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PSP Camera Not Living Up To Expectations
Due to a lack of power the standard PSP camera will not be making its way to America.
The “Chotto Shot” is a 1.3 Megapixel camera attachment for the PSP, which has been available in Japan since 2006 and Europe since 2007. The peripheral connects to the top of the PSP using the USB connector slot, and comes bundled with video editing software.
Users can take snapshots and video, and add digital stickers to pictures using the bundled program. The highest resolution that the camera can achieve is 1280×960 for still photographs and 480×272 for video.
A representative from Sony at Comic Con told Siliconera that the company is unlikely to bring the device to North America, because the camera is not powerful enough to compete with those already found in most cell phones over here.
Some claim The 1.3 megapixel Chotto Shot was already obsolete when it first launched, but always felt that it had potential as an enhancement for games rather than as a professional-grade camera.
Unfortunately, there have not been any upcoming titles that take advantage of the camera input.
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