Posts Tagged ‘Sony’

MediaMarkt and Makro Boycot PSPgo as Well

October 6th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

We reported before on a Dutch chain of game stores that where boycotting the PSPgo from Sony. More retail chains are now joining them leading to problems for those that do want to buy one.

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Sony Limits Minis to Speed up Testing

September 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

The PSP Minis platform seems to be more successful amongst developers then Sony had anticipated. The
company announced to limit options of games to speed up testing.

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PSP Minis Might Head to UMD

September 14th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | No Comments »

In an interview with Develop, Sony announced the possibility of the PSP Minis ending up on a UMD. Release on UMD is very interesting for the older PSP models that will remain popular in markets where Wi-Fi is less developed like South America.

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PSP Minis Pricing Unveiled

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

Developer GameShastra has (accidentally) revealed the price points for Sony's PSP Minis service. As expected, they are set to compete directly with the app store and so, are lower than those of DSIware.

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Details Emerge for PSP Minis Development

August 26th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: PSP Minis | 1 Comment »

A new platform category starts at MGB as last week we got loads of information on PSP Minis. This might be the next easy platform for mobile game developers to launch their games onto.

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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.

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All About That PSP Phone Again…

June 30th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | 1 Comment »

It has been rumoured for years, but this time it seems Sony is the one starting to talk about the possibilities of a real mobile phone based on Sony's Playstation or PSP brand.

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Sony to Acquire SonyEricsson?

March 18th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | 2 Comments »

The latest industry rumours say that Ericsson is interested in selling it's share of SonyEriccson to JV partner Sony. Does this mean that the much rumoured PSP phone will come anyway?

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More Rumours on PSP Phone

March 9th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Gaming Gear | No Comments »

Will the PSP phone remain vaporware? That could very well be, but with SonyEricsson not allowed the rights to the PSP brand, Sony might be cooking up something itself.

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Cu*bert Kicked Off App Store

February 11th, 2009 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Last week, we reported on the game Duck Hunt that was kicked off of Apple's App Store on behalf of Nintendo. This week, it's Cu*bert that will be kicked out the door on behalf of Sony.