Close to 100 Companies Line Up for PSP
LOS ANGELES, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
(SCEI) announced today that nearly a hundred third party game developers and
publishers from around the world have expressed their support for PSP(TM), the
new handheld video game system to be launched in Japan in the end of 2004,
followed by the North American and European launches in the spring of 2005.
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Adopting UMD(TM) (Universal Media Disc), a newly developed compact, high
capacity optical disc as the storage device, PSP offers a wide variety of
computer entertainment content. SCEI has been promoting development of PSP
games on UMD to third party game developers and publishers and as of today,
99 game software developers and publishers have expressed their support for
PSP (Japan: 34, North America: 24, Europe/PAL: 31 and South Korea: 10). A
broad range of new and attractive game titles are currently being developed
for PSP by first and third party developers and publishers. SCEI expects to
expand the world of PSP gaming supported by a strong line-up of software
titles.
In addition to game developers and publishers, many inquiries have been
received from various companies in the music and movie industries regarding
publishing on PSP. In response to wide interest across the entertainment
industries, SCEI will actively promote UMD as the new disc media to provide a
diverse range of entertainment content in the future.
About Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Recognized as the global leader and company responsible for the
progression of consumer-based computer entertainment, Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) manufacturers, distributes and markets the
PlayStation(R) game console and PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system.
PlayStation has revolutionized home entertainment by introducing advanced 3D
graphic processing, and PlayStation 2 further enhances the PlayStation legacy
as the core of home networked entertainment. SCEI, along with its subsidiary
divisions Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., Sony Computer
Entertainment Europe Ltd., and Sony Computer Entertainment Korea Inc.
develops, publishes, markets and distributes software, and manages the third
party licensing programs for these two platforms in the respective markets
worldwide. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. is
an independent business unit of the Sony Group.
NOTE: PlayStation and the PlayStation logo, PS one and PS2 are registered
trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. PSP and UMD are trademarks of
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All other trademarks are property of their
respective owners.
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