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How come Japanese Vita owners can pay a few dollars to get digital copies of PSP UMD games, but we can't? According to Sony's Shuhei Yoshida, it's down to two main reasons: the PSP is more popular in Japan, and games are cheaper in the US.
Developer FuturLab has announced Velocity--a space-based shooter with a teleportation mechanic--for PlayStation 3, PSP, and PlayStation Vita in March.
Unfortunately, not every PSP game will be available to play on Vita on day one. An official list shows there are 275 PSP titles available to buy and redownload for Vita.
Hope you weren't planning on buying anything from the PlayStation Store today. "Routine scheduled maintenance" will make many features of the PSN unavailable for the entire day, until 12AM PST.
PlayStation Plus members are entitled to a number of games as part of their subscription. In February, Plus subscribers will be able to download The Simpsons Arcade Game, Final Fantasy V, Far Cry 2, and more.
The "PlayStation Phone" and other PlayStation Certified devices will be able to play more than PSone games soon--PSP games have been re-rated by the ESRB for Android devices.
"Routine scheduled maintenance" is about to hit the PlayStation Network, making it unavailable for users for about thirteen hours today.
Atlus continues showering the PSP with love, even with the Vita launch impending. The company has announced Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time for PSP, which is an updated version of the PS2 game, Growlanser IV.
BigBig Studios, developers of the upcoming Little Deviants for Vita, is being shut down by Sony. The studio developed a number of titles for Sony handhelds before its closure, including the Pursuit Force series on PSP and MotorStorm: Arctic Edge.
Looking for an Advance Wars clone? Mecho Wars may hit the spot. Creat Studios' new minis title for PS3 and PSP is based on the characters and world created by Luc Bernard.
