The PSPgo has given PSP sales a huge boost in North America. Sony has yet to release any hard numbers for the PSP Go, but according to Sony Computer Entertainment America, the latest PSP iteration is doing a great job of boosting sales for the PSP platform. In the three days since launch, sales have jumped 300% compared to the previous week.
It’s a huge month for PlayStation Home, with lots of new additions coming. To start, EA SPORTS has brought the NFL into PlayStation Home. You can now purchase jerseys from the EA Sports Complex (and the Home Mall) – there are 32 jerseys total available. Also coming to PlayStation is the new Camera item, allowing you to take photos within Home.
Naughty Dog has revealed it’s downloadable content plans for upcoming title Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. According to Naughty Dog, downloadable content will include additional multiplayer goodies such as maps and game modes. Multiplayer designer Justin Richmond revealed that competitive content will be added to the game, but no co-op DLC will be available “for the foreseeable future.”
Sony has announced that Amazon will start selling digital access codes for more than 200 PlayStation Network games and game-related content for the PlayStation 3 and PSP. You can start redeeming codes right now from Amazon.com, and use them to download content for the PS3 or PSP systems with US PSN accounts. The codes will stay in the customer’s Your Games & Software Library so you can retrieve them at a later time if needed.
Games who have received their PSPgo Rewards voucher have been experiencing issues when downloading their free PSP games. The voucher entitles those upgrading from an older PSP to download three free PSP titles from a list of games on offer. However, downloading the games to your PS3 and then transferring them to your PSP is causing licensing issues.
The new Ratchet & Clank title, A Crack in Time, will be getting a collector’s edition. The Collector’s Edition will come in a special foldout digipack containing a 3D lenticular cover, an Artwork Book, and a PSN Voucher to download a exclusive level. The collector’s edition will be exclusive to GAME in the UK, but will also be available across Europe (see below for details).
A patch for Crash Command will be available soon. The patch fixes a couple of things introduced into the game since the last build and adds in some Rumble support. Apart from several bug fixes, nothing new has been added to the game expect for Rumble Support, which to be honest, should have already been included in the game.
Sony America chief Jack Tretton has expressed his delight over the PlayStation 3’s recent success at retail following the introduction of the price cut and revamped Slim model. “Skyrocketing sales, couldn’t be happier with the numbers that we’re seeing, and I think proof that there was tremendous consumer demand, they were just waiting for the price-point to come down,” Tretton told Forbes.
Sackboy invades the PSP in North America when the game is released on November 17th 2009. The official release date was announced by MediaMolecule, however, no date for Europe was announced. Europeans can expect the game some time this year but it may be weeks after the North American release. LittleBigPlanet for the PSP features a bigger single-player component, though it lacks multiplayer gameplay.
Four US cinemas, including one in San Francisco and another in Washington, will let give gamers a change to play upcoming video game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves on movie screens with the help of a PS3 and Sony’s 4K digital projector. As Mike Fidler, Senior VP of Sony Electronics’ digital cinema group stated although the installation is “the first time we’re doing it in a theatre,” the company believes PS3-fitted cinemas will become “a standard element in the movie-going experience”.
