For instance, if we take lifetime unit sales, Nintendo DS has sold 132 million units, while Sony PSP has sold more than 50 million units.
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At a US games developers' conference last week, some suggested that new start-up studios should make games for mobile phones and handheld consoles, like the Sony PSP and the Nintendo DS, instead.
During the post-New Year week rebound in video game sales, aging consoles from Wii to Sony PSP posted double digit sales increases as kids with money in their pockets rushed to game stores.
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Hall, who has worked across machines such as the N64, Sony PSP, PS2, and Nintendo DS, told CNN that some of the concepts in The Matrix were now "eerily reaching towards theoretical possibility".
But folks looking to do other things may want to see how Sony improves PSP later on.
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Initially the system will allow file-sharing with Sony's PSP games console, Nokia's N-series mobile, Sony Ericsson's Walkman and Cybershot handsets and Microsoft's Windows Mobile smartphones.
In April 2011, Sony discontinued the PSP Go.
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Currently, all we truly know is that the Scout 420 has received a nod as a top honoree at next week's CES, that the website is currently nothing more than a JPEG teaser, and that it bears a striking resemblance to Sony's PSP.
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We've been hearing hints of a Sony Ericsson mobile phone with PSP capabilities and things like that...
Nintendo sold 3.15 million DS units and Sony 1.2 million PSP units, for a combined total of 4.35 million.
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Eh, even though Sony's launched some unexpected PSP accessories recently, we'd assume the phone attachment won't ever take off.
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This dominance in the used-game category, coupled with the launch of the current generation of videogame hardware, such as Nintendo's Wii and DS, Microsoft 's Xbox 360, and Sony 's Playstation 3 and PSP systems, has resulted in outstanding growth since the acquisition.
The PSP was developed at a Sony at war with itself, but its future lies in the promise of the company bringing peace between its contentious camps.
The Home demo was on a Sony Ericsson phone, but not on a PSP.
With minimal effort, Sony can unlock browser functionality on everyone's PSP's in the form of a network update.
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Let me ask this then, why was the Home integration announced on the Sony Ericsson mobile devices, and not within the PSP?
The mobile market is a lot tougher to crack than it was when the PSP was released in 2005, but Sony has made it clear that it is sure going to try.
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Being able to take a disc straight from a Sony camcorder or DVD recorder and play it in a PSP would be a powerful and practical convergence demonstration.
In the games division, Sony had a decrease in sales for the PS3, PSP and PS Vita of 12.2 percent from last year, although of course it's counting on the PS4 to turn that around.
While buying fully digital copies of games we already own is less than appealing, if Sony can implement something like the abandoned UMD-to-PSP Go "good will" plan, then there may be benefits for all.
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.
That may not be good news for Sony, but it could be a short-term boon for video-hungry PSP owners.
Yesterday Benzinga learned that Sony (NYSE: SNE) will release a new version of the old PSP in Europe for 99 euro.
Three years ago, Sony endured one of its most troubling hardware launches in company history when it released the PSP Go.
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Apparently the unit will display its wares in Sony's XMB Xross Media Bar format, as seen on the company's PSP and PS3 consoles.
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You know, when you look at the numbers on the handheld market, specifically with PSP versus Nintendo DS, the numbers coming out of the analysts are showing that that Sony's handheld is getting trounced in the marketplace.
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The PSP has been no slouch in the sales department: Since launching the device in 2005, Sony says it has sold more than 23 million units in North America and 67.8 million worldwide.
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After speaking with several companies it seems like everyone is in wait-and-see mode right now, they'd like to see what the market penetration of the PSP is first, whether the demand is there for UMD movies, and of course whether Sony is going to add support UMD drives to set-top boxes or the PlayStation 3.
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