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202 relations: Adobe Flash Player, Africa, Ampere-hour, Ape Escape (video game), Ars Technica, ASCII Media Works, Asia, Astro Boy, ATRAC, ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails, Backward compatibility, Bandai, Bandai Visual, Blu-ray, Bluetooth, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Central processing unit, Circana, CNET, Color depth, Component video, Composite video, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, CSS, Custom firmware, Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower, Daxter (video game), Digital distribution, Digital rights management, Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, DualShock, DVD, Dynamic random-access memory, Dynasty Warriors (2004 video game), E3, E3 2010, EE Times, Electronic Arts, Engadget, Enterbrain, Eurogamer, Famitsu, Firmware, Flash memory, Form factor (mobile phones), Futabasha, G4 (American TV network), Game Boy, Game Developer (website), Game Gear, ... Expand index (152 more) »
- PlayStation (brand)
- Products and services discontinued in 2014
- Products introduced in 2004
- Regionless game consoles
- Seventh-generation video game consoles
- Sony consoles
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Flash Player (known in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome as Shockwave Flash) is a discontinuedExcept in China, where it continues to be used, as well as Harman for enterprise users.
See PlayStation Portable and Adobe Flash Player
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
See PlayStation Portable and Africa
Ampere-hour
An ampere-hour or amp-hour (symbol: A⋅h or A h; often simplified as Ah) is a unit of electric charge, having dimensions of electric current multiplied by time, equal to the charge transferred by a steady current of one ampere flowing for one hour, or 3,600 coulombs.
See PlayStation Portable and Ampere-hour
Ape Escape (video game)
Ape Escape is a 1999 platform video game developed by Japan Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation.
See PlayStation Portable and Ape Escape (video game)
Ars Technica
Ars Technica is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998.
See PlayStation Portable and Ars Technica
ASCII Media Works
, formerly, is a Japanese publisher and brand company of Kadokawa Future Publishing headquartered in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
See PlayStation Portable and ASCII Media Works
Asia
Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.
See PlayStation Portable and Asia
Astro Boy
Astro Boy, known in Japan as, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka.
See PlayStation Portable and Astro Boy
ATRAC
Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (ATRAC) is a family of proprietary audio compression algorithms developed by Sony.
See PlayStation Portable and ATRAC
ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails
ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails is a racing video game for the PlayStation Portable.
See PlayStation Portable and ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails
Backward compatibility
In telecommunications and computing, backward compatibility (or backwards compatibility) is a property of an operating system, software, real-world product, or technology that allows for interoperability with an older legacy system, or with input designed for such a system.
See PlayStation Portable and Backward compatibility
Bandai
is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo.
See PlayStation Portable and Bandai
Bandai Visual
was a Japanese anime, film production, and distribution company, established by Bandai and a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings.
See PlayStation Portable and Bandai Visual
Blu-ray
Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format.
See PlayStation Portable and Blu-ray
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs).
See PlayStation Portable and Bluetooth
Bobb'e J. Thompson
Bobb'e Jacques Thompson (born February 28, 1996) is an American actor, rapper and comedian.
See PlayStation Portable and Bobb'e J. Thompson
Central processing unit
A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the most important processor in a given computer.
See PlayStation Portable and Central processing unit
Circana
Circana, formerly known as IRI Worldwide and The NPD Group (previously National Purchase Diary Panel Inc. and NPD Research Inc.) is an American market research and technology company.
See PlayStation Portable and Circana
CNET
CNET (short for "Computer Network") is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.
See PlayStation Portable and CNET
Color depth
Color depth or colour depth (see spelling differences), also known as bit depth, is either the number of bits used to indicate the color of a single pixel, or the number of bits used for each color component of a single pixel.
See PlayStation Portable and Color depth
Component video
Component video is an analog video signal that has been split into two or more component channels.
See PlayStation Portable and Component video
Composite video
Composite video is an baseband analog video format that typically carries a 415, 525 or 625 line interlaced black and white or color signal, on a single channel, unlike the higher-quality S-Video (two channels) and the even higher-quality component video (three or more channels).
See PlayStation Portable and Composite video
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
is an action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable.
