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PSP Go Was a Failure, Things Are Different With NGP, Sony Admits

Sony's Shuhei Yoshida admits that the PSP Go was a failure, but promises that with the Next Generation Portable, things are going to be different, as the company learned many things from the current portable consoles.The PSP Go was released back in 2009, as a more "portable" version of the regular PSP, sporting ...

6 June 2011
12:01 GMT

PSP Go Lives On in North America

Just as Sony Japan announced that the PSP Go's production has been ended, Sony Computer Entertainment America has revealed that the device will still be sold in the territory at least until the end of the year. The PSP Go was declared officially dead last week, when Sony revealed, after a session of intense r...

26 April 2011
02:40 GMT

Sony Confirms PSP Go Death, Focuses on PSP-3000 Until NGP Release

Sony has just confirmed what was rumored yesterday, that the production of the PSP Go has been terminated, so that the company can focus on getting its Next Generation Portable ready for launch. Sony's PSP Go wasn't the most successful console in recent years, but the company continued to support it, and...

21 April 2011
17:21 GMT

PSP Goes Out of Production, Sony Avoids Talking About It

Sony may have stopped the production of the PSP Go altogether, according to a recent report, while the company is currently avoiding the subject in an official statement.Sony's PlayStation Portable, in all of its iterations, hasn't exactly been the success the Japanese company wanted, especially when compar...

20 April 2011
03:45 GMT

PSP Firmware Update 6.38 Released

The PlayStation Portable has just seen its firmware version be updated to 6.38, which is being rolled out as we speak over the PlayStation Network online service. Sony has been trying to raise awareness of its PlayStation Portable handheld system, even as it is being constantly beaten by the Nintendo DS in North A...

13 April 2011
03:40 GMT

Sony Drops PSP Go Price to $150, Gets It Back to $200

Sony is a bit undecided in terms of its PlayStation Portable platform, as the PSP Go, which saw a price drop this weekend from the current $200 to $150, is now back at the old $200 mark without any sort of explanation. Sony is trying to make its PSP lineup more attractive until the Next Generation Portable will be...

8 March 2011
15:51 GMT

Sony to Reveal PSP2 on January 27, Reports Say

Sony is reported to finally unveil to the world its worst kept secret in recent times, the PSP2, a new generation handheld device which will replace the aging PlayStation Portable and the PlayStation Portable Go devices. The existence of the PSP2 has been rumored for a very long time, but only in recent months hav...

13 January 2011
04:40 GMT

New PSP2 Mock-Ups Hit the Web, Showcase All Features

After a hefty amount of rumors and speculation, the team over at the PSM3 magazine has revealed two new mock-ups of the all-but-confirmed PSP2, the second generation of Sony's PlayStation Portable handheld. Note that these images aren't official, nor leaked, they're just an artist's representat...

29 December 2010
03:50 GMT

Digital Media Still Can't Compete with Physical One, Sony Says

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe President Andrew House has just revealed that digital media still has quite a lot of challenges before it can earn the trust of regular consumers, so the physical one is still going to be popular. With digital distribution becoming more and more important for companies like Valve...

15 December 2010
14:21 GMT

What the PSP Phone Could Mean for the PSP 2

Technology oriented blog Engadget managed to get photos of a new device coming from Sony Ericsson that they have dubbed the PlayStation Phone, apparently under serious prototyping at the company and set to be released late in 2011, with a 1GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 chip, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM and a screen ranging from ...

29 October 2010
14:51 GMT

PSP Go Rumored to Get 50 Dollar Price Cut This Week

It seems that Sony is finally realizing that the steep asking price of the PSP Go is a real deal breaker for plenty of potential customers, and will cut the price of the handheld games console this Friday, on October 15.This is at least according to a leaked retail document from a North American store, which informs ...

13 October 2010
15:21 GMT

Sony Doesn't Want to Talk About the PSP2

Sony has been attacking the handheld gaming market with the PlayStation Portable, currently in two iterations, the PSP-3000 and the PSP Go, but it is also rumored to be planning a whole new platform, in the form of the PSP2.The current generation PSP has been around for quite some time, and while at first it was just...

7 October 2010
18:01 GMT

PSP2 Will Be Released At the End of 2011

Sony's PlayStation Portable is set to be thoroughly overhauled next year, with the release of the all-new PSP2, which will make its market debut during the holiday season of 2011, at least according to a new British source.Rumors of a PSP2 have been getting increasingly powerful during the last few weeks, as man...

