Representing a broad cross section of entertainment genres, the diverse PSP system launch library includes titles from publishing leaders Activision, Capcom, Eidos Interactive, Electronic Arts, Koei, Konami, Namco and Sony Online Entertainment. Additionally, Sony Computer Entertainment America enjoys unprecedented support for the PSP with over 100 content developers and publishers on board worldwide to create titles for PSP, accounting for most of the software development community.
In addition to the massive gaming software line-up assembled to support the new system, PSP is the first truly integrated portable entertainment system designed to provide consumers with a comprehensive entertainment experience including music, movies, communication, and wireless networking. PSP features graphics rendering capability comparable to that of the PlayStation 2, allowing users to enjoy 3D games, with high-quality, full-motion video, and high-fidelity stereo audio. The PSP also adopts a newly developed proprietary, compact, but high-capacity optical disc, Universal Media Disc (UMD), as its storage medium. UMD is the next generation compact storage media, only 60mm in diameter but can store up to 1.8GB of digital data more than three times the data held on a CD-ROM. The UMD also is contained in it's own case, similar to the Mini-Disc format. This casing will help prevent the UMD discs and the UMD disc drive from dirt and debris. There is no word yet as to whether the UMD will only be used with the PSP, or if Sony has bigger plans for its new media format.
"The high profile lineup includes a wide range of products that will appeal to every type of gamer - from the sports fan to the action enthusiast - providing consumers with the ultimate entertainment experience in the palm of their hands," said Andrew House, executive vice president, Sony Computer Entertainment America. "Combined with a strong first party lineup, the portable entertainment space will be catapulted to new heights as we engage in the single biggest consumer launch of the year."
"We are pleased to be building franchises for the PSP that will change consumers' expectations of portable entertainment content," said Jack Tretton, executive vice president, Sony Computer Entertainment America. "PSP has allowed the development teams to create engaging content that is not only fun to play, but shows off the amazing technology of the unit, brining unparalleled visual quality to the portable entertainment arena."