See PlayStation Portable and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used for specifying the presentation and styling of a document written in a markup language such as HTML or XML (including XML dialects such as SVG, MathML or XHTML).
See PlayStation Portable and CSS
Custom firmware
Custom firmware, also known as aftermarket firmware, is an unofficial new or modified version of firmware created by third parties on devices such as video game consoles, mobile phones, and various embedded device types to provide new features or to unlock hidden functionality.
See PlayStation Portable and Custom firmware
Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower
Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower, known in Japan as is a Capcom fighting game for the PlayStation Portable.
See PlayStation Portable and Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower
Daxter (video game)
Daxter is a 2006 platform video game developed by Ready at Dawn and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable on March 14, 2006.
See PlayStation Portable and Daxter (video game)
Digital distribution
Digital distribution, also referred to as content delivery, online distribution, or electronic software distribution, among others, is the delivery or distribution of digital media content such as audio, video, e-books, video games, and other software.
See PlayStation Portable and Digital distribution
Digital rights management
Digital rights management (DRM) is the management of legal access to digital content.
See PlayStation Portable and Digital rights management
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy (pronounced as) is a fighting game published by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable as part of the Final Fantasy series.
See PlayStation Portable and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
DualShock
The DualShock is a line of gamepads developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation family of video game consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and DualShock
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.
See PlayStation Portable and DVD
Dynamic random-access memory
Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually consisting of a tiny capacitor and a transistor, both typically based on metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) technology.
See PlayStation Portable and Dynamic random-access memory
Dynasty Warriors (2004 video game)
is a game in the Dynasty Warriors series for the PlayStation Portable, created by the game development company Koei.
See PlayStation Portable and Dynasty Warriors (2004 video game)
E3
E3 (short for Electronic Entertainment Expo) was an annual trade event for the video game industry organized and presented by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA).
See PlayStation Portable and E3
E3 2010
The Electronic Entertainment Expo 2010 (E3 2010) was the 16th E3 held.
See PlayStation Portable and E3 2010
EE Times
EE Times (Electronic Engineering Times) is an electronics industry magazine published in the United States since 1972.
See PlayStation Portable and EE Times
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California.
See PlayStation Portable and Electronic Arts
Engadget
Engadget is a technology news, reviews and analysis website offering daily coverage of gadgets, consumer electronics, video games, gaming hardware, apps, social media, streaming, AI, space, robotics, electric vehicles and other potentially consumer-facing technology.
See PlayStation Portable and Engadget
Enterbrain
, formerly, is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing founded on January 30, 1987 as.
See PlayStation Portable and Enterbrain
Eurogamer
Eurogamer is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 alongside parent company Gamer Network.
See PlayStation Portable and Eurogamer
Famitsu
, formerly, is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa.
See PlayStation Portable and Famitsu
Firmware
In computing, firmware is software that provides low-level control of computing device hardware.
See PlayStation Portable and Firmware
Flash memory
Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed.
See PlayStation Portable and Flash memory
Form factor (mobile phones)
The form factor of a mobile phone is its size, shape, and style, as well as the layout and position of its major components.
See PlayStation Portable and Form factor (mobile phones)
Futabasha
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Higashigokenchō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
See PlayStation Portable and Futabasha
G4 (American TV network)
G4 (also known as G4TV) was an American pay television and digital network owned by NBCUniversal and later Comcast Spectacor that primarily focused on video games.
See PlayStation Portable and G4 (American TV network)
Game Boy
The Game Boy is a handheld game console developed by Nintendo, launched in the Japanese home market on April 21, 1989, followed by North America and Europe later that year. PlayStation Portable and game Boy are discontinued handheld game consoles, handheld game consoles and Regionless game consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and Game Boy
Game Developer (website)
Game Developer (known as Gamasutra until 2021) is a website created in 1997 that focuses on aspects of video game development.
See PlayStation Portable and Game Developer (website)
Game Gear
The is an 8-bit fourth generation handheld game console released by Sega on October 6, 1990, in Japan, in April 1991 throughout North America and Europe, and during 1992 in Australia. PlayStation Portable and game Gear are discontinued handheld game consoles, handheld game consoles and Regionless game consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and Game Gear
Gamer Network
Gamer Network Limited (formerly Eurogamer Network Limited) is a British digital media company based in Brighton.
