Puzzle & Power Packs: PSN-only games on UMD this Oct.

by Christopher Grant { Sep 4th 2008 at 11:27AM }

Despite a higher percentage of broadband penetration in Europe, and the introduction of a PC-based PlayStation Store for the PS3-less, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has still opted to wrangle up the bits of some of the PSP's download-only titles for UMD distribution in themed "packs".

The first two packs (there are "more Collection Packs to be released throughout 2009") are the Puzzle Pack – cramming the mischievous Lemmings with the excitable Go! Sudoku and Go! Puzzle – and the Power Pack – an odd grouping of Syphon Filter: Combat Ops, the more contemplative stylings of flOw, and the rhythm-happy Beats. The Puzzle Pack is slated for a European debut in "mid" October while the Power Pack will come along right behind it, in "late" October. We've asked the fine folks at SCEA to comment on a North American release so, until then, let's just assume this is Europe-only.

Tags: Beats, flOw, Go-Puzzle, Go-Sudoku, Lemmings, Power-Pack, PSN, Puzzle-Pack, SCEE, Syphon-Filter-Combat-Ops, UMD

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

required @ Sep 4th 2008 11:37AM

I think this is a good idea as some like things to be tangible.

Maverick Saturn @ Sep 4th 2008 11:38AM

Guess this is good for those that do not have a connection to the store. Still know quite a few people in that boat with PSPs

ANTCEP @ Sep 4th 2008 12:03PM

good idea for credit card less people

Demo @ Sep 4th 2008 12:12PM

This is good for people like me who don't have a credit card and can't get a "psn card" if they really exist.

luckycreature @ Sep 4th 2008 12:22PM

or yeah like me with a macintosh who cant download flow even though i want to

Isn't the psp region free? so i could import these right?

DiRT @ Sep 4th 2008 12:34PM

Even though I have broadband, a PC, a PS3, and a credit card, I like the idea of "owning" the games and not just having some piece of "the cloud."

Paul Brown @ Sep 4th 2008 1:14PM

This article misses the proverbial 'forest for the trees'; the point is that PSP's don't have huge honking storage media available to them, and the proprietary Memory Stick storage options out there are exceedingly expensive.

AlterEgo @ Sep 4th 2008 1:49PM

and also getting increasingly cheaper.

required @ Sep 4th 2008 4:41PM

http://www.pspfanboy.com/2008/08/18/deal-4gb-memory-stick-for-20/

Cellien @ Sep 4th 2008 2:38PM

I STILL wish the PSP used cartridges... The battery life would be so much better!

required @ Sep 4th 2008 4:24PM

The PSP has a great play time. UMD is a good format. It allows for much longer richer deeper media. If the PSP was limited to the same tiny DS format it would probably have the kind of simplistic games that the DS has.

Extinction @ Sep 6th 2008 1:24PM

Dear Required: I'm glad you're actually intelligent, unlike the guy you replied to

Kyle @ Sep 4th 2008 8:08PM

I really like this idea because I flat out don't trust the PS Store just yet. Hopefully they release some slightly more mainstream titles. Just not sure how expansive they can go considering SS Portable is coming out so they can't through that on a compilation disc.