PSN Cards Coming To Europe October 1st?

There's a Dutch site reporting that PSN cards are on the way to retail stores for Europe on the 1st of October this year. This does make perfect sense seeing how the PSP GO is a download only device, which will keep retailers happy due to losing money on software sales for the new PSP GO, add the fact we have all been asking for these since they were released in the US.

Hopefully we will here confirmation at GDC Europe 2009 next month.

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PSP GO Almost Had Two Analog Sticks

In the most recent issue of Game Informer Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida confirmed that the company "had a very serious discussion" on the subject of adding a second analog stick to the PSP GO, but ultimately decided against it due to worries over splintering the market.

"The PSP Go is designed to be perfectly compatible with the PSP-3000 and all the games that released before that," Yoshida said. For him, it's not a question of improving future games' controls but keeping parity with previous PSP iterations. "We are talking about the mid-life cycle of this platform," he says. Considering the PSP launched in the US in March of 2005, it appears as though Sony is sticking to its 10-year life cycle plan for the handheld.

I think it's a good idea not to include the second analog stick on the PSP GO, but please Sony include it from the start on the PSP2 so that FPS games work the way they should with two analog sticks.

Comic download service hitting PSP by end of year in Japan

Remember when we discovered an early prototype of a downloadable comics service for PSP? Well, looks like it's coming to fruition. According to a release by PlayStation Japan, comics will be made available through the PlayStation Store by year's end. The comics will take advantage of the high resolution screen offered by the PSP, and will be compatible with all versions of the PSP, from the original 1000 to the new PSP Go.

SCEA and SCEE have not announced plans to follow Japan's footsteps. However, we're hopeful that by year's end, PSP owners will be able to read both English and Japanese comics on the go

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PSN cards coming to Europe???

It seems the rest of the world is slowly but surely starting to get these psn cards, so why not Europe? well people seem to think its down to tax reasons, the pound and even the euro. well what the reason may be it seems that maybe now would be the right time to finally bring these out over here and the reasons are as follows.

psp go will be a download only device so it would make sense to sell psn cards in games stores and even supermarkets seeing how retailers will be losing out on selling the actual games themselves so this would give them a reason to care about the psp go.

The psn store over the last 6 months or so as seen a lot of really good psn games and also some classic PS1 games (final fantasy and metal gear solid) and with more games on the way like fat princess and the Punisher: No Mercy, plus we have been told more classic games are on the way this year.

Christmas is also another reason Sony should bring these cards out here as I'm sure a lot of people would like to buy these as a simple present for friends,grandson's/granddaughter's etc.

So there you go as time goes on these psn cards are slowly releasing elsewhere but here, but how long can Sony keep these away from Europe for?? and the fact more games are coming out on the psn then ever before. I really do think Sony are working hard to bring these cards to us because there's no way Sony would just allow themselves to lose out on all the money they could be making otherwise.

My prediction

psn cards will be out around the time the psp go releases