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Sony has confirmed that all of its future UMD PSP titles will be released simultaneously for download on the upcoming PSP Store – which, incidentally, has been given a Japanese launch date of October 15th. CVG reports that SCEJ’s Destroy All Heroes 2 will be the first title to be …

Sales of both the PS3 and PSP are almost a third higher than Sony had estimated in its year-to-date predictions, SCEA boss Jack Tretton has stated. Reuters reports that the US arm of Sony is now very confident that it will meet, or even exceed, its estimations despite the global …

The latest figures from Enterbrain, the parent company of legendary Japanese games magazine Famitsu, have shown that PSP was the biggest selling console in the six months ending September 28th. However, sales of both hardware and software for the period were down compared to the same period in the year …

Mark Healy, the co-founder of LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule, has said that discussions have taken place concerning a possible PSP outing for his upcoming platform release, though adds that nothing has been decided as of yet. Speaking to Eurogamer, Healy stated: There’s definitely scope for a PSP version. We’ve had …

Despite losing out to Xbox 360 in the August US hardware battle , Sony has concentrated on the many positives the firm can enjoy in its response to the latest NPD stats. PS3 shifted 185,353 units in the US throughout August, with sales so far in 2008 hitting two million …

Nintendo has released an understated, though understandably chuffed, response the news that Nintendo’s DS and Wii claimed first and second spots respectively in the US August hardware charts , according to data from NPD. The positive public response to Nintendo DS and Wii has stayed strong throughout 2008,” Nintendo of …

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has edged out Sony’s PS3 in the US during August, shifting 195,400 units compared to its rival 185,200 PS3s. However, both platforms were eclipsed by the DS (518,300 units), Wii (453,000) and Sony’s PSP (253,000). "The PSP and PS3 systems achieved the greatest percentage gain of all …

Publisher D3P has announced that it is to bring a number of its existing PSP titles to Sony’s PlayStation Network – a move that could be seen as a snub to the handheld’s UMD format. Gamers will be able to download the PSP titles via Sony’s PSN on either PS3 …

As much as Sony is pioneering the release of full-price titles via its own PSN network, it is also going to great length to preserve its presence at retail – as can be seen by the news that it is to release many of its downloadable PSP titles on boxed …

SCEA’s hardware marketing director John Koller has released a statement correcting claims he made earlier in the week regarding that battery life of the firm’s upcoming PSP 3000. On Monday he stated that the machine’s brighter screen would reduce its operating time by up to 30 minutes – however, a …