Sony fans who are desperately awaiting the arrival of the PlayStation 3 may have to wait a long time for the PSP 2. PlayStation Magazine said that certain unnamed sources reported that the next generation of PSP will be available in Japan around March 2007. The next generation of PSP will not be named PSP 2, and will be a simple upgrade more than anything else.

For example, the UMD drive will be turned to a slot-loader. The built-in memory will be raised from 32MB to 8GB, and some have speculated that this increased memory may be part of a bigger plot for users to fill the PSP 2 with pay-per-downloads of some type. The PSP upgrade should be slimmer, and a new feature will be an Eye-Toy type camera.

The price is expected to stay the same at about $250 USD.

Via Gizmodo