See PlayStation Portable and Gamer Network
GfK
GfK (originally label) is the largest German market research company.
See PlayStation Portable and GfK
GfK Chart-Track
GfK Chart-Track is a market research company that monitors music, videos and software sales in the United Kingdom and was formed in 1996.
See PlayStation Portable and GfK Chart-Track
Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.
See PlayStation Portable and Global Positioning System
Go!Cam
The PSP Camera is a digital camera peripheral by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable handheld video game system.
See PlayStation Portable and Go!Cam
God of War: Chains of Olympus
God of War: Chains of Olympus is an action-adventure hack and slash video game developed by Ready at Dawn, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE).
See PlayStation Portable and God of War: Chains of Olympus
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
God of War: Ghost of Sparta is an action-adventure hack and slash video game developed by Ready at Dawn and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE).
See PlayStation Portable and God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Gran Turismo (2009 video game)
is a 2009 racing video game developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable.
See PlayStation Portable and Gran Turismo (2009 video game)
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is a 2005 action-adventure game developed in a collaboration between Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North, and published by Rockstar Games.
See PlayStation Portable and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is a 2006 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North, and published by Rockstar Games.
See PlayStation Portable and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
Graphics processing unit
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit initially designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present either as a discrete video card or embedded on motherboards, mobile phones, personal computers, workstations, and game consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and Graphics processing unit
Greatest Hits (PlayStation)
Greatest Hits is a branding used by Sony Interactive Entertainment for discounted reprints of PlayStation video games. PlayStation Portable and Greatest Hits (PlayStation) are PlayStation (brand).
See PlayStation Portable and Greatest Hits (PlayStation)
Guerrilla marketing
Guerrilla marketing is an advertisement strategy in which a company uses surprise and/or unconventional interactions in order to promote a product or service.
See PlayStation Portable and Guerrilla marketing
Gundam
is a Japanese military science fiction media franchise.
See PlayStation Portable and Gundam
Hakusensha
is a Japanese publishing company.
See PlayStation Portable and Hakusensha
Handheld game console
A handheld game console, or simply handheld console, is a small, portable self-contained video game console with a built-in screen, game controls and speakers. PlayStation Portable and handheld game console are handheld game consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and Handheld game console
Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
See PlayStation Portable and Hertz
Homebrew (video games)
Homebrew, when applied to video games, refers to software produced by hobbyists for proprietary video game consoles which are not intended to be user-programmable.
See PlayStation Portable and Homebrew (video games)
HTML form
A webform, web form or HTML form on a web page allows a user to enter data that is sent to a server for processing.
See PlayStation Portable and HTML form
HTTP cookie
HTTP cookies (also called web cookies, Internet cookies, browser cookies, or simply cookies) are small blocks of data created by a web server while a user is browsing a website and placed on the user's computer or other device by the user's web browser.
See PlayStation Portable and HTTP cookie
IDW Publishing
IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections.
See PlayStation Portable and IDW Publishing
IEEE 802.11b-1999
IEEE 802.11b-1999 or 802.11b is an amendment to the IEEE 802.11 wireless networking specification that extends throughout up to 11 Mbit/s using the same 2.4 GHz band.
See PlayStation Portable and IEEE 802.11b-1999
IGN
IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.
See PlayStation Portable and IGN
Infrared Data Association
The Infrared Data Association (IrDA) is an industry-driven interest group that was founded in 1994 by around 50 companies.
See PlayStation Portable and Infrared Data Association
Insomnia Publications
Insomnia Publications Ltd was a British comic book publishing company.
See PlayStation Portable and Insomnia Publications
Interlaced video
Interlaced video (also known as interlaced scan) is a technique for doubling the perceived frame rate of a video display without consuming extra bandwidth.
See PlayStation Portable and Interlaced video
International Data Group
International Data Group (IDG, Inc.) is a market intelligence and demand generation company focused on the technology industry.
See PlayStation Portable and International Data Group
Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.
