Plausible Deniability: PSP Phone and Slim Remake
On the official PlayStation blog no less
The Sony Ericsson PSP Phone (*ahem* "Artist's impression of")
Rumour and speculation have flourished in recent weeks over a possible slimmer redesign of the PSP as well as a Sony Ericsson patent relating to a proposed PSP phone.
While SPOnG awaits a response from Sony Ericsson in Japan regarding the above-mentioned PSP phone patent, it's interesting to see that Sony's senior marketing manager for PSP in the U.S., John Koller, has gone on record on the newly unveiled official PlayStation blog to clearly state that no announcements have been made relating to either:
"The rumor mill is flowing about new PSP hardware and a PSP phone, and I just wanted to take the time to clear the air. We haven't announced anything about a new PSP, much less one that would have any phone capabilities. As SCEA's resident PSP guru, I'm thrilled to hear that there's so much interest in the platform, but sorry folks, these reports floating around fall into the rumors/speculation category."
At last! Someone actually commenting on rumours and speculation! Except, what he actually says is that "No announcement has been made".
This, dear readers, is what a man named Richard Millhouse Nixon would often call "plausible deniability". This enables organisations and individuals to say, on the launch day for a product that they had appeared to dismiss, "We said we'd not made an announcement, that was all".
And no, we don't mean Bart Simpson's best mate.
Whatever. Expect a full update on the future of PSP from E3 next month.
While SPOnG awaits a response from Sony Ericsson in Japan regarding the above-mentioned PSP phone patent, it's interesting to see that Sony's senior marketing manager for PSP in the U.S., John Koller, has gone on record on the newly unveiled official PlayStation blog to clearly state that no announcements have been made relating to either:
"The rumor mill is flowing about new PSP hardware and a PSP phone, and I just wanted to take the time to clear the air. We haven't announced anything about a new PSP, much less one that would have any phone capabilities. As SCEA's resident PSP guru, I'm thrilled to hear that there's so much interest in the platform, but sorry folks, these reports floating around fall into the rumors/speculation category."
At last! Someone actually commenting on rumours and speculation! Except, what he actually says is that "No announcement has been made".
This, dear readers, is what a man named Richard Millhouse Nixon would often call "plausible deniability". This enables organisations and individuals to say, on the launch day for a product that they had appeared to dismiss, "We said we'd not made an announcement, that was all".
And no, we don't mean Bart Simpson's best mate.
Whatever. Expect a full update on the future of PSP from E3 next month.
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hollywooda 13 Jun 2007 09:22
1/4
hahaha, ohh dear that looks so pony!!!!.. (for our american readers that means s**t)
RiseFromYourGrave 13 Jun 2007 10:04
2/4
stay gold, ponyboy!
lets hope they use some new fangled psp-creating tech that reduces the manufacturing cost/materials used and therefore the price
as for the games defecit..
lets hope they use some new fangled psp-creating tech that reduces the manufacturing cost/materials used and therefore the price
as for the games defecit..
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SPInGSPOnG 13 Jun 2007 10:21
3/4
"We haven't announced anything"
Well no, you wouldn't want to go killing sales of the existing machine dead now would you?
No wonder the average gamer is starting to dis/mistrust Sony. Even when they are "plausible" they seem like they are lying.
C'mon Phony, s**t or get off the pot! Either say "There is no new PSP pplanned" or shuf the tuck up.
Well no, you wouldn't want to go killing sales of the existing machine dead now would you?
No wonder the average gamer is starting to dis/mistrust Sony. Even when they are "plausible" they seem like they are lying.
C'mon Phony, s**t or get off the pot! Either say "There is no new PSP pplanned" or shuf the tuck up.
tyrion 13 Jun 2007 11:43
4/4
Rod Todd wrote:
No wonder the average gamer is starting to dis/mistrust Sony. Even when they are "plausible" they seem like they are lying.
Same can be said for Microsoft of course, the whole "We aren't doing a 360 with HDMI" spiel went on right up to the announcement of the Elite. Even after images were posted from the manufacturing centres of black XBox 360s sitting on racks.
And of course nobody could forget David Yarnton's "There is no re-design of the DS coming in the next few months" almost exactly two days before Nintendo announced the DS Lite.
Everybody does it, unfortunately, and it makes reporting on rumours really boring.