develop-online.net - 7/2/2009
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Sony had planned to release a 'network centric' model of the PSP ever since the beginning, according to an interview on website GameBusiness.jp . In an interview with the head of SCE's product planning division, Naoya Matsui, it has been revealed that the company was simply waiting for the ...
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sonyinsider.com - 7/2/2009
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090618_01 According to recently filed FCC documents ,
the PSP Go (PSP-N1001) might be faster than we...
originally expected. While the official specs stated the clock frequency of the processor at 333MHz, FCC documents have pegged this tiny UMD-less, ...
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Sony’s PSP Go True Processor Speed Revealed
play.com - 7/3/2009
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play.com —
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Sony planned UMD-less PSP all along
CrunchGear —
... like a total chump. Well, Sony, if you’re okay with that, I guess I’m okay with that. Mainly because I’m not one of the loyal customers you could have done better by.
Okay, I’m giving them a bit too hard of a time over this, but seriously, they could have had a revolutionary product (which, if I’m honest, we would have laughed at when it launched), but instead they stuck us with good ol’ UMD. Nobody wins!
[via Electronista and Develop Online]
Sony claims it had UMD-less PSP planned all along
T3.com All —
... a sizeable portion of the growing download market. Yet Sony is not out of the game either.PSP Go is not due out until October 2 nd , so customers have yet to express their opinion of Sony s enhanced download service with their wallets. In the long run too, the huge Sony corporation has an awful lot of content and services that could be put to use on using that network-centric model. Here s hoping this could be the start of a new era for the PSP system. Link : Sony (via Develop ) Buy one here: Gamestation | Game | Play [image] Coolest ...
Sony claims it had UMD-less PSP planned all along
T3.com News —
... not out of the game either.PSP Go is not due out until October 2nd, so customers have yet to express their opinion of Sony’s enhanced download service with their wallets. In the long run too, the huge Sony corporation has an awful lot of content and services that could be put to use on using that ‘network-centric’ model. Here’s hoping this could be the start of a new era for the PSP system.
Link: Sony (via Develop)
Buy one here: ...
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