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5 reasons GTA Chinatown Wars is better on the PSP

pspgoforfree — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:18:32 +0000

4 September 2009
The Mirror
Sure, all the attention might be focused on Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on the iPhone right now, but don’t forget there’s another great new version arriving sooner for non-Ninty pocket gamers: GTA Chinatown Wars PSP. It’s not out until next month, but we’ve had a go already, and it duffs up the DS version any day. Here’s why. More on 5 reasons why Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is better on the PSP than the DS

PSP Go pre-order sales up amid high PS3 Slim demand

pspgoforfree — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:15:36 +0000

4 September 2009
Punchjump
Marcus Lai
Advanced sales for Sony Corp.’s PSP Go handheld increased this week amid high demand for the new Playstation 3 Slim hardware. On Thurs., the PSP Go held a 51 percent sales increase to rank at No. 184 in Amazon’s Video Games division.
More on advanced sales of Sony’s PSP Go

UK to Receive Exclusive Gran Turismo PSP Entertainment Pack

pspgoforfree — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:11:46 +0000

4 September 2009
Electronic Theatre
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has today confirmed that the Gran Turismo PSP Entertainment Pack will be heading to Europe, but also that the UK version will differ from that which our North American cousins will receive. The bundle is set to arrive in the US and Canada on October 20th, 2009, shortly after the launch of the PSP Go, and will include a PSP-3000 console and a copy of the game, a 2GB Memory Stick Pro Duo and three vouchers for Downloadable Content (DLC). More on the Sony PSP to receive an exclusive Gran Turismo entertainment pack

PSP Go coming with Rock Band Unplugged?

pspgoforfree — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:24:20 +0000

5 August 2009
Play.Tm
Luke Guttridge
According to US retailer Best Buy, the new PSP Go handheld could be sold with a voucher allowing users to download Rock Band Unplugged for free on the console. PSP Go coming with Rock Band Unplugged?

T3 Go Hands On With The Playstation Portable Go

pspgoforfree — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:21:43 +0000

July 29 2009
Pushsquare.com
T3 have an exclusive review of the new PSP Go alongside a video hands-on. They praise the system’s portability and promise of instant access to games but question whether switching to the Go will be worthwhile for PSP-3000 owners. They do however conclude that the most interesting thing about the PSP Go will be how it competes against the iPod Touch — something that the product is marketed against. More on hands on with the PSP Go

Sony PSP Go available for Pre-order on Amazon

pspgoforfree — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:19:22 +0000

17 July 2009
I4U News
Luigi Lugmayr
Sony announced the new Sony PSP Go. The Sony PSP Go is small, has no UMD drive, but 16GB of onboard storage.
The new Sony PSP Go comes in white and black and will start shipping on October 1st. You can pre-order the PSP Go now on Amazon.com for $249.99 (white) and $248.99 (black). More on pre-ordering the Sony PSP Go from Amazon now OR why not get one for free here

Sony & Microsoft Set To Hurt Retailers

pspgoforfree — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:12:26 +0000

14 July 2009
Smarthouse.com
David Richards
In a move that could take business away from mass retailers, Sony and Microsoft are set to start selling “high margin” gaming and home office software online with both Companies admitting that they are currently building out networks to sell content and applications direct that will over time hurt mass market retailers and gaming stores like EB Games. More on Sony and Microft being set to hurt retailers

Sony planned PSP Go from the “very beginning”

pspgoforfree — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:01:15 +0000

3 July 2009
Daily Mirror
The Sony PSP was planned to be released without a UMD disc drive from “the very beginning” according to Naoya Matsui, head of Sony Computer Entertainment’s Product Planning. “We’d planned to release a PSP model without a UMD drive since the very beginning,” Matsui told GameBusiness.jp (translated by Develop). So why didn’t they? More on Sony PSP Go being planned from the very beginning.

Could Sony be working on a ‘PSP phone’?

pspgoforfree — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:06:47 +0000

29 June 2009
Daily Telegraph
Claudine Beaumont
Reports from Japan have fuelled fresh rumours that Sony could be about to launch a new mobile phone that incorporates its PSP hand-held gaming system. More on the Sony PSP phone

Sony PSP Go to get “non-gaming” apps. But will UK stores stock it?

pspgoforfree — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:04:25 +0000

26 June 2009
Daily Mirror
The Sony PSP Go - the UMD-less, slide-out revamp of the handheld console – is to get “non-gaming applications” Sony has officially confirmed.

Non-gaming applications for the device had already been rumoured, but speaking to CNet, Sony’s Al De Leon said: “A significant reduction in price of development tools [would] enable developers to be able to develop content for the PSP. It will be mostly games, but there’s certainly an opportunity to look at some non-gaming applications.” More on non-gaming app’s for the Sony PSP Go