Touchscreen PSP Rumors Shut Down

From the day the Playstation Portable came out, everyone thought that it would be the future of portable gaming. The Nintendo DS, along with the iPod Touch, proved Sony and many people wrong. The PSP sales have really dropped lately as it has been crushed and is still being called obsolete by the folks at Nintendo.

Sony needs to make a decision: either remain in the Portable Gaming market or ditch it and concentrate on their soon-to-be failing Playstation Gaming Console. IGN recently reported that there have been rumors that a touchscreen PSP will be Sony’s response to this diatribe. Since the release of the iPhone, many companies have been trying to create their own touchscreen products, whether it be phones, MP3 players, or portable gaming consoles.

Well, Sony’s response to these rumors was as follows:

Clearly, being a quiet time of year, many, what we thought to be credible websites, are making up stories about PSP2, and how it allows you to teleport across the globe, travel through time, and will be powered by the horns of baby rhinoceroses. Hopefully, you can sense a mild tone of sarcasm, which should hopefully indicate how “on the money” IGN is. Needless to say, we don’t comment on rumor or speculation, but this is nonsense.

What do you guys here at CFT think about this? Would you like to see a new Sony PSP touchscreen device?