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edge-online.com - 9/25/2008

Sony: PSP Support Will Improve

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On Tuesday, we published a report that PSP software support from third-parties has been on a steady decline since 2006 , a trend that, if continued, would lead to the abandonment of the system entirely. To get Sony s take on the data we spoke to SCEA director of hardware marketing John Koller, ...

• jennatar

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  This system could have been so good.

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• abcdefgene

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  It's great if you're traveling or have time in between games on the TV or computer. But if you don't, well...yeah.

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