See PlayStation Portable and Internet
IPod Classic
The iPod Classic (stylized and marketed as iPod classic and originally simply iPod) is a discontinued portable media player created and formerly marketed by Apple Inc. There were six generations of the iPod Classic, as well as a spin-off (the iPod Photo) that was later re-integrated into the main iPod line. PlayStation Portable and iPod Classic are portable media players and products and services discontinued in 2014.
See PlayStation Portable and IPod Classic
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
See PlayStation Portable and Japan
Japanese language
is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.
See PlayStation Portable and Japanese language
Java (programming language)
Java is a high-level, class-based, object-oriented programming language that is designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.
See PlayStation Portable and Java (programming language)
JavaScript
JavaScript, often abbreviated as JS, is a programming language and core technology of the Web, alongside HTML and CSS.
See PlayStation Portable and JavaScript
Kadokawa Shoten
, formerly, is a Japanese publisher and division of Kadokawa Future Publishing based in Tokyo, Japan.
See PlayStation Portable and Kadokawa Shoten
Kodansha
is a Japanese privately held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo.
See PlayStation Portable and Kodansha
Konami
, commonly known as Konami,, is a Japanese multinational entertainment company and video game developer and publisher headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo.
See PlayStation Portable and Konami
Liquid-crystal display
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers.
See PlayStation Portable and Liquid-crystal display
List of best-selling game consoles
A video game console is a standardized computing device tailored for video gaming. PlayStation Portable and List of best-selling game consoles are handheld game consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and List of best-selling game consoles
List price
The list price, also known as the manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP), or the recommended retail price (RRP), or the suggested retail price (SRP) of a product is the price at which its manufacturer notionally recommends that a retailer sell the product.
See PlayStation Portable and List price
Lumines
(pronounced as "Loo-min-ess") is a puzzle video game series developed by Q Entertainment.
See PlayStation Portable and Lumines
Manchester Evening News
The Manchester Evening News (MEN) is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in North West England, founded in 1868.
See PlayStation Portable and Manchester Evening News
Manchester Piccadilly station
Manchester Piccadilly is the main railway station of the city of Manchester, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England.
See PlayStation Portable and Manchester Piccadilly station
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the property of The Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023.
See PlayStation Portable and Marvel Comics
MCV/Develop
MCV/Develop (formerly MCV and Market for Computer & Video Games) is a UK trade magazine that focuses on the business aspects of the video game industry.
See PlayStation Portable and MCV/Develop
Media Create
is a Japanese company that gathers and analyzes data from the digital entertainment industry, specifically focusing on the Japanese console gaming market.
See PlayStation Portable and Media Create
Media Go
Media Go is a media player and media library application that runs on Microsoft Windows and was developed by Sony Entertainment Network.
See PlayStation Portable and Media Go
Megabyte
The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
See PlayStation Portable and Megabyte
Memory Stick
The Memory Stick is a removable flash memory card format, originally launched by Sony in late 1998.
See PlayStation Portable and Memory Stick
Metacritic
Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books.
See PlayStation Portable and Metacritic
Metal Gear Acid
Metal Gear Acid (stylized as Metal Gear Ac!d) is a turn-based collectible card tactical RPG video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan for the PlayStation Portable.
See PlayStation Portable and Metal Gear Acid
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
is a 2010 stealth game developed and published by Konami.
See PlayStation Portable and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Microcontroller
A microcontroller (MC, UC, or μC) or microcontroller unit (MCU) is a small computer on a single integrated circuit.
See PlayStation Portable and Microcontroller
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a product line of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Microsoft.
See PlayStation Portable and Microsoft Windows
MIPS architecture
MIPS (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages) is a family of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architectures (ISA)Price, Charles (September 1995).
See PlayStation Portable and MIPS architecture
Monster Hunter Freedom
is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation Portable.
See PlayStation Portable and Monster Hunter Freedom
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is an action role-playing game developed and published by Capcom for the PlayStation Portable and iOS.
See PlayStation Portable and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd
is the third handheld installment in the Monster Hunter franchise, developed by Capcom for the PlayStation Portable.
