PSP News
- PSP's at Macy Stores
Neocrisis - How strange does that sound. You can now buy a PSP, games for it and many other high priced electronics at Macy Stores.
- Europe / Others Hardware and Software Chart for Week Ending Aug 16th, 2008
VGChartz estimates that the European / Others software and hardware charts for week ending Aug 16th, 2008 was as follows:
Hardware Totals: [Last Week Totals #]
DSL: 266,531 (-2%) [272,341]
Wii: 168,642 (-4%) [175,146]
PSP: 74,790 (-0%) [75,062]
PS3: 64,432 (-4%) [67,283]
360: 53,682 (-2%) [55,049]
PS2: 47,589 (-5%) [50,111]
Top 10 Software:
1 Wii Sports (Wii) 165,717 10,823,865
2 Wii Fit (Wii) 103,622 2,474,294
3 Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 102,574 2,630,059
4 Wii Play (Wii) 73,548 4,807,935
5 Guitar Hero: On Tour (DS) 49,811 291,774
6 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) 49,456 1,585,572
7 Brain Training (DS) 46,882 6,827,550
8 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii) 45,169 2,931,889
9 Nintendogs (DS) 44,835 10,250,689
10 Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon 2: Time / Darkness (DS) 43,368 683,296
Other New Releases:
46 Madden NFL 09 (360) 10,742 10,742 [NEW]
48 Madden NFL 09 (PS3) 10,588 10,588 [NEW]
Software Totals: (Last Week #)
Wii: 851,450 (891,361) Tie Ratio: 4.37
DSL: 639,633 (696,095) Tie Ratio: 2.18
PS3: 270,054 (296,020) Tie Ratio: 3.49
360: 253,926 (258,473) Tie Ratio: 3.12
PS2: 96,728 (98,627) Tie Ratio: n/a
PSP: 43,879 (48,080) Tie Ratio: 0.31
- Fading Shadows is Shipping to North American Retailers
GamingShogun writes, " Fading Shadows takes place in a mystical world consisting of two sides ? the joyful side and the dark side. Aira and her brother Erwyn have lived their whole lives on the joyful side of the world. Everything changed when Master Gardal interrupted their peacefulness by capturing Erwyn. The reason behind the brutal capture revolves around an ancient prophecy..."
- What Sony's 12 announcements could be
TalkPlayStation.com writes:"Sony recently said that they have 12 announcements lined up for Leipzig 2008. Many gamers have been wondering and guessing what these announcements could be. Here's our verdict."
- Top 20 PSP games for under $20
PSPFanboy: "Love your PSP but you are on a tight budget? Worry not, for we have compiled a selection of twenty PSP games that will satisfy your hunger for quality gaming without breaking the bank. Seven of them are under $10 and five of them are between $10 and $15."
- Ten Reasons Your PlayStation 3 Shouldn't Be Playing Games
Your PlayStation 3 can do more than play games. PlayStation Beyond looks at ways of taking advantage of the system's other features.
- Sony Has Lost More on the PS3 Than it Made on PS2
1up:
"Speaking at the Games Convention Developers Conference this afternoon, industry veteran Dave Perry (most known for his studio Shiny Entertainment and its games Enter the Matrix and Earthworm Jim), gave an overview of the games industry as he sees it today."
- PSPVC 2.81 Released - Convert Videos DIRECT on your PSP!
PSPVC :: PSP Video Converter is a FREE video converter for PSP (Playstation Portable)
capable of converting almost any video-format into PSP compatible media!
PSPVC is easy to use and no custom firmware is reuired! Simply select a video and click "START", it´s that simple! Add your own subtitles in your own language, tweak the image into perfection. PSPVC is also equiped with a built-in video downloader, so you can download and convert videos from any of the supported sites with ease.
- EA Announce Leipzig Line-Up
After an award winning showcase of titles at E3 in July, Electronic Arts today announced its product line up for the Leipzig Games Convention. EA will demonstrate the innovation and creativity of its portfolio for seasoned gamers and newcomers alike, as it leads the way with great interactive entertainment offerings for broad consumer tastes this year. On show in Leipzig are Europe's best selling franchises and consumer favourites like FIFA, Need For Speed, The Sims and Harry Potter, a wide range of casual and family titles for Nintendo platforms including LITTLEST PET SHOP, Boogie SuperStar, Zubo and MONOPOLY, brand new IP like SimAnimals, Mirror's Edge, Dead Space...
