Third Generation PSP in the Works?
By Chris on Friday, December 21st, 2007 at 3:55 PM PST In Game Companies, Game Platforms, Gamer Life, Hardware, Portable, Sony, Sony
If you ask the PlayStation Portable’s homebrew community, the answer to that question is yes. It wouldn’t come as a shock to anyone if the PSP were to receive another redesign of some sort eventually, and hackers believe they have solid proof in hand.
Before the PSP Lite (or PSP 2000, if you like to tow the company line) was released, hackers came across a file named “pspbtcnf_02.bin.” After the PSP Lite’s release, the file was discovered to be instructions for the remodeled handheld.
With some digging, hackers have found a similar file – this time known as “pspbtcnf_03g.bin” – which would suggest that it’s a file simply awaiting a new PSP. The file can be found in the version 3.80 firmware and has the PSP homebrew crowd convinced that a PSP Liter, if you will, is definitely in development.
I wouldn’t place any bets based purely upon this information, because for all we know, it’s a Sony programmer screwing with us. But given the success that the PSP Lite has seen, another redesign down the road seems inevitable.
via PSP Fanboy
i’ll care when the price drops below $150
!!!!TRUE!!!! I HAVE FOUND A PICTURE OF THE 3rd Generation PSP, FROM THE PLAYSTATION SECRET COMPANY FTP SERVER. MY UNCLE WORKS FOR SONY, HE WAS ON THE FTP SERVER UPLOADING SOME FILES, HE WENT TO THE BATHROOM SO I TOOK A LOOK…. I THINK THAT THE PICTURE IS JUST AN IDEA OF HOW IT WILL LOOK. CHECK IT OUT! ITS ON THE HOMEPAGE
http://www.megasiteonline.com
DUDE! that looks so pimp!
IF THATS HOW IT WILL LOOK I AM SO GETTING THAT!!! 
I LOVE IT!
THANK YOU JOEY!
dude ur uncle is so pimp! how did he get the job at sony, i want a job there!
He just called sony, i think the human resorces department and asked if there were any job openings. he does something with the website and IT department, their website is on the same FTP server as that image, i guess it was for a “company only page”
Does anyone know how long the 02.bin file was in the firmware before the slim was released?