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PSP Brite battery life will decrease by 20-30 minutes (PSP Fanboy)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:33:31 GMT

Filed under: News PSP main man John Koller went to Gamespot to talk about the upcoming PSP Brite, and revealed a few key facts. He admits the change is "minor," one in a continuing series of changes the PSP may see along its proposed life cycle. Most revealing of all is his comment about battery life: the brighter screen will draw more power, diminishing battery life by 20-30 minutes. He does say...

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Sony, here are five things you can do to make PSP better (PSP Fanboy)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:03:13 GMT

Filed under: Fan Stuff PSP news is sounding rather bleak lately -- but why should it stay this way? Hey Sony, here's five things we think you can do to make the system better for you and better for us. With these steps, we think you'll reduce piracy, increase the amount of games and features we want, and make PSP a better, more lovable place to be for developers. Best of all: none of these features...

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PSP 3000 To Have Worse Battery Life, But Sony Takes Note [PSP] (Gizmodo)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:40:00 GMT

The PSP 3000 will have a brighter LCD with a wider color gamut and 5 times the contrast ratio of the PSP 2000. From the shots we've seen, it blows the old screen away—and that screen was...

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Rumor: More Info on Unannounced DS/PSP Indiana Jones Game [Rumor] (Kotaku)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:00:00 GMT

So there's a new Indiana Jones game hitting the DS and the PSP called Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings. While the PEGI rating for the game was vague, we have learned more details about the yet...

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PSP-3000 To Support Dualshock 3, 480i Video? [Rumor] (Kotaku)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:40:00 GMT

Got your internet filing cabinet handy? File this between "dubious" and "unexpected". Maxconsole say that - according to a "Best Buy insider" - the new PSP-3000 model won't just feature a brighter...

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Analyst: Blame Sony Japan for PSP slump (Joystiq)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:51:26 GMT

Filed under: Sony PSP , Business Das Gamer has posted a thought-provoking piece on the current (gloomy) state of PSP outside of Japan, where game releases on the platform can be heard grinding slowly to a halt. The site spoke with games industry analyst extraordinaire, Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan, for his thoughts on the root cause(s) of the situation. Pachter says that the platform's troubles...

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Disgaea Mascot Featured in New PSP Title (IGN)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:31:00 GMT

Prinny: Is It Alright If I'm the Hero? (PSP) Nippon Ichi's first action game?

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Rumor: PSP-3000 compatible with DualShock, 160GB PS3 not backwards compatible (CrunchGear)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:33 GMT

Maxconsole has word from a Best Buy insider that the PSP-3000 is compatible with DualShock controllers. That’s an interesting rumor, isn’t it? Furthermore, the same insider says that the 160GB PS3 won’t be compatible with PS2 games, so snag a MGS4 bundle while you can. Image courtesy of pittam

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PSP 3000's hottest feature: Reduced battery life (Destructoid)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:58:33 GMT

Oh facepalm, Sony. Facepalm . The PSP 3000 is looking really hot, with a built-in microphone and an improved screen, but there's a trade-off , and it's not a good one. Yes, for all the new PSP's sexy features, there is one thing that simply won't ever improve -- the crummy battery life, which will actually be reduced by up to thirty minutes. I adore my PSP, but if I could have any improvement, if I...

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The PSP 3000 - How Different Is It? [Psp 3000] (Kotaku)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:40:00 GMT

James Yu over at GameSpot has just posted an excellent hands-on comparison of the old Sony PSP 2000 model and the shiny new PSP 3000, announced just last week at the Games Convention in Leipzig....

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Rumor Mill: PSP 3000 Compatible with PS3 Dualshock (Loot Ninja)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:00:58 GMT

The word on the street is that the PSP 3000 will be able to be hooked up to the tv with component allowing 480p instead of using component and being stuck in the land of 480i. Furthermore, the same rumor suggests that you will be able to use your Dualshock 3 and obviously the Sixaxis [...]

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PSP3000 Has Shorter Battery Life (DigitalBattle)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:59:16 GMT

With the PSP3000 being officially announced and revealed to the world at the Leipzig Gaming Convention we’ve got many things to look forward to. A slimmer profile, possible controller compatibility and a much brighter screen come at a price. “Battery life will decrease by a small amount {compared to the PSP Slim}. It’s about [...]

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PSP-3000 battery life shorter; PSP Slim to cease production (QJ.NET)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:24:22 GMT

In a recent interview with Gamespot, John Koller talked much about the recently unveiled PSP-3000 : the improved screen, microphone, bundled releases, and more. In that interview, he revealed that the battery life of the new PSP model will indeed be decreased by about 20 to 30 minutes. Koller explains that this is because of "a larger power draw with the brighter screen." Aha, just as I expected....

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PC-8801 emulator for PSP: QUASI88 v0.6.3 release 3 (080819) (QJ.NET)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:27:46 GMT

PSP developer bkclog has a new update for the NEC PC-8801 emulator for the PSP. This is now the third release of QUASI88 v0.6.3 and has included changes in script features, design, and has included other bug fixes. Changelog: Script features. Screen icon and design changes. Other bug fixes. Download: QUASI88 v0.6.3 release 3 (080819) Related articles: QUASI88 v0.6.3 first release - PC-8801 emulator...

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Wii Shell v0.1: it's a Wii Menu on your PSP (QJ.NET)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:54:25 GMT

Wii Shell v0.1 is a Wii-themed shell application for the PSP that allows you to run other files and PSP homebrew in a Wii System Menu environment. This release already allows you to launch . lua files, as well as other functions common to other PSP shells. Developer CoDnX says that this is just the first version and that later on, he will be adding a couple more features like access to flash, and...

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Daxter Review (PSP) (Afrigator)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:47:00 GMT

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PSP 3000 Might Feature DualShock 3 Support [Rumor] (Gizmodo)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:50:00 GMT

A Best Buy tipster informed MaxConsole that the upcoming PSP 3000 will feature support for the PS3s DualShock 3 controller. The tipster also noted that it will use 480i composite cables to play games...

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New Indiana Jones game rated for DS, PSP (Joystiq)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:20:34 GMT

Filed under: Nintendo DS , Sony PSP To put it mildly, it's going to be quite a while before you see an Indiana Jones game on home consoles. The team (if there still is a team) has gone dark and LucasArts has had some troubles as of late. To put it less kindly, if we see it before the next decade our faces will melt off Raiders- style. But that doesn't mean you'll be completely without video game Indy....

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Project0 V1 - all-in-one PSP utilities (QJ.NET)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:27:04 GMT

Project0 is a homebrew application developed by Adrin and submitted to the Scenery Beta competition, which aims to be an "all-in-one to set your PSP: USB mode built-selector topics launcher applications, option for pandorizar / despandorizar battery," dump "the NAN, hide your files"... Pardon the engrish. That's the best our trusty Google translator can do. Anyhow, as you may glean from the description,...

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Wav-to-Vag v3.0: key tone click sound replacer for PSP (PSP GANG)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:12:00 GMT

Tired of the regular click sound on your PSP? As long as you're looking around, you're bound to find some application out there that allows you to pimp your PSP even further. Now here's Wav-to-Vag v3.0, a useful app from Highboy gives you a bit more leeway in customizing your key tones. It's simple really. All you have to do is install the application on your PC and drag the file you want converted....

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