Posts with tag PlaystationStore
Posted May 6th 2008 1:30PM by Majed Athab
Filed under: Store
Today is a special day. Over in Europe, a celebration is underway: PlayStation Day 2008. Our very own Jem Alexander is at the London event and you can read up on the live coverage over at
PS3 Fanboy. While Jem brings you all the juicy SCEE news, you can celebrate in your own way. In honor of today's festivities, the European PC Store is getting a special update:
Playable content:
- Street Skater PS1 game (£3.49)
Trailers:
Okay, that's not really much of an update. It's a nice thought, though -- especially with the regular update still on the way this Thursday. If you've got a PS3, you might want to check out the
PS3 PlayStation Store update, too. It's way better than this.
Posted Sep 20th 2007 12:20AM by Ross Miller
In addition to becoming the PlayStation 3's power button of choice, the PSP has made relations with the PC. At the Tokyo Game Show press conference, Kaz Hirai announced that the PS Store will soon be accessible via the computer.
According to Hirai, you will be able to purchase and download PSP content without using the PS3 as a middle-man. The service is reportedly available now in Japan; no word on when it will be coming elsewhere.
[Via
Joystiq]
Posted Jun 19th 2007 6:30PM by Peter Vrabel
Filed under: Downloads, Imports, Ape Escape
Introducing another shining example of Sony shafting non-Japanese gamers, Sony is releasing a demo of
Sarugetchu: SaruSaru Daisakusen (a take off their popular
Ape Escape franchise) at the World Hobby Fair on June 23rd. This same demo will also be available for download on the PlayStation 3, through the Japanese PlayStation Store, and later on June 29th, through means of an 8MB
downloadable demo off their
website. The full game is set for a July 26th release and as with most Japanese-originating releases, there is no official word on a North American translation or confirmed release at all. How many more
Ape Escape fans do we have with us here that are hoping this title makes its way to other territories?
Posted Jun 5th 2007 7:15PM by Peter Vrabel
Filed under: Software
For PSP owners itching to test out the game-playing capabilities of Remote Play (made possible from the last firmware upgrade), you'll want to
go here for a walkthrough on setting up a Japan PlayStation Network account for your PS3.
Mainichi Issyo has been (and still is) only available through the
Japanese PlayStation Store. As reported during the
firmware 3.50 release, the Remote Play functionality will allow
Mainichi Issyo gamers to "interact with Toro the cat" through any available internet access point. New details unveil the game's unique ability to complete microtransactions through the PlayStation Store in-game, instead of dumping you out to the
PSP built-in browser. Feel free to have yourself a look-see. We'll be sure to update you with our in-depth impressions on Remote Play, as promised.
[
Update: Changed the wording of the post to reflect the newly unveiled features within Mainichi Issyo, using Remote Play. The post title changed to reflect the description of these new in-game features.]
Posted May 31st 2007 5:10PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: Imports

The
Japanese PS Store has updated
far more frequently than America's. Their selection of downloadable PS1 titles (which still requires a PS3 system) has expanded yet again, with a strong emphasis on SNK's classic fighters:
Guilty Gear
King of Fighters '95
King of Fighters '96
King of Fighters '97
Little Princess: Maru Oukoku no Ningyou Hime 2
Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special: Dominated Mind
Samurai Spirits: Kenkaku Yubinan Pack
Septentrion
Spectral Force 2
Spectral Tower
Suna no Embrace
There's also a free offering on the Store, a demo of
XI, also known as
Devil Dice. While Japanese gamers are enjoying frequent updates to the retro catalog, American gamers haven't had anything new since the release of
Wipeout in March. Of course, that's far better than the sparse availability of titles for Europeans: zero. Hopefully, with the new PSP store arriving this Fall, we'll have better access to these PlayStation classics.
[Via
Siliconera]
Posted May 10th 2007 3:30PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News
Sony Online Entertainment is responsible for the creation and maintenance of the PLAYSTATION Network and Store. At yesterday's Gamer's Day event, they revealed Station Launcher, a new service that will bring downloadable content to the masses. The plans are quite ambitious, as detailed by
Gamasutra's interview with SOE creative director Nathan Pearce. According to the interview, plans for a PSP version of Station Launcher is already in the works. Through it, players will be able do download movies directly to their handhelds.
"We have a version of Launcher where it recognizes when you plug in your PSP into the PC. You can download a movie straight from the internet through the Launcher straight to your PSP without it ever having touched your PC. There is no version on the PC, if you don't want it to be. It can download straight to your destination device like your PSP."
Movies will be formatted for PSP, and will not incur an additional cost. The possibilities of Station Launcher are nearly endless: imagine if
PS1 games were made available for download, sans PS3. Unfortunately, because of the huge scope of the project, it will be a very long time until we see it: "It is going to be a pretty big endeavor, so I don't have a release date for it, but it is going to be a good time after summer."
[Thanks, Colin!]
Posted Apr 25th 2007 9:00AM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News, Software

