PSP vs DSi

When the Nintendo DSi launches in the United States on April 5th, it will come with a hefty price tag of $170. Sony PSP fans will notice that this puts the Nintendo handheld at exactly the same price point as the PSP 3000 core pack, which currently retails for $169.99 in the United States. Excitement for the DS successor couldn’t be any higher as we wait for it to arrive, but does the DSi offer value at its current price? To find out, we compare the features in both the Sony PSP 3000 and Nintendo DSi right out of the box.

What’s in the box?

The new Nintendo DSi will come with some extra value items right out of the box, but it won’t have everything you need to fully enjoy the handheld. (more…)

Sony Hardware Slips in January

Hardware sales across all of Sony’s product lines were down in January 2009, compared to the same month a year ago. The PSP, PS2 and PS3 all saw their sales decline this past month, while rival Microsoft and Nintendo saw small increases in sales of their consoles. (more…)

New colors for PSP

The world’s most stylish handheld system just got even more colourful with the launch of three brand new colours: Mystic Silver, Pearl White and Radiant Red. Offering up endless entertainment possibilities such as movies, music, videos, online chat, photos and a huge collection of games including brand new PSP exclusives Resistance: Retribution and Patapon 2, these new PSP-3000 colours bring even more personality to incredible gaming on the go. (more…)

50 million PSPs and 2,000 UMD titles available

It’s no doubt an interesting matter that the PlayStation Portable has reached the 50 million “sell-in” figure worldwide. As well, there are over 2,000 UMD titles available with sell-in units reaching, count ‘em (more…)

Midway Goes Bankrupt

Mortal Kombat publisher files for Chapter 11 protection amid financial difficulties

After months of financial trouble, including a debt of $240 million to creditors, video-game publisher Midway has announced that they are filing for Chapter 11 protection. This move also follows the publicized sale of media mogul Sumner Redstone’s 87 percent stake in the company (valued at the time at roughly $30 million) for $100,000 to private financier Mark Thomas. (more…)

Dark Dungeon Crawler - new ingame images

Here are some new images of Falcom’s Brandish: The Dark Revenant for PSP, a remake of the classic dungeons crawling action RPG originally released in 1995. This game supports 2 player cooperative over Wi-Fi connection, and will have additional play modes such as map editor and mini games like slot machine. (more…)

PSP is not afraid of iPhone

Apple’s iPhone has been a tremendously successful product. It has facilitated Apple’s entry into two challenging new markets: mobile phones and video games. By all accounts, the Cuppertino California company has been successful with both ventures. The iPhone sold more than 10 million units last year, and users have been quick to embrace paid downloadable content through the Apple App Store. Many of the most popular applications downloaded from the store, according to recent statistics, are video games. (more…)

Your psp-games knowledge. How good is it?

Test your knowledge of PlayStation games with this fun picture quiz. (more…)

Install data on to PSP mem stick. Can we?

A few publishers have gotten together because of the all the large Memory Sticks on the market. They plan on allowing the PSP UMD games to install partial data on to the PSP pro duo mem stick. (more…)