E3 2004: The PSP has transparent shoulder buttons?

May 13, 2004 at 07:27 PM in

This picture from our friends at Lik-Sang clearly shows something we suspected but couldn't prove until now. The shoulder buttons (that's L1 & R1 to you, buddy) on the PSP are made of transparent plastic. See the fingers through them in the picture above? Does this mean they may also glow, too? If we used transparent plastic buttons in something, we would certainly make them light up and illuminate. Granted, this is only the demo unit displayed at E3 and Sony sure doesn't need to sex up the PSP any more than it already is, but we do so enjoy staring at the pretty shiny glowy things.

PSP in hand at E3 - Transparent Plastic Shoulders