Japan is receiving a huge selection of PS1 games to download on the PLAYSTATION Store, starting 4/26. The following games will be playable both on PSP and PS3 systems equipped with
firmware 1.7:
- Spectral Force (Idea Factory)
- R-Types (Irem)
- A.IV. Evolution Global (Artdink)
- Resident Evil Directors Edition (Capcom)
- Bishibashi Special (Konami)
- Arc the Land (Sony)
- Ore no Shi wo Koete Yuke (Sony)
- Gunners Heaven (Sony)
- Ganbare Morikawa-kun Ni-go (Sony)
- Marl Oukoku no Ningyou Hime (Nippon Ichi)
- Tekken 2 (Bandai Namco)
But, that's not all.
Continue reading Japan gets 25 new downloadable PS1 games
Posted Mar 29th 2007 12:40PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News, Imports

American gamers haven't enjoyed an update since
Wipeout, and European gamers
don't have any PS1 games available on the PLAYSTATION Store yet. That hasn't stopped Sony from updating their archive of PS1 titles in Japan. The newest update brings 5 more games, bringing the total number of downloadable titles to 36:
- Gunners Heaven (SCEJ)
- Galaxy Fight (Sun Denshi)
- Hard Edge (Sun Denshi)
- Arcade Hits Raiden (Hamster)
- Tall Unlimited (Hamster)
As usual, PSP owners must have a PS3 in order to access the PLAYSTATION Store. When Sony will choose to fix this flaw?
See also:
Retro Reviews
[Via
IGN]
Posted Mar 28th 2007 9:50PM by Steven Bailey
Filed under: News
I've complained from time to time about the selection of downloadable PSone games for PSP in the US, but right now the UK has it much worse. At launch of the PS3, there are zero PSone games on the PlayStation Store for download to PSP. Sony hasn't made any statement as to when they'll show up, but the US had to wait a little while for this feature. Still, since the UK launch was much later than in Japan and the US, one would think Sony would have titles lined up for day one. In any case, let's hope for the sake of UK PS3 owners that the wait isn't too long.
[Via Games Radar]
Posted Mar 24th 2007 2:31PM by Steven Bailey
Filed under: News

IGN has up a feature in which they interview John Koller the Senior Brand Manager for Sony and they ask him how Game 3.0 will effect PSP as well as what changes are in store for the handheld.
The PSP's role in Game 3.0
"It's a developing situation for us with PSP in terms of Game 3.0. What we've always stated is that PlayStation Portable is the cultural currency between all of our products here at PlayStation. "
The PSP and Home
"All I can really say to that is what Phil Harrison mentioned, that PSP certainly has a place within the Home dynamic. We're still looking at ways to optimize that, and I think more info will be forthcoming soon on what that is."
PlayStation Network features
"There's a place for PSP inside the network as well -- that's the same as with Home -- and what that place is will be revealed soon."
PSP's Future
Mr. Koller goes on to say that they are working on advancements to the PlayStation Store and Sony Connect and those as well as the GPS and Camera will be revealed in time. Most of his answers referred to changes in the future and in speaking of the future of PSP, Koller said, "We're extremely excited for it. I was talking to a group a week or two ago, we were saying that this really is the year for PSP. This upcoming calendar year is going to be fantastic. There are a ton of initiatives that are going to kick off, that are about to happen, that will be announced soon, all of which will be very exciting from a variety of perspectives."
Interesting stuff indeed. I can't wait to see what Sony has in store for my favorite portable.
Posted Mar 22nd 2007 7:15PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News