See PlayStation Portable and Monster Hunter Portable 3rd
MP3
MP3 (formally MPEG-1 Audio Layer III or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III) is a coding format for digital audio developed largely by the Fraunhofer Society in Germany under the lead of Karlheinz Brandenburg, with support from other digital scientists in other countries.
See PlayStation Portable and MP3
Mylo (Sony)
My Life Online (Mylo) was a device created and marketed by Sony for portable instant messaging and other Internet-based communications, browsing Internet web sites using the Opera web browser and playback and sharing of media files. PlayStation Portable and Mylo (Sony) are Sony consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and Mylo (Sony)
N-Gage (device)
The N-Gage is a smartphone combining features of a mobile phone and a handheld game system developed by Nokia, announced on 4 November 2002 and released on 7 October 2003. PlayStation Portable and n-Gage (device) are discontinued handheld game consoles and handheld game consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and N-Gage (device)
Need for Speed: Underground 2
Need for Speed: Underground 2 is a 2004 racing video game developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts.
See PlayStation Portable and Need for Speed: Underground 2
NetFront
NetFront Browser is a mobile browser developed by Access Company of Japan.
See PlayStation Portable and NetFront
NFL Street 2
NFL Street 2 is an American football video game developed by EA Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports BIG label.
See PlayStation Portable and NFL Street 2
Nintendo DS
The (retroactively referred to as NDS or DS) is a 32-bit foldable handheld game console produced by Nintendo, released globally across 2004 and 2005. PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS are discontinued handheld game consoles, handheld game consoles, products introduced in 2004, Regionless game consoles and seventh-generation video game consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS
Nokia
Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj in Finnish and Nokia Abp in Swedish, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, originally established as a pulp mill in 1865.
See PlayStation Portable and Nokia
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
See PlayStation Portable and North America
Operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
See PlayStation Portable and Operating system
PAL
Phase Alternating Line (PAL) is a colour encoding system for analog television.
See PlayStation Portable and PAL
PC World
PC World (stylized as PCWorld) is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG.
See PlayStation Portable and PC World
Personal computer
A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use.
See PlayStation Portable and Personal computer
PGA Tour (video game series)
PGA Tour is a series of golf video games developed and published by Electronic Arts - and later their EA Sports sub-label - since 1990.
See PlayStation Portable and PGA Tour (video game series)
PlayStation
is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines. PlayStation Portable and PlayStation are PlayStation (brand) and Sony consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and PlayStation
PlayStation (console)
The (abbreviated as PS, commonly known as the PS1/PS one or its codename PSX) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation Portable and PlayStation (console) are PlayStation (brand) and Sony consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and PlayStation (console)
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 are PlayStation (brand) and Sony consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The successor to the PlayStation 2, it is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. It was first released on November 11, 2006, in Japan, November 17, 2006, in North America, and March 23, 2007, in Europe and Australasia. PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 are PlayStation (brand), Regionless game consoles, seventh-generation video game consoles and Sony consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3
PlayStation Home
PlayStation Home was a virtual 3D social gaming platform developed by Sony Computer Entertainment's London Studio for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) on the PlayStation Network (PSN).
See PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Home
PlayStation Network
PlayStation Network (PSN) is a digital media entertainment service provided by Sony Interactive Entertainment. PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Network are PlayStation (brand).
See PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Network
PlayStation Portable
The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Portable are discontinued handheld game consoles, handheld game consoles, PlayStation (brand), portable media players, products and services discontinued in 2014, products introduced in 2004, Regionless game consoles, seventh-generation video game consoles and Sony consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable system software
The PlayStation Portable system software is the official firmware for the PlayStation Portable (PSP).
See PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Portable system software
PlayStation Store
PlayStation Store (PS Store) is a digital media store available to users of Sony's PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 game consoles via PlayStation Network. PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Store are PlayStation (brand).
See PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Store
PlayStation Vita
The PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita are discontinued handheld game consoles, handheld game consoles, PlayStation (brand), portable media players, Regionless game consoles and Sony consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita
PocketStation
The PocketStation is a memory card peripheral by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation home video game console. PlayStation Portable and PocketStation are discontinued handheld game consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and PocketStation
Polyphony Digital
Polyphony Digital is an internal Japanese first-party video game development studio for PlayStation Studios.
