Posts Tagged PSP

  • Sony’s grand failure with the PSP Go Sony’s grand failure with the PSP Go

    The PSP Go is an odd little system.  It’s not a true successor to the PSP, but it’s different enough to garner some attention.  That makes it similar to Nintendo’s DSi, but that’s actually an evolution of the current software.  The PSP has been a lukewarm success at best, a...

  • E3 2009: Sony press conference review E3 2009: Sony press conference review

    This year sees E3 trying to return to its roots after a disastrous 2008 show.  One of the biggest parts of any E3 show is the console manufacturers’ press conferences.  They typically range from the epic (introduction of the Wii) to the horribly, horribly wrong (introduction of the PS...

  • The future of “touch” games

    Nintendo may catch lots of flack for bringing gaming to the casual market, but their methods have certainly not fallen on death ears.  While the DS was far from the first touch-screen device, it was one of the first mass-market commercial ones.  It has since been followed up by Apple's iP...

  • Wii shortages to continue while PS3 and Xbox 360 get price drops

    GameStop, that bastion of used-game goodness, recently revealed some fairly expected news for gamers. In an investor conference call, GameStop executives revealed that Wii shortages will likely last the next six months, while both the Xbox 360 and PS3 look headed for $50 price drops. Executives st...

  • Video of the day: DS and iPhone make sweet music together

    Who says the DS and iPhone have to be mortal enemies? Perhaps, the beauty of music can bring these two touch friendly devices together? That's just what three enterprising individuals have tried with their video "iBand." Two iPhones and one DS playing Electroplankton team up for a nice little t...

  • Super Monkey Ball on iPhone

    Sure, rumors that the iPhone was prepared to take on Nintendo and Sony may have been scoffed at in the past, but is anyone laughing now? Sega recently premiered a demo of Super Monkey Ball (perhaps their best creation post-Dreamcast) running on Apple's iPhone. Developed using the iPhone's new soft...

  • Revised Apple trademark adds credence to game rumors

    You just can't keep a good rumor down. For years now people have speculated that Apple would at some point enter the gaming market. A recently revised trademark to include gaming devices would seem to add legitimacy to such rumors. The trademark filing calls for "hand-held units for playing elect...

  • Twisted Metal rides again on PS3

    Twisted Metal is one of those great series from the early days of the PS1 that nearly suffocated under the weight of its own success. It and other illustrious early standouts such as Tomb Raider paved the way for Sony's dominance of the console war for two generations. In the process, Sony milked ...

  • Why Google’s Android and Apple’s iPhone may be the future of handheld games

    Google's Android is their new mobile phone platform. While it isn't the gPhone many had wished for, it is an interesting shift for the cell phone industry. With most major carriers signed up to produce Android handsets, it was already a potentially interesting avenue for game development. Dell ju...