YourPSP's official PSP Store is Europe's premiere destination for PSP downloads. It's provided us with a great number of
downloadable demos and other goodies. However, it looks to be
getting an overhaul. What new upgrades might the site be receiving? Full downloadable games, if this page from the
UK PlayStation site is to be believed.
To the right of the page, links to downloadable demos of
Loco Roco,
Killzone and
Ridge Racer 2 can be found. But more interesting are the descriptions for
Wipeout: Pure and
Go! Sudoku: "
Download full game now."
Sony has promised that the PLAYSTATION Store would one day
find its way to PSP. As they've shown with the PS3, full downloadable games are a crucial part of Sony's strategy. Could Europe be the first region to receive downloadable retail games? If so, how will it work? When will it expand to other countries? Was the
web version of the PLAYSTATION Store the beginning of something bigger? Stay tuned for more.
[Via
Gamespot]
Posted Mar 17th 2007 3:30PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News
We've been clamoring for a version of the PLAYSTATION Store that doesn't involve owning a PS3. For whatever reason, Sony seems to think that making PSP downloads available on a system that isn't called a "PSP" is a smart decision. Well, hopefully Sony's
web version of the PLAYSTATION Store is leading us in the right direction. It features all the recent updates made to the PLAYSTATION Store, including the
latest downloadable PSP title,
Wipeout. The only problem? You can't actually buy anything from this Store yet: it's just for perusal purposes only.
But certainly Sony will eventually be able to translate this interface for PSP? The system features a capable online browser that can handle transactions. Why not allow PSP users to simply browse and purchase items directly from their PSP internet browsers? We hope Sony's working on something--and soon.
[Via
PS3 Fanboy]
Posted Mar 15th 2007 9:35PM by Steven Bailey
Filed under: News

Last week PSP owners had the option of downloading the first of a game series that has a newer version already on PSP. I
complained about it. Well, I probably should have just been happy there was a new PS1 game to download, because this week there's no PSP content with the weekly PLAYSTATION Store update. When I think of all the possible amazing PS1 games I could have downloaded it
makes me cry that I have nothing. I'm sorry I yelled at you Sony, please give me more games to download for my PSP. In the meantime I'm going to start e-mailing Sony non-stop until they release
Rival Schools: United by Fate for download.
Posted Mar 9th 2007 11:00AM by Steven Bailey
Filed under: News, Wipeout

Yet again Sony has released a downloadable game on the PlayStation Store that is already available in a better form on PSP. The original
Wipeout from the days of PS1 has landed in downloadble form on Sony's PS3 market. I'm sure for hardcore
Wipeout fans this is exciting and more playable games for PSP is never a bad thing, but why can't Sony focus on games that aren't already available on PSP and give us some downloadable games worth getting excited about? I'm sitting with my hands outstretched and they have money in them. Sony can take that money as soon as they give me some games I want to download and enjoy on my PSP.
Posted Mar 7th 2007 11:45PM by Steven Bailey
Filed under: News, Loco Roco

While surfing (not literally) the web I saw one PSP related article in Gamespot's GDC section. It was about LocoRoco 2 and I knew I had to check it out. The article ended up being about Sony's trophy system for the PS3 Home concept. I had to scan the article a bit to find anything about LocoRoco 2, but here's what was said "The awards shown off by Harrison included statuettes for the PlayStation Store games LocoRoco 2 and Super Rub-a-Dub, as well as a Hellghast villain from the forthcoming PS3 Killzone preserved like a heavily armored pheasant under glass."
To me the inclusion of LocoRoco 2 in the PS3 Home trophy room means one or more of three possible things to me:
- LocoRoco 2 is in fact coming to PS3
- LocoRoco 2 is coming to both PSP & PS3
- The trophy system is being extended to not just PS3, but also PSP
I personally think regardless of whether LocoRoco 2 is coming to PS3, there will be something LocoRoco related in PSP's future. I also believe that if Sony has the kind of success with Home that I think they will, they'll extend at least parts of that experience to PSP. Does anyone else agree with me, or am I a mad man?
PS- I can be both a mad man and you can agree with me if you choose.
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