See PlayStation Portable and Polyphony Digital
Portable media player
A portable media player (PMP) or digital audio player (DAP) is a portable consumer electronics device capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio, images, and video files. PlayStation Portable and portable media player are portable media players.
See PlayStation Portable and Portable media player
PPSSPP
PPSSPP (an acronym for "PlayStation Portable Simulator Suitable for Playing Portably") is a free and open-source PSP emulator for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Wii U, Nintendo Switch, BlackBerry 10, MeeGo, Pandora, Xbox Series X/S and Symbian with a focus on speed and portability.
See PlayStation Portable and PPSSPP
Progressive scan
Progressive scanning (alternatively referred to as noninterlaced scanning) is a format of displaying, storing, or transmitting moving images in which all the lines of each frame are drawn in sequence.
See PlayStation Portable and Progressive scan
PSP Media Manager
Media Manager for PSP is a commercial application from Sony Creative Software that managed content on the PlayStation Portable (PSP), serving a similar function to that of iTunes for a personal computer.
See PlayStation Portable and PSP Media Manager
Psygnosis
Psygnosis Limited (/sɪɡˈnəʊ.sɪs/; known as SCE Studio Liverpool or simply Studio Liverpool from 1999) was a British video game developer and publisher headquartered at Wavertree Technology Park in Liverpool.
See PlayStation Portable and Psygnosis
Qore (PlayStation Network)
Qore (pronounced "core") was a monthly subscription-based interactive online magazine for the PlayStation Network and replaces the Jampack series of disks offered by PlayStation Underground.
See PlayStation Portable and Qore (PlayStation Network)
R4000
The R4000 is a microprocessor developed by MIPS Computer Systems that implements the MIPS III instruction set architecture (ISA).
See PlayStation Portable and R4000
Random-access memory
Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of electronic computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code.
See PlayStation Portable and Random-access memory
Rebellion Developments
Rebellion Developments Limited is a British video game developer based in Oxford, England.
See PlayStation Portable and Rebellion Developments
Reggie Fils-Aimé
Reginald Fils-Aimé (born March 25, 1961) is an American businessman best known for being the president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America, the North American branch of the Japanese video game company Nintendo, from 2006 to 2019.
See PlayStation Portable and Reggie Fils-Aimé
Response time (technology)
In technology, response time is the time a system or functional unit takes to react to a given input.
See PlayStation Portable and Response time (technology)
Retro City Rampage
Retro City Rampage is an action-adventure game developed by Vblank Entertainment.
See PlayStation Portable and Retro City Rampage
Ridge Racer (2004 video game)
Ridge Racer, released in Japan as, is an arcade racing video game developed by Namco for the PlayStation Portable.
See PlayStation Portable and Ridge Racer (2004 video game)
Sales tax
A sales tax is a tax paid to a governing body for the sales of certain goods and services.
See PlayStation Portable and Sales tax
SB Creative
is a Japanese publishing company and a subsidiary of the SoftBank telecommunications company.
See PlayStation Portable and SB Creative
SensMe
SensMe is a proprietary music mood and tempo detection system created by Sony Corporation and employed in numerous Sony branded products, including in some Walkman digital music players, the Media Go application, the PlayStation Portable, and Sony Ericsson and Sony Xperia handsets.
See PlayStation Portable and SensMe
Seventh generation of video game consoles
The seventh generation of home video game consoles began on November 22, 2005, with the release of Microsoft's Xbox 360 home console. PlayStation Portable and seventh generation of video game consoles are seventh-generation video game consoles.
See PlayStation Portable and Seventh generation of video game consoles
Shawn Layden
Shawn Layden (born June 25, 1961) is an American businessman and former chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios.
See PlayStation Portable and Shawn Layden
Shogakukan
is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan.
See PlayStation Portable and Shogakukan
Shueisha
is a Japanese publishing company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.
See PlayStation Portable and Shueisha
Sixaxis
The Sixaxis (trademarked SIXAXIS) is a wireless gamepad produced by Sony for their PlayStation 3 video game console.
