PSP Site Launches, Launch Titles Confirmed

The Official PSP Website has launched with details on the system and games. GamesIndustry.biz has a list of the PSP Japanese Launch Titles we can expect when the system hits retailers. From the Article: With just over three weeks to go until the PlayStation Portable launches in Japan, Sony has revealed that buyers will have six games to choose from on day one, with around 20 games total due out before the end of December."

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http://world.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecon tent?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.playstation.jp%2Fpsp%2Fs oftware.html&lp=ja_en [altavista.com]

Re:question

[Anonymous Coward]

Since nobody has one in their hands yet and even if they did there would only be JP games to test on, there are only rumors to go by, but the "word on the street" is that the movie playing aspect will obey region locking, but that the games will not

PSP is toast

[RzUpAnmsCwrds]

If PSP isn't launching in Japan fo another 3 weeks, it looks like the system will completely miss the holiday buying season in the US.

Meanwhile, Nintendo is launching the DS in time for Black Friday. Current estimates show pre-orders running in the 5 million unit range in both the US and Japan.

Nintendo will have 5 million systems in the hands of gamers before Sony delivers a single PSP.

The DS has better battery life and it's $50 cheaper.

There will be lots of DS systems sitting under the tree this year. There won't be any DS systems there.

Which system would you develop for if you were EA? The one that will have 5 million units shipped in the US before the end of the year or the system that will have none.

Re:question

[pcosta]

Movies will be region locked. Games won't.

333 Mhz is a lie

[Anonymous Coward]

Sony continues to brag about the 333 Mhz processor in the system, but it's a lie. While the processor may technically be *capable* of running that fast, it's in fact been throttled to 222 Mhz. Developers have the option of running it even slower, but there is no way to run it faster.

Re:question

[be-fan]

Sony has announced that PSP games will not be region-locked. I'm planning to import one from Japan when it comes out :)