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Sony Drops PSP-3000 Price Tag

1:00AM Brian Ashcraft | Today at Sony’s Japanese, the company announced a price drop for its PSP-3000 — the PlayStation Portable will now cost ¥16,800 (AU$212) in The Land of the Rising Sun, starting October 1. More »
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Limited Edition Gran Turismo PSP Comes With Music Voucher

6:00AM Brian Crecente | The Limited Edition Gran Turismo Entertainment Pack, announced for Japan last month, is being released in the US on October 20 and brings with it an interesting freebie. More »
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A PSP For Gran Turismo Fans

11:00PM Luke Plunkett | The old PSP is going out with a bang in Japan later this year, with the October release of a special Gran Turismo PSP hardware bundle. More »
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PSP-3000 Goes Blossom Pink, Turquoise Green

4:50AM Mike Fahey | Showing continued support for the older model despite the impending release of the PSP Go, Sony has announced two new colours for the PSP-3000: Blossom Pink and Turquoise Green. Behold their beauty. More »
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Analyst: Sony’s $249 PSP Go Is “Too Much”

10:00AM Michael McWhertor | PSPgo, the newest addition to the PlayStation family, will carry a premium price of $US249 USD when it launches this October. That’s $US80 more than the PSP-3000, a figure considered too high by gamers and at least one analyst. More »

Sony Drop Kicks PSP-3000’s 4GB Entertainment Pack

11:40AM Michael McWhertor | Some of you wrote to us this weekend wondering why the hell Amazon (or the online retailer of your choosing) cancelled your PSP-3000 pre-order. Well, if you were one of the dozens, if not hundreds, who opted for the 4GB Memory PSP Entertainment Pack — which featured a PSP 3000 and 4GB Memory Stick Pro Duo — Sony cancelling the release of said Entertainment Pack is the reason why. No, they’re not abandoning the thing entirely to fix that little screen issue. More »

Let’s Compare PSP 3000 (Again!)

3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Back in August, comparison pics emerged showing that the new PSP 3000 appears brighter than the previous model. And now that the PSP 3000 has gone on sale, more comparison pics have emerged again showing that, you guessed it, the new PSP 3000 appears brighter than the previous model. There’s a gallery below. But be warned, the PSP 3000 is so bright you might wanna wear shades. PSP 3000 Comparison Gallery 新型PSP(PSP-3000)、拾い物比較画像集 [my game news flash] More »

PSP-3000 Gruesomely Dissected For Your Viewing Pleasure

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Today the new PSP-3000 went on sale in Japan. Website PC Watch got its hands on one and instead of using it to play video games (been there, done that), it ripped it up into iddy-biddy pieces (neato). Click through the gallery to check out the hardware porn — rather, dissected hardware porn. PSP-3000ハードウェアレビュー [Game Watch Impress] More »

Gundam PSP-3000 Looks Like You Dropped It On The Bus

6:30PM Luke Plunkett | When Sony announced the PSP-3000 in Japan, they also announced three bundle deals. One of those was for a Gundam bundle, which would cost ¥24,840 ($230), and feature Gundam vs Gundam and a limited edition Gundam PSP. Anyway, here’s the PSP! Hardcore fans and those standing right next to the unit will see that those darker bits are a bunch of giant robots. Everyone else, though? They’ll think you’re a clutz, can’t stop dropping the thing, have scratched the crap out of the paintjob. 新型PSP(PSP-3000)とセットになった『ガンダムVS.ガンダム』プレミアムパックの詳細が判明 [Famitsu] More »

PSP 3000 Battery Myths Shattered!

5:40AM Michael McWhertor | The video gaming industry was devastated to learn recently that the recently announced PSP 3000, with its new, brighter screen, built-in microphone and fancy new PS button, may lead to shorter battery life. GameSpot reported recently, based on a conversation with SCEA’s John Koller, that higher consumption may reduce battery life by “about 20 minutes”. Just soul crushing… More »