Classic PSP Games Revival On PSN News
PSP games that are no longer available in the shops, are to be revived on the PlayStation Store...
By Gwynne DixonPosted: 11/01/2008
SCEA's Senior Product Manager for the PSP, John Koller, has spoken at CES about the future of the PSP and PC based PlayStation Store. Most significantly, he mentions that PSP games which may no longer be stocked in the shops, but still have a significant following in the PSP community, could be re-released on PSN via the PlayStation Store.
Speaking to Kotaku, Koller gave examples of Wipeout and Twisted Metal as games that "retailers aren't interested in carrying at this stage." But also spoke of the consumer demand for such titles, adding that they are "games that we hear a lot of demand from PSP owners...who say 'I want to play this but can't find it at retail anymore."
Koller went on to outline future plans for downloadable content for the PSP on the PlayStation Store, hinting at "bite-size experiences" on the service:
"We have an opportunity to bring bite-size experiences to the system; ten minute, pick up and play content that can be downloaded from the store."
As for the PSP and Sony's dwindling UMD format, Koller suggested that Sony would be looking at restructuring the pricing of UMD movies: "We definitely understand that releasing a 70s era romantic comedy at $29.99 didn't appeal to most of the demographic." However, he also warned that retailers were resisting such price reductions.
Apparently, this week's CES announcement of Blu-ray discs with embedded standard definition PSP movies on them, isn't a worry for Sony and the UMD format according to Koller: "Any way we can help get that multimedia content onto the PSP, we're going to take it."
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Added:Tue 09th Sep 2008 11:29, Post No: 29
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Added:Thu 21st Aug 2008 17:26, Post No: 27
y wud a portable CONSOLE come with a phone...tht wud just be pointless, it wud take a massive amount of power to make all them things work in such a small space and a camera??? wtf wud be the point??? " ooo luck at me i can takie pictures of ppl while playin a game" keep dreamin m8 lol
Added:Wed 20th Aug 2008 21:46, Post No: 26
lol an 80 gb psp is not possible unless they use ssd hard drives which cost sh*t loads to buy independantly maybe you should get used to dreaming, though if they stop making any games for it or make a psp that could only get games from the ps3 then you could have maybe a 20gb max where the current disk drive is. apart from that the psp is getting more like the ds minus the touch screen which no doubt will probably happen in the no so distant future.
Added:Wed 02nd Jul 2008 17:01, Post No: 25
I want to see the Sony Cortina...or even the Sony Quattro!
Added:Wed 09th Jan 2008 00:31, Post No: 24
UMD already dead. Sony has nothing to lose by adding SD stuff on the Blu-ray discs for PSP viewing.
Added:Tue 08th Jan 2008 21:04, Post No: 23
good point but i think i would only pay about $250 and not bother with the touch screen.with mobile tec in there you could play games over the net any time any where but only at a reasonable price of course.
Added:Tue 08th Jan 2008 18:03, Post No: 22
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