- PSP Version 4.50 Wishlist
It's safe to say that the PSP has been a great success for Sony hardware wise. The system itself has alot of power generating graphics of PS2 quality - never done before on any handheld device. In addition to that, they added multimedia functionality. Whether it being watching a movie on a long road-trip, or listening to music on the bus, the PSP can do this, and a whole lot more. Sony has been updating the PSP via firmware updates, which are only making the system better by adding cool features. Many people are saying that the PSP has reached it's peak - the graphics are really starting to push the PSP to it's limits and there are only a few games coming that are worth a purchase. I still believe that Sony can still squeeze more out of the PSP, even if it means they fill up that on-board flash memory (where the firmware is actually written) to the very kilobyte of capacity. What do you think Sony should add to the PSP? Find out what we think Sony should add after the break.
- PSPZ: the PSP Touch Screen Project
dcemu writes:
PSPZ is a combined hardware and software project with the aim of adding to the psp platform features that i believe should have been there from psp's launch.
Features such as
1) full touch screen support,
2) increased battery life
3)re-designed control pad
- The Force Unleashed - 4 New videos (PS3 Version)
4 New videos taken from the demo of The Force Unleashed due to be released this Thursday on PSN & Live, the videos are from the PS3 Version and are HD.
- Final Fantasy Agito XIII was Always Coming to PSP
FinalFantasy-XIII.net: IGN have extracted some more details from the latest issue of Famitsu PS3 that came out a few days ago. Some details to the storyline of Final Fantasy Agito XIII have finally been revealed and also the fact that Final Fantasy Agito XIII was always being planned for release on PSP.
- GC 2008: List of all games to be shown revealed
German videogame website 4players.de has revealed the list of all games to be present at the Games Convention 2008, which is set to start on Wednesday 20th.
- N4G Radio 08/18/2008
This week the guys discuss the latest update to the Home Beta, run down the latest NPD numbers and of course discuss the latest games including Bionic Commando Rearmed, Madden NFL 09 and Fable II Pub Games.
- PS3 vs 360 vs Wii - 60 Games That Will Turn You On
Gameplayer has a roundup of the hottest games coming to the six leading game systems.
Games covered include Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: "Here's a thought: If Michael Hutchence had been able to use Force Choke, maybe he'd still be alive. His control over the Force would have lapsed the moment he lost consciousness, you see."
- You'll Like Being a Sith Lord Apprentice, Guaranteed
NextGen Player writes:
"Star Wars: The Force Unleashed looks like it will be a good game. An amazing game even. It looks like EB Games Canada agrees, as they have a Gaming Guarantee promotion on their website right now that where they're banking you'll like the game so much, that they are willing to give you full trade-in credit within one week of purchase. As usual, this offer is only given to people who pre-order their copy."
- Top 10 Most Wanted Games on the PSP
Thanks to titles like God of War: Chains of Olympus, and Monster Hunter 2 the PSP has proven that it can be a demand-able portable console even after three years since its release. The sales charts have shown it, and the gaming crowd have proven it, but it gets me wondering what else does the PSP have in store for us? I took at look at future games to be released for the PSP, and the list got me worried. The list contained a few promising titles such as Valhalla Knights 2, as well as Buzz Master Quiz, but nothing from the list seemed to shout out as a PSP hit. We do have one title set for release next year that could bring new life into our beloved portable system. Announced at E3 this year Resistance Retribution is set to bring its chimera invasion onto the PSP in third person perspective. While it's great to see Insomniac one again coming back to the system we need more triple A titles like these to show audiences that the PSP is no system to be messed with. GameXtract has created a list of the top ten most wanted titles that we feel would make the PSP a hit in the months to come.
- PSP: CXMB v3.2 out, now with 4.01 M33 support
Okay, so a lot of PSP users have probably upgraded to CFW 4.01 M33 by now. If you've upgraded and you like pimping your PSP out with custom themes, don't worry. Poisonhzkj has released a new version of CXMB that officially includes 4.01 M33 support.
Apart from 4.01 M33 compatibility, CXMB 3.2 also includes the following improvements over the previous version:
- Why the PSP needs PlayStation Network support
Earlier this year the PSP enjoyed a rise in sales due to the release of the slimmed down PSP-2000, as well as an assortment of AAA titles, such as FFVII: Crisis Core and God of War: Chains of Olympus.
Since then, there hasn't been much fuss over the PSP, and why would there be? Where are the games? Not much worth picking up has been released since Q1 08'.
Sure things are bound to pick up again with the release of Resistance: Retribution, Super StarDust Portable, etc.
Sony needs to find a way to keep the sales, and interest going steady for the PSP. With the PSP being a technical marvel, it shouldn't be too difficult to implement some console-like features to it, to make it really shine.
The PSP needs full PSN integration. The PSP needs a full PSN friends list, where you can message, initiate a skype chat session, etc. We have a PSN "Portable ID" yet we cannot use it on our "portable" PlayStation.
