The new device will bring PlayStation 3-quality games to the portable space for the first time.

With Nintendo delivering the first autostereoscopic 3D gaming experience to the world on February 26, Sony Computer Entertainment has shown its latest PlayStation Portable device to the Japanese press. Codenamed NGP (next generation portable entertainment system), the new device will ship by the end of this year and bring PlayStation 3-quality games to the portable space for the first time. NGP is a separate portable gaming device from the rumored PlayStation Phone that Sony Ericsson has been developing, which is expected to debut at the Mobile World Congress in February.
Michael Pachter, video game analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities, expects the NGP to retail for $250. He forecasts Sony will sell 15 million NGP devices in its first year.
 
Sony is also going to compete directly with Apple and its iPhone and iPad gaming business by offering PlayStation games on Android phones and tablet devices. PlayStation Suite (PS Suite) will allow consumers who own any of the growing number of Android phones and tablet devices from companies like Motorola, LG, and HTC to purchase PlayStation games from Sony and other game publishers through a PlayStation Store. PS Suite will launch later this year.
 
This marks the first time that PlayStation games will be available on any device not made by Sony. PS Suite games will also play on the new Sony NGP portable device. In addition, Sony will offer a PlayStation certification program that will allow new game developers and publishers to create games for PS Suite.
 
NGP will replace Sony’s PSP (PlayStation Portable), which launched in 2004. The NGP will be slightly larger and wider than the current PSP 3000 model that Sony has in stores today. NGP will feature a multi-touch 5-inch organic light emitting display (OLED) display, which offers higher visual fidelity than the current liquid crystal display (LCD) that PSP uses. Unlike the Nintendo 3DS, NG4 was not designed to handle 3D. NG4 will come equipped with serious processing power thanks to its quad-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU and SGX543MP4+ GPU, which will allow high definition PlayStation 3 games to run seamlessly in the portable space.
 
"There is a lot to like, and Sony has a huge library of content,” said Pachter. “The device looks pretty powerful, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see some pretty sophisticated games, and the 3G capability and relationship with Android means we’ll see a ton of Android apps on the device as well.”
 
“Combining OLED display and powerful chipset with motion and touch controls in conjunction with quality game experiences available only on dedicated gaming devices, the new Sony handheld puts  iPad or smart phone back into perspective as platforms for time-killing 99 cent games,” said Billy Pidgeon, video game analyst, M2 Research. “ NGP also renders PSP utterly obsolete.”
 
Sony showed a reel of NGP games that included first-party PS3 titles like Little Big Planet, Resistance, Uncharted, Killzone and Hot Shots Golf. In addition, third-party games from Capcom (Lost Planet, Monster Hunter), Sega (Yakuza), Activision (Call of Duty) and Konami (Metal Gear Solid) were also shown.

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