Playstation Next Week's PlayStation Event is "PlayStation Meeting"

[Setzer Gabbiani]

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It's well known now that Sony will be having a big Tokyo press event on the 27th where it will unveil the PlayStation Portable 2. An analyst has clued us in to the event's name: "PlayStation Meeting."

Sony used to have PlayStation Meeting events periodically, but Thursday's installment will be the first event with the name in six years.

The last time Sony had a PlayStation Meeting was July 25, 2005. Then CEO Ken Kutaragi outlined Sony's PlayStation 3 plans through slides (see this story at IGN for a recap), Namco Bandai showed a live demonstration of what would become its terrible PS3 Gundam launch game, and we first heard the title "Lair" for Factor 5's new PS3 game. (There's a full index of happenings at IGN).

Analyst Yasuaki Fujima mentioned the PlayStation Meeting name in a Tweet earlier this week. He said that we can probably expect unexpected major announcements simply because the timing of the event comes ahead of Sony's third quarter earnings announcement, which is scheduled for February 3. He also added that it's possible to view the event as Sony's means of dealing with the 3DS by turning the attention onto itself.

The revival of the PlayStation Meeting name sounds like a perfect occasion to take the lid of PlayStation Portable's successor.

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[Linnaete]

This doesn't really belong in the news section as it doesn't pertain to SE.

[Moved to Rocket Town, Playstation]

 

[Setzer Gabbiani]

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We knew the date: January 27. We (probably) knew the name: PlayStation Meeting 2011. And now we know the time too. Sony will hold the event that is expected to see the unveiling of the PlayStation Portable 2 on January 27 at around 15:00 or so.

A Tweet from Nikkei Trendy reveals the start time. Nikkei Trendy says that it plans on live blogging from the event. They tend to be more business focused, posting just a few updates here and here (based off their live blog of last September's Nintendo Conference, at least), so hopefully the likes of Famitsu and 4Gamer will be there too for some real as-it-happens coverage.

The Nikkei Tweet doesn't say what will be shown at the event. In fact, it won't even confirm that PSP2 will be shown.

Of course, sister newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun was responsible for leaks about 3G support and an OLED screen for the PSP2, so it's a safe bet that we will see this. But considering that this is a "PlayStation Meeting," perhaps we can expect PS3 details as well?

As with last week's Square Enix 1st Production something conference, I'll probably live blog the live blogs, so check back on Thursday afternoon for coverage!

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