We're now only a four days away from the launch of the PlayStation Portable.
Later this month, Sony will introduce a software update for its PlayStation Portable that will support Skype.
PlayStation Portable Meanwhile, at least one columnist wasn't writing about file-sharing this week.
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Judging from the masterpiece of technology and design that is the PlayStation Portable, the answer is an unequivocal yes.
So, what we're doing with the PlayStation Portable is really establishing a new marketplace, and establishing, frankly, a new beachhead.
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In November last year, the PS Vita was reported to have sold even fewer units than its predecessor, the Playstation Portable (PSP).
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The PlayStation Portable is really targeting guys 18 to 34, and therefore, these are guys that, by and large, have stopped portable-gaming.
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Worse still, Sony, which dominates the household-console market, has announced plans to launch its own handheld console, the PlayStation Portable, in 2004.
However, the popularity of simple games available on smartphones is now a serious threat to dedicated portable gaming devices such as Sony's PlayStation Portable.
Sony 's PlayStation Portable allows executives to spend time racing cars or killing bad guys any time they have a few minutes to spare.
PlayStation Portable users, who were also affected by the downtime, could choose from Little Big Planet PSP, ModNation PSP, Pursuit Force and Killzone Liberation.
PlayStation Portable sales dropped by as much as 37% last year, to about 2.7 million for the April-to-September period, according to the Press Association.
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Later this month, Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ) will introduce a software update for its PlayStation Portable that will support Skype.
Since its launch in 2004, the DS line has held the top spot in the hand held game market, selling twice as many units than the PlayStation Portable.
"PlayStation 2 defined digital entertainment.... PlayStation Portable, the next revolution!"
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After more than a year of fever-pitch hype, the PlayStation Portable didn't need a dramatic corporate shakeup to add more media attention to its launch, but that's what it got.
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Damn, it's only been a week since the Sony dropped the PlayStation Portable on us and people already pieced together a ton of different hacks and how-tos for the new game console.
Sony is planning to launch a new handheld gaming device by the end of this year, which will act as a successor to its PlayStation Portable, the Japanese electronics giant has announced.
Sony 's (nyse: SNE - news - people ) PlayStation Portable allows executives to spend time racing cars or killing bad guys any time they have a few minutes to spare.
Sony Ericsson Chief Executive Bert Nordberg said he is aware of speculation that the company is at work on a smartphone that would take advantage of Sony's experience in developing the PlayStation Portable videogame device.
Beyond that is the upcoming PlayStation Portable, or PSP, from Japan's electronics and entertainment giant Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ), which should reach stores in time for Christmas 2004.
Nintendo will have to wait and see whether these titles can help maintain their dominance in the handheld market with the upcoming Nokia N-Gage, Sony's recently announced PlayStation Portable, as well as improving mobile games.
So if you recall, way back at E3 2004 when Sony was showing off the PlayStation Portable for the first time in the US, they were also generating some buzz with translucent keyboard and cellphone attachments.
Take care if you happen to travel through downtown San Francisco this week: The sidewalks are full of people walking with their heads down, eyes locked on their smart phone, Nintendo DS or Sony PlayStation Portable, deeply engrossed in a video game and not necessarily watching where they are going.
Sony Computer Entertainment has sold 1.2 million PlayStation Vita portable gaming devices since launch last year, but those numbers could have been much higher without increased competition from smartphones and tablets.
There's neither a new home console (Wii U) nor a portable one (PlayStation Vita) that relates to Microsoft SmartGlass effort.
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