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Breaking news: Sony reveals redesigned PSP at E3

Smaller, slimmer, and TV Out

Breaking news: Sony reveals redesigned PSP at E3
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Sony has revealed a new version of PSP will be launched worldwide in September this year, as we predicted earlier on Pocket Gamer.

Superficially similar to the existing PSP, the unit is actually one third lighter than the current PSP and 19 per cent slimmer.

Sony says that battery is more efficient, and the UMD faster loading.
There's also the TV Out feature that many gamers (including our own readers in the comments below) have been crying out for, enabling you to output high quality video from the PSP onto your living room TV.

As well as outputting video and pictures to view on your TV screen, you can play games using your TV as the monitor too – something Sony demonstrated live with Spider-Man 2.

The new unit, which will come in a variety of colours (black, white and silver confirmed), will be priced at $199 in the US, and be bundled with Daxter, a 1GB Memory Stick and a Family Guy UMD. There will also be a Star Wars BattleFront entertainment pack

PSP E3 roundup: Don't miss any of our Sony-centric reports from L.A. – we've revealed the redesigned PSP specs, the new PSP retail packaging, all the images of PSP Slim released so far, the handful of new PSP titles Sony flagged up at its conference, as well as getting a hands-on preview of the redesigned PSP.