Additionally, Sony made the Digital Comics service for the PSP official. The first announced partner is Marvel, but many more are to be announced in the future. In a chat with Eric Lempel, we found out that details like pricing and placement on the XMB are still being determined. You can check out a video of the service after the break.
Additionally, Sony made the Digital Comics service for the PSP official. The first announced partner is Marvel, but many more are to be announced in the future. In a chat with Eric Lempel, we found out that details like pricing and placement on the XMB are still being determined. You can check out a video of the service after the break.
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Posted: Aug 18th 2009 6:01PM Sam406 said
*Off-topic*
I found a video of the PS3 slim unboxing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrOS_0Ulv7M&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamesradar.com%2Ff%2Fvideo-ps3-slim-unboxing%2Fa-2009081813451874020&feature=player_embedded
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I found a video of the PS3 slim unboxing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrOS_0Ulv7M&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamesradar.com%2Ff%2Fvideo-ps3-slim-unboxing%2Fa-2009081813451874020&feature=player_embedded
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 6:08PM (Unverified) said
In HD no less. Nice find Sam. Though that guy REALLY needs a haircut, I was focusing on his hair the whole time. Looks like an early 90's cut.
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Posted: Aug 18th 2009 6:12PM U U D D L R L R B A SELECT START said
What? The bowlcut, like many other hairstyles, is an immortal look that will never die!
*sprays more activator on his Jerry Curls*
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*sprays more activator on his Jerry Curls*
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 9:01PM simbadogg said
all marvel and no DC...not that i'm a big fan of comic books in general, but i do love me some batman. batman the animated series was my favorite comic turned tv show ever made. i mean, for the love of god...its animation style won EMMYS, as in plural.
anyways, for some strange reason...i have more of a feeling this is a problem w/ dc rather than a problem w/ the already existing partnerships we've seen w/ marvel based comics and sony pictures. from what i've experience in the past few months trying to look up batman and superman...dc doesn't seem to understand how important the internet can be for your business. compare the two sites and how useful it is to loo up your favorite heros/villiams.
http://marvel.com/universe/Main_Page
http://www.dccomics.com/dcu/
anyways, rant over. good job on the web comics though sony, very intersting
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anyways, for some strange reason...i have more of a feeling this is a problem w/ dc rather than a problem w/ the already existing partnerships we've seen w/ marvel based comics and sony pictures. from what i've experience in the past few months trying to look up batman and superman...dc doesn't seem to understand how important the internet can be for your business. compare the two sites and how useful it is to loo up your favorite heros/villiams.
http://marvel.com/universe/Main_Page
http://www.dccomics.com/dcu/
anyways, rant over. good job on the web comics though sony, very intersting
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 6:04PM (Unverified) said
Wow. Those "Minis" Actually look REALLY fun. Looks much better than the majority of IPhone games.
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Posted: Aug 18th 2009 6:09PM JONNNathannn said
Are you kidding? You're looking at iPhone games.
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Posted: Aug 18th 2009 6:10PM Johnny Locke said
Are these services available for PSP 1000 as well, because i will then just buy a 16 gb card.
Or i will get a turquoise 3000, my Gameboy Colour was Turquoise, so it would be nice to have a turquoise psp.
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Or i will get a turquoise 3000, my Gameboy Colour was Turquoise, so it would be nice to have a turquoise psp.
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 6:21PM (Unverified) said
I don't know why I got downvoted. I have an iPhone so I know what I'm talking about. There is some really dumb, useless games on there, not all, just most.
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Posted: Aug 18th 2009 6:45PM 01 said
Probably the most unintended compliment ever. As others have aid, Sony has been aggressively courting iPhone Devs to port their games over ot the Mini service. I'm a little unclear if there are going to be apps (no, I'm not going to say "minis") that aren't games like there are on the iPhone App store. If the SDKs are equally easy to code for, this could be a boon to iPhone devs as a dual revenue stream.
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Posted: Aug 18th 2009 7:06PM JONNNathannn said
(01), the issue is a lot of people just decide in their mind that iPhone gaming sucks because it has no dpad and that's that. Look at the Wii, it's proof that fun can be had with new input methods.
So when people see iPhone games on the PSP, they think the games look awesome. It's lame, because iPhone has a ton of great games that are tailor made for iPhone and control great in plenty of genres, from Eliss to Real Racing.
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So when people see iPhone games on the PSP, they think the games look awesome. It's lame, because iPhone has a ton of great games that are tailor made for iPhone and control great in plenty of genres, from Eliss to Real Racing.
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 6:10PM Nobledevil Gaming Optimist said
Bah! I just commented about the same thing - I need to type faster.
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Posted: Aug 18th 2009 6:09PM Nobledevil Gaming Optimist said
Some of those miniS games looked pretty cool, but I'd like to see some actual applications as well, like the hombrew programs IRShell (which has screenshot capture and custom soundtrack functionality among other less legal features) or a PDF/Word/TXT reader.
The comics looked great too and I look forward to being more of a dork when the service is available.
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The comics looked great too and I look forward to being more of a dork when the service is available.
Posted: Aug 20th 2009 3:48PM (Unverified) said
I think a document viewer should be built in the firmware, as the video and music player is, but I would definitely like to see that.
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Posted: Aug 18th 2009 6:15PM mdo7 said
I like the Minis from looking at the video. About the comics, I would love to download the Marvel one (and I hope they bring DC also). One Quick question, Will they bring Japanese manga in the future? I remember they announced in Japan they'll bring manga to the PSN in Japan, I hope they do it for the US market.
http://kotaku.com/5309757/psn-to-offer-comics-well-manga
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http://kotaku.com/5309757/psn-to-offer-comics-well-manga
Posted: Aug 18th 2009 7:05PM Typicalgamer said
i think they are. but at least in that sparta games, you can use buttons!!!
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Posted: Aug 18th 2009 7:21PM Special Agent Steve said
Minis are a bad idea. It's just going to be a place where people can dump their shitty games in hope of making a profit. Sony, don't be Apple.
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Posted: Aug 18th 2009 9:37PM davedrastic said
Minis are a great idea, they should have done this ages ago. I'm thinking of getting a PSP to play games just before bedtime and I don't need the latest and greatest game to do that, just something simple and fun ought to do it. My gf has the DS already and a PSP would go well with the new PS3 Slim I'm going to get. Particularly like the remote play function if developers start using that.
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Posted: Aug 18th 2009 10:02PM (Unverified) said
Does anyone care to speculate as whether the Comic service is going to be available for all countries - or is this going to be for the select few? More specifically, anyone think Canada will receive this?
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Posted: Aug 18th 2009 10:23PM (Unverified) said
The first 10 seconds of that song want to be Around the World so bad.
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Posted: Aug 19th 2009 1:42AM (Unverified) said
Most of the games shown in the trailer are from Halfbrick, which has its own range of casual games: http://www.halfbrick.com/home/101-halfbrick-on-board-with-psp-minis-development-august-19th-2009
I found a second trailer too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LDXVPtwdhk
Pretty happy this will be working on older PSPs also, seems like a nice transition from UMD based hardware.
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I found a second trailer too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LDXVPtwdhk
Pretty happy this will be working on older PSPs also, seems like a nice transition from UMD based hardware.
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