More people would then be on the prowl for PSP games, which currently account for 9% of EA's revenues.
After releasing NBA 10: The Inside for PSP exclusively in 2009, the game publisher has abandoned basketball and all other sports.
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The data below comes from Google trends over the past seven days and shows the extent to which people searched for PSP, Playstation 4, Google Glass, and the iPhone.
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"We are very excited to offer so much new content for PSP this year, particularly in this bite-sized form, " said Zeno Colaco, Vice President, Publisher and Developer Relations, SCEE.
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Sony was certainly challenged to offer a way to deliver high capacity to its freshman portable gaming device, but the 1.8GB UMD must take at least some of the blame for the relatively slow load times for PSP.
' It's really a product of what our developers want to see, not to mention the feedback we got for the PSP and the PSP Go, from both developers and the community and consumers.
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It's great because it has an HTTP and FTP server and uses regular HTML to issue the commands making it the perfect match for my PSP, which does not support any fancy Javascripts or DHTML. The PSP talks to the WACI NX via wifi through the network.
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BusinessWeek's Stephen Wildstrom joined the growing consensus lauding the PSP for its game-playing capabilities and trashing it for everything else.
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Recognized as the undisputed industry leader, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. markets the PlayStation family of products and develops, publishes, markets and distributes software for the PS one game console, the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, PLAYSTATION 3 and the PSP system for the North American market.
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That may not be good news for Sony, but it could be a short-term boon for video-hungry PSP owners.
Investors wanting to add private equity exposure to their portfolio can look to the PowerShares Listed Private Equity ETF ( PSP) for diversification and income.
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.
Recognized as the undisputed industry leader, Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC markets the PlayStation family of products and develops, publishes, markets and distributes software for the PS one, PlayStation 2, PSP, PSPgo, PS3, PS4 and PS Vita systems for the North American market.
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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Yesterday Benzinga learned that Sony (NYSE: SNE) will release a new version of the old PSP in Europe for 99 euro.
That price, the inability to play old PSP games without paying for new downloads, and a host of other issues kept the device from taking off at retail.
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Similar to merchant processors for credit and debit cards, BitPay is a Payment Service Provider (PSP) specializing in eCommerce, B2B, and enterprise solutions for virtual currencies.
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Handhelds from the 3DS to the PSP have seen slower burns for their sales, rather than impressive launch performance.
Overall, the PSP has gotten a bad rap for its "convergence" features but it's unfair to paint it with a single brush for all content.
However, as it gets easier (and cheaper) to use tools like the Neuros Recorder to get flicks onto the PSP, the already meager demand for films on UMD is likely to continue to dwindle, further discouraging retailers and studios.
"The PSP is the perfect 'snacking' device for busy executives, " says Erel Margalit, managing partner of Jerusalem Venture Partners.
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.
It will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Windows PC, PSP and Wii.
We're starting out with small things, like, for example, this time around Jack was talking about the PSP.
Acclaimed for being the first truly integrated handheld entertainment system, the PSP system continues to deliver unparalleled gaming experiences only possible on the PSP platform while offering a wide variety of affordable entertainment options to consumers.
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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.
The PSP Mini space game has gotten a pretty impressive overhaul for the Vita, including touch-screen warp functionality.
This new price point enables us to broaden the PSP platform to a larger group of consumers who are looking for best-in-class handheld entertainment.
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The launch of Nintendogs is responsible for making Nintendo DS the best-selling system in Japan, outselling the PSP by three times.
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