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Skype
Skype is a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known for VoIP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls.
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Software release life cycle
The software release life cycle is the process of developing, testing, and distributing a software product (e.g., an operating system).
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Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE) is a Japanese-American multinational video game and digital entertainment company of Sony.
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Sony Mobile
Sony Mobile Communications Inc. (ソニーモバイルコミュニケーションズ株式会社) was a multinational telecommunications company founded on October 1, 2001, as a joint venture between Sony Corporation and Ericsson.
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Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a superhero in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
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Spider-Man 2 (2004 video game)
Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 action-adventure game based on the 2004 film of the same name.
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Square Enix
is a Japanese multinational holding company, video game publisher and entertainment conglomerate.
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Star Ocean (video game)
is a 1996 action role-playing game developed by tri-Ace and published by Enix for the Super Famicom.
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Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon.
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Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon.
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Stuff (magazine)
Stuff is a British consumer electronics magazine published by Kelsey Media.
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T3 (magazine)
T3 magazine is a UK-based lifestyle technology magazine, which specialises in premium and aspirational products, ranging from phones and TVs to fitness, outdoor, wellness, watches and style.
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Tab (interface)
In interface design, a tab is a graphical user interface object that allows multiple documents or panels to be contained within a single window, using tabs as a navigational widget for switching between sets of documents.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The New Zealand Herald
The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand.
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The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
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The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.
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Thomson Financial
Thomson Financial was an arm of the Thomson Corporation, an information provider.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Titan Publishing Group
Titan Publishing Group is the publishing division of the British entertainment company Titan Entertainment, which was established as Titan Books in 1981.
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Tokyo Game Show
, commonly known as TGS, is a video game trade fair and convention held annually in September in the Makuhari Messe, in Chiba, Japan.
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Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 is a 2004 skateboarding video game, the sixth entry in the Tony Hawk's series after Tony Hawk's Underground.
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Transformers
Transformers is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara Tomy.
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Twisted Metal: Head-On
Twisted Metal: Head-On is a vehicular combat video game developed by Incognito Entertainment and published by Sony Computer Entertainment on March 24, 2005 for the PlayStation Portable and February 5, 2008 for the PlayStation 2.
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X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is a social networking service.
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UBM Technology Group
UBM Technology Group, formerly CMP Publications, was a business-to-business multimedia company that provided information and integrated marketing services to technology professionals worldwide.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.
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Universal Media Disc
The Universal Media Disc (UMD) is a discontinued optical disc medium developed by Sony for use on its PlayStation Portable handheld gaming and multimedia platform.
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Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade
Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade is a launch title for the Sony PSP handheld video game system, developed by Sony Online Entertainment.
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USB
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard that allows data exchange and delivery of power between many types of electronics.
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USB hardware
The initial versions of the USB standard specified connectors that were easy to use and that would have acceptable life spans; revisions of the standard added smaller connectors useful for compact portable devices.
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Value-added tax
A value-added tax (VAT or goods and services tax (GST), general consumption tax (GCT)), is a consumption tax that is levied on the value added at each stage of a product's production and distribution.
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Video game console emulator
A video game console emulator is a type of emulator that allows a computing device to emulate a video game console's hardware and play its games on the emulating platform.
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Video on demand
Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and films digitally on request.
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Video-in video-out
Video in video out (usually seen as the acronym VIVO), commonly pronounced (VEE-voh), is a graphics port which enables some video cards to have bidirectional (input and output) analog video transfer through a mini-DIN connector, usually of the 9-pin variety, and a specialised splitter cable (which can sometimes also transfer analog audio).
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Voice over IP
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also called IP telephony, is a method and group of technologies for voice calls for the delivery of voice communication sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet.
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Walkman
, is a brand of portable audio players manufactured and marketed by Japanese company Sony since 1979. PlayStation Portable and Walkman are portable media players.
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Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is a family of wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves.
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Windows Media Audio
Windows Media Audio (WMA) is a series of audio codecs and their corresponding audio coding formats developed by Microsoft.
