It may be obscure to most folks, but some game players are familiar with Sony’s PocketStation. It’s a 1999 memory card that worked with the company’s original PlayStation console, with a 32 X 32 pixel monochrome LCD display that played games and worked with certain game titles. It was built following a similar reveal by Sega for the VMU, or Virtual Memory Unit device, for the Dreamcast console.
So why mention it now, in 2013 Simple – Sony may be bringing it back. The company revealed a surprise new teaser video, viewable below, that hints it could be back in production very soon. This would mark the first time it would be in circulation since its discontinuing in 2002. The video is a fake news story: “There’s something going to be announced! I think it’s in that truck! Let’s follow it!” The reporter follows the truck to Tokyo, where a sign tells you that the PocketStation will be revealed on November 5. You do glimpse the PocketStation mascot, though there’s no explanation.
No word yet if it’s a device, or an app, or if it will work with any of Sony’s current systems, like the forthcoming PlayStation 4, but we should know more soon.
Source: Computer and Video Games