6 October 2010
02:57 GMT

Sony Prepares Big Line Up for PlayStation Portable 2 Launch

It is rumored that the PlayStation Portable 2, a new handheld device from Sony, is now in the hands of a big number of video game developers, with the hardware manufacturer and publisher hoping to persuade as many of them as possible to create video games for the new device that will support it on the official launch...

29 September 2010
04:16 GMT

PSP 2 Should Just Copy the Screen of the Nintendo 3DS, Says Pachter

Michael Pachter, an analyst watching the video game industry for Wedbush Morgan, has declared that he does not understand Sony's strategy linked to the world of mobile gaming and that the company should just copy the design of the Nintendo 3DS for their next device.Talking to IndustryGamer, Pachter stated, &ldqu...

27 September 2010
17:41 GMT

PSP 2 Is a Powerful Machine, Says Mortal Kombat Developer

A developer working on Mortal Kombat at Netherrealm Studios has admitted to the fact that developers are experimenting with the PlayStation Portable 2 handheld from Sony and sounded impressed about the gaming capabilities of the device, which has not yet been officially announced by the hardware manufacturer.Sean Him...

22 September 2010
16:31 GMT

Sony Australia Celebrates Better PS3 Sales and Supports the Introduction of an R18+ in the Region

Yesterday, Sony Computer Entertainment Australia launched the local PSN Video Delivery Service in Sidney. This was used as a pretext to celebrate Playstation 3 having exceeded 850,000 units sold down under. This means that Sony of Australia is slowly catching up to the one million Xbox 360 units sold by Microsoft to...

19 May 2010
15:51 GMT

The DSi XL Is Big in Japan

The Nintendo DSi XL, known as the LL in Japan, seems to be a big hit in the Land of the Rising Sun, managing to move more than 100,000 units in the first week, even if the improvements it brings are rather minor. The device is set to arrive in the West in the first months of 2010.On the hardware front, the XL version...

7 December 2009
04:50 GMT

The UMD Drive Could Return to the PSP Go

When Sony introduced its new handheld, the company presented it as a step into the future. By abandoning the UMD cartridge and relying solely on the digital distribution of the PlayStation Network, the PSP Go was made even more of a handheld platform by trimming some weight and emphasizing mobility. There were some d...

3 December 2009
03:38 GMT

Sony Won't Give Up on Physical Distribution Any Time Soon

Sony is making more and more of a push into the world of online distribution. Its PSP Go completely lost the UMD cartridge and the company supports more and more the PlayStation Network and the PlayStation Store by making most of its content available through these two online services. As such, Sony feels the need to...

26 November 2009
16:01 GMT

Little Big Planet Is Finally Ready for the PSP Go

For an upgrade to the original, the PSP Go doesn't add as many new things from the older model as it loses. The sliding screen is an extra, but so is the cost, and not all previous PSP releases are available to the platform. But the main thing it has lost is the UMD cartridge in favor of the PlayStation Store-on...

24 November 2009
06:48 GMT

Bayonetta Leads the Charts, PSP Debuts

There are big things going on when it comes to both the hardware and the software markets in Japan. The PSP Go, the new handheld from Sony, has seen its first sales numbers released, and Bayonetta has managed to slay the Pokemon series and go to the top in the videogame chart.The best selling system in Japan continue...

9 November 2009
03:53 GMT

EA Sports President Peter Moore Sees a Grim Future for Videogames

PSP Go's decision to head more towards digital distribution and discard the physical support for most of its products has received harsh criticism. But at least one other person out there thinks that Sony's new console is making the right decision. EA Sports president Peter Moore didn't make any direct...

20 October 2009
04:07 GMT

PSP Go Has a Fundamental Concept Problem

Regie Fills-Aime, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Nintendo of America, has launched scathing attacks on the various devices that are trying to position themselves as being rivals to the company's Nintendo DS handheld. The company man touted the advantages of the platform, which at the moment leads the mark...

13 October 2009
15:41 GMT

PSP Go Launches in Japan, DSi Still on Top

Sony released its new handheld, the PlayStation Portable Go, in Japan last week while also taking down the price of the older PSP-3000, which resulted in a series growth for the line. Still, the Nintendo DSi managed to be the biggest seller of the week, moving no less than 53,293 units. The Sony-made PSP only shipped...