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Wipeout Pure
Wipeout Pure (stylised as wipE′out pṳrE) is a futuristic racing video game developed by Studio Liverpool and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable.
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Wired (magazine)
Wired (stylized in all caps) is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.
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Wireless LAN
A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a wireless computer network that links two or more devices using wireless communication to form a local area network (LAN) within a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, campus, or office building.
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WonderSwan
The is a handheld game console released in Japan by Bandai. PlayStation Portable and WonderSwan are discontinued handheld game consoles and handheld game consoles.
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World Tour Soccer: Challenge Edition
World Tour Soccer: Challenge Edition, known as simply World Tour Soccer in North America, is a sports video game developed by London Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for PlayStation Portable as a launch title for the system.
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Xperia Play
The Xperia Play is a smartphone with elements of a handheld game console produced by Sony Ericsson. With the marketshare for dedicated handheld game consoles diminishing into the 2010s due to the rapid expansion of smartphones with cheap downloadable games, Sony attempted to tackle the issue with two separate devices; a dedicated video game console with elements of a smartphone, called the PlayStation Vita, and a smartphone with elements of a handheld console, the Xperia Play.
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XrossMediaBar
The XrossMediaBar (pronounced "cross-media bar" and officially abbreviated as XMB) is a graphical user interface developed by Sony Computer Entertainment.
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1seg
is a mobile terrestrial digital audio/video and data broadcasting service in Japan, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru and the Philippines.
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See also
PlayStation (brand)
- BigHit Series
- Central Station (service)
- Essentials (PlayStation)
- Favoritos
- Fiesta Bowl
- Greatest Hits (PlayStation)
- Hector Martin (hacker)
- Kevin Butler (character)
- PSX (digital video recorder)
- Palladium Times Square
- PlayStation
- PlayStation (console)
- PlayStation 2
- PlayStation 3
- PlayStation 4
- PlayStation 5
- PlayStation App
- PlayStation Camera
- PlayStation Classic
- PlayStation Mobile
- PlayStation Network
- PlayStation Now
- PlayStation Portable
- PlayStation Portal
- PlayStation Productions
- PlayStation Store
- PlayStation Studios
- PlayStation TV
- PlayStation Vita
- Polygon Man
- Super NES CD-ROM
Products and services discontinued in 2014
- Apple A4
- Clone Wars Adventures
- Demons' Score
- Free Realms
- Google Schemer
- Google TV (operating system)
- IPhone 4s
- IPhone 5c
- IPod Classic
- Laser (debit card)
- Lego Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Lego The Lone Ranger
- Little Tail Story
- Lord of Ultima
- Magic: The Gathering – Tactics
- Max Force
- Microsoft Flight
- Microsoft Office 2003
- Monkey Quest
- Nintendo DS Lite
- Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
- Oreo O's
- Pac-Man Games
- PlayStation Portable
- Rusty Hearts
- Sudden Attack
- Surface Pro 2
- Trickster Online
- Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar
- Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
- Videocipher
- Windows XP
Products introduced in 2004
- ALL.Net
- Atari Flashback series
- Coca-Cola C2
- Crisp (chocolate bar)
- Crunk Energy Drink
- Curious (fragrance)
- Disney PhotoPass
- Dr. Jart+
- DualDisc
- Encounter (game)
- Facekini
- Frisco (drink)
- GCash
- Hasbro Darth Vader Voice Changer
- IPod Mini
- IPod Socks
- IRiver H10 series
- IRiver H300 series
- Juice Box
- MonetDB
- N-Gage QD
- Nintendo DS
- Nintendo Game Card
- PfSense
- PlayStation Portable
- Rio Carbon
- Sharklet (material)
- Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey
- TI-84 Plus series
- TI-89 series
- Tamagotchi Connection
- Tassimo
- The Complete Peanuts
- V.Smile
- Vita Coco
- Xavix
Regionless game consoles
- 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
- Analogue Nt
- Apple Pippin
- Atari 5200
- Atari Jaguar
- Atari Lynx
- CD-i
- GP2X
- Game Boy
- Game Boy Advance
- Game Boy Advance SP
- Game Boy Color
- Game Boy Micro
- Game Gear
