PSP 3000 Announced
Sony’s David Reeves announced the PSP 3000 will be available in Europe starting October. The new PSP will have a built in microphone, brighter LCD screen and includes Skype right out of the box. There are going to be 8 different bundles, a couple being Harry Potter, and Buzz. The pricing of the PSP 3000 [...]
DKS3713: Final Fantasy Agito XIII Coming to PSP
Square Enix has announced at DKS3713 that Final Fantasy Agito XIII will be making it’s way to the Playstation Portable after being announced as a mobile exclusive.
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DKS3713: Parasite Eve 3 coming to Playstation Portable
Square Enix has announced that the 3rd entrey in the Parasite Eve series, Parasite Eve 3 (aka the 3rd birthday) will be released on the Playstation Portable. Originally it was a mobile exclusive but now it’s making it’s way to the PSP.
DKΣ3713: Dissidia: Final Fantasy and bundle in dec 09
Square Enix has announced that Dissidia: Final Fantasy will be released sometime in December 2009. Dissidia is an upcoming fighting game that will feature characters from previous Final Fantasy’s including Cloud Strife, Sephiroth, Squall Leonhart, Ultimecia, Tidus and Jecht.
A Playstation Portable bundle will also be available, expect one similar to Final Fantasy VII: Crises Core.
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Madden NFL 09 demo coming in this weeks PSN update
The Madden NFL 09 demo will be released in this weeks Playstation Store update. EA has confirmed the demo and here’s what they have to say:
The Madden NFL 09 Demo showcases some of the new and exciting features in Madden NFL 09. The demo begins with the user being loaded into the all new Virtual [...]
PSP 3000 features and pictures
There’s a rumor going round that Sony is planning on releasing a new Playstation Portable with a model number of 3000. New features include a built in mic, updated buttons, a few cosmetic changes and possible cell phone support.
Here are pictures of this supposed to be new model. Keep in mind this is currently a [...]
GT5: Prologue future details and GT: Mobile
Kazunori Yamauchi, Polyphony Digital boss said that he’s currently concentrating on expanding Gran Turismo 5: Prologue and that the Blu-Ray version of Gran Turismo 5 might not hit before 2010.
Polyphony are going to be adding new cars, tracks and features to Prologue. The one we’re most looking forwards to is the new damage system - [...]
New Playstation Network titles
Sony will be releasing a lot of new games via Playstation Network. I bet you are wondering what games will be released… here’s the word straight from Sony.
Rachet and Clank: Quest For Booty
Ratchet and Clank return to PS3 with their trademark crazy weaponry, side-splitting comedy and dazzling 3D animation in this bite-sized treasure tale. [...]
Europe will not get Playstation Video Store this year
Presdent of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe David Reeves has confirmed that the Playstation Video Store will not be hitting Europe this year. The reason for this delay is because of local content and that its important. Sony are believed to be working on it right now.
The actual release date of the video store will be [...]
[Update]PSP Firmware update 4.05 out now.
Early today the 4.05 firmware for the PSP was announced to be released soon.
It would contain some new visualizers for music playback.But we all know how Sony is with firmware updates for the PSP and PS3, there are always a few hidden feaures as well. We’ll see what we bump into.
Update:
playstationlifestyle.net Announced that 4.05 is [...]
Playstation Store E3 Release Plan
Playstation.Blog has release information on their E3 release plan. This week while E3 is on the store will get daily updates featuring fresh content straight from the conference.
Also, here’s a quick look at some of the notable game content releasing this week:
- The Best of The Who Rock Band Edition
- Super Stardust HD Team Mode [...]
PS3 to get more integration with PSP
The Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable has been receiving a lot of update between each other so they can integrate features into one another for example the remote play feature.
SCEA Director of Hardware Marketing John Koller told IGN that:
“I think as we go forward, we’re going to see a lot more integration with PlayStation 3, [...]
E3 2008 sneak peak
PlayStationLifeStyle.net have posted an E3 sneak peak thats worth taking a look at. Below are the things to expect at E3 2008.
God Of War 3 Teaser Trailer (No Actual Gameplay)
2 New Exclusive games will be announced - One from Incognito, and the other game being similar to Buzz and Singstar in which its made for [...]
Console Sale Figures week ending 21/06/2008
For the week ending 21st of June 2008 the sale figures according to VGChartz.com looks like this:-
The overall console sale figures now look like this:-
Consoles
Wii
6.31M Japan
12.32M America
9.45M Others
Total: 28.07M
Xbox 360
0.62M Japan
11.78M America
7.02M Others
Total: 19.41M
Playstation 3
2.23M Japan
5.16M America
6.28M Others
Total: 13.68M
Handhelds
Nintendo DS
22.96M Japan
23.54M America
28.00M Others
Total: 74.50M
Playstation Portable
9.76M Japan
12.94M America
13.04M Others
Total: 35.74M
(these sales figures are courtesy of [...]
Sony is planning on a 10 year lifespan for the PSP
In Pocketgamer’s interview with SCEE’s, Vice President of Publishing and Developer Relationships Zeno Colaço, Sony has a long-term plan for the PSP, he says.
Despite the current lack of games claimed by developers and gamers on the PSP, it will be hard to fill up the space left by publishers if they refocus their interest on [...]
