Posts Tagged ‘PSPgo’

Price Cuts for PSPgo

October 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

Sony has started with price cuts for the PSPgo. The price of the non-UMD device has been cut to $200 in the US and to ¥16,800 in Japan. EU pricing is unaffected as it seems.

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Minis Sales Successful, Not Going to UMD

October 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

Joystick held an interesting interview with SCEA's Eric Lempel about the introduction of the Minis as well as the possibility of the Minis being published on the good old UMD.

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PSPgo & Mini’s, not so iPhone’esque

October 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

Last Thursday, Sony launched the PSPgo and with it, their new Mini's category. Though it was a challenge by itself to find a retailer in our neighbourhood who actually sold the device, the Mini's where a bit disappointing too.

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PSPgo Allows Game Rentals

October 7th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

It seems Sony is planning to allow game rentals for the new PSP system. With this tactic it will not only shut out retail sales, but also rental stores that rent out UMD's for the older models.

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PSP Go Room, Rewards and more

September 25th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

At the Tokyo Gameshow, Sony unveiled more details about the upcoming PSPgo. Before the end of the year, the company will roll out PSP Room, a Playstation Home like environment.

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Dutch Shops Boycott PSPgo

September 17th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

The Dutch Nedgame chain has hit national newspapers today by openly announcing a boycott on Sony's new PSPgo. The handheld console should go on sale next month.

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PSPgo, the new Mobile Games Platform?

July 16th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

It seems like Sony will be more aggressive to push the new PSPgo into the market. They striped the UMD drive, making it depend purely on digital downloads and their plans for it are along the lines of Apple's App Store.