Yep, the rumor mill is grinding away again, and this time there’s a lot substantiated talk of at least two more portable systems on the way from Sony. The PSP is due for a true successor, and fans have been waiting eagerly to see the second genuine ground-up incarnation of the PSP. The new package will probably look very similar to the original PSP, but should push some brand-spanking new hardware. They’ll likely focus on cranking the GPU and visual processing, and probably do some stuff to the connectivity to make online massiveness even more massive.

The other model that we’ve peeked is labeled the PSP 4000. This thing might actually drop this year, which is 2009, if you didn’t notice that the calendar just rolled over. It looks basically like a giant screen with little else to get in the way. Looks like a media geek dream to us, and we expect that it’ll drop with a slew of new interactive and media titles that’ll make use of that beautiful display. Official word is that all rumors of a PSP 2 is being outright denied, but that PSP 4000 looks like it might actually hit the shelves in the next several months.