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Mortal Kombat developer has PSP2, says it’s a "pretty powerful machine"

Rumors of Sony’s PSP2 have been around for quite some time. Now it appears one studio has the next PSP, and the device is “a pretty powerful machine,” according to Netherrealm Studios’ Shaun Himmerick.

If this is accurate, that would mean the PSP2 is not only real, but it’s also far along in development. Many have speculated that consumers will get their hands on the next handheld device from Sony sometime in 2011.

Himmerick spoke with Industry Gamers about the possibility of Mortal Kombat reboot landing on the PSP or Nintendo’s 3DS. Himmerick said,“We’re not launching day one on all consoles like that. We are looking at them; we have a PSP2 in the house and we’re looking at the engine, like what can it support. Always a big thing for us is the performance. We’re running at 60 fps, what can we do and do we have to build all the art assets over.”

He went on to say the PSP2 appears to be a powerful little device. He said, “We’re definitely looking at them. PSP2 looks like it’s a pretty powerful machine. We don’t have a 3DS system in house yet, but we’re looking to get one, and we’ll certainly look at what its power is.”

That’s right, if all of this is accurate, the studio has a PSP2 but not a 3DS.