For a while now, I have been wondering if the PSP would die off. It had so much potential, and it could do some great things, but it never caught on as much as Nintendo’s portable device.

Over on GamesIndustry.biz, there is a report up that Sony is coming out with a PSP redesign. Other than knowing that it will be smaller and lighter, and carry the same screen size of the current PSP, there aren’t many details.

SCE UK managing director Ray Maguire has confirmed the platform holder’s intentions to release a redesigned version of its PlayStation Portable handheld.

Speaking yesterday afternoon at the national launch of Sony’s PSP in Education initiative, Maguire told an invited audience of press, teachers and education specialists that the current PSP is just the “first iteration”.

In line with the firm’s strategy for previous consoles, a “smaller, lighter” system will be introduced in the future.

While some of you might think this is old news, this is the first executive to confirm the redesign.

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