12 October 2009
14:21 GMT

In Europe, the PSP Go Is Doing Just Fine

Not even a week has passed since it was launched and the PSP Go does more than just satisfy the big shots over at Sony. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe may have said that the PSP Go has matched their expectations in sales, but we don't know if they're just being modest or if they just had very high expec...

6 October 2009
02:53 GMT

Sony Slips Up, Offers Full Game for Free Instead of the Demo

The UMD-less PSP Go was launched today. The platform's release was supposed to come with over 100 downloadable titles to the PlayStation Store, and it did, but it also came with a little something extra. The PS Store also listed a demo for Undead Knights, Tecmo's horror action adventure, but that's not...

2 October 2009
02:55 GMT

Free Games for the PSP Go Announced by Sony

Sony has announced that it plans to offer three full free videogames for all those buyers of the PlayStation Portable Go who are already owners of an older version of the handheld console created by the company.The idea is to allow those who have a lot of games on the UMD type support, which are unusable in the new G...

29 September 2009
13:11 GMT

The PSP Receives New Colors and Bundles

Sony has made a lot of efforts in terms of marketing its PlayStation Portable console as having something for everyone and being able to deliver a unique experience no matter what kind of gamer you are targeting is not an easy feat. But the fact that the device was available in black and only a few other colors made...

20 August 2009
02:43 GMT

Sony Prepares P.S. Thanks

Sony has been a busy company these days. It is getting ready for the date when the PlayStation Portable Go arrives on the market, eager to do battle with the new Nintendo DSi handheld, which has taken a wide lead in hardware sales in both North America and Japan.There are rumors that a new version of the PlayStation ...

10 August 2009
04:00 GMT

A Second Analog Stick in the PSP Go Was Considered by Sony

The PlayStation Portable is one of the most popular mobile devices in the world, having broken through the 50 million units sold mark a few months ago. But for quite some time, rumors about a brand-new version of the device have been floating around. From reports of a multi-touch sensitive surface to speculation reg...

23 July 2009
03:25 GMT

The PSP Go Is Getting an App Store

The PlayStation Portable is a very popular console, having managed to achieve the impressive feat of moving over 50 million units across the world since its release. Now, as it is preparing to see its new revamped version in the form of the PSP Go, it seems that the platform will also receive other new features. As ...

22 July 2009
02:40 GMT

The PSP Go Is Extremely Important for the PlayStation Network

The PlayStation Network has been, for quite some time, Sony's answer to Microsoft's Xbox Live service. While sharing a lot of things with the online service of the Xbox 360, the PSN has also brought innovation in a few areas, including the online social network PlayStation Home. We've recently heard S...

13 July 2009
02:43 GMT

The PSP Go Was Planned from the Beginning

The PlayStation Portable took the world by storm when it was first launched, as gamers all around the world were given a small handheld device that not only could play quality titles but also had great multimedia capabilities and was a great solution for people on the go who didn't have a lot of time to spend in...

6 July 2009
11:01 GMT

Non-Gaming Applications Will Be Important for the PSP Go!

The PlayStation Portable is a very successful handheld console, boasting over 50 million units sold worldwide. Not all of them were generated by the fact that people wanted to play titles while they were on the move, though, as the device's multimedia capabilities, despite its somewhat clunky size, made it ideal...

1 July 2009
13:11 GMT

The PSP Go Will Still Be Profitable for Retailers

The PlayStation Portable is one of the most popular handheld consoles out there, having managed to move over 50 million units across the world. It has also generated a pretty decent profit for retailers around the world, as they sold not only the device but also UMD discs with games for it. Now though, with the next...

1 July 2009
02:39 GMT

The PSP Go Is Expensive Because It Needs to Be

The PlayStation Portable is a pretty successful video game console as it has managed to move over 50 million units worldwide ever since it was released. Sadly this didn't really equal big sales for video games made for the device and slowly developers began to distance themselves from the platform. Now though, ...

29 June 2009
03:52 GMT

The PSP Go Isn't Priced Right, Says Analyst

Sony has a lot of devices on the electronics market, but a very profitable one is its PlayStation Portable handheld console, which not only plays games made for it, but is also quite a reputed media player that has reached sales of over 50 million units across the world. Now, with the brand new PSP Go!, the Japanese ...

18 June 2009
15:01 GMT


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