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"The PSP was one of the first machines that had the hardware to allow you to play 'proper console games' on the go": Developers celebrate 20 years of Sony's handheld


Feature | "We're in the big leagues now": Retro Gamer talks to the devs and media who worked with the PlayStation Portable from its 2004 launch

An increasingly nervous Nintendo even used this as an attack line as the launch of the PSP drew closer – games™ reported that at a DS press event in November 2004, Reggie told those in attendance, "Those women at the Tokyo Game Show with those portable consoles strapped to them? I do remember going to a press event for the PSP launch and walking into a room full of branded standees which at the time felt like my first real behind-the-scenes moment for the industry," says Leon Hurley, who was just getting accustomed to his new job, writing for Official PlayStation 2 Magazine as the console arrived. (Image credit: Sega)However, by March 2006 The Hollywood Reporter indicated a bleak future for UMD movies – major retailers such as Walmart were cutting shelf space and companies such as Universal and Paramount had dropped the format.

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