS<\/a> redesigns<\/a> and my XboxMove<\/a> concept handheld, and with rumours of a new model PSP floating about the ‘net, I had<\/em> to give the PSP a virtual makeover. I hadn’t bothered with a PSP redesign before because… well.. frankly, it’s already pretty damn sexy.<\/p>\n

I decided to make this one a (much more practical) clamshell design, but tried to keep the style very<\/em> close to the original PSP. After spending some time working with images of the original PSP, I don’t actually think Sony’s design is going to age well. That logo and silver circle on the back in particular… it’s so… 2005.<\/p>\n

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As you can see, I’ve recessed all the controls and changed the analog button (often complained about) to an analog stick, moved it somewhere useful (another common complaint), and added a second stick (everyone’s PSP dream!). The control layout is the same as the Dual Shock 2 controller, so that should keep people happy \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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So there it is. I like how the unit looks when closed, but there is something that irritates me about all that empty space when the unit is open. I feel like adding another screen… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Thoughts? Comments? All are appreciated.<\/p>\n

A size comparision to the real PSP and individual images of the open console, front, and back are after the jump.<\/p>\n

Update: Fixed images (dpad down arrow and playstation logo).<\/em>
\nUpdate: Fixed “promotional flyer” image (the console was the wrong size!).<\/em><\/p>\n

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It’s not really that much smaller than the real PSP, but I think it makes it small enough to comfortably put on a pocket. Also, since it’s a clamshell, you could actually do that without worrying about the screen!<\/p>\n

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Hmmm, when looking at the image below I realised that I forgot to add the Playstation logo to the top right corner… oh well. (Update: fixed!<\/em>)<\/p>\n

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I also didn’t bother drawing buttons around the “start”, “select”, and other options… um… it’s a “feature”…<\/p>\n

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Disclaimer: I don’t have a PSP or a Memory Stick DUO, so I have no idea if the Memory Stick slot in this redesign is actually big enough.<\/p>\n

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It had to happen eventually! After my multiple previous Nintendo DS redesigns and my XboxMove concept handheld, and with rumours of a new model PSP floating about the ‘net, I had to give the PSP a virtual makeover. I hadn’t bothered with a PSP redesign before because… well.. frankly, it’s already pretty damn sexy. I … Continue reading “PSP redesign”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paLsRH-8P","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3888,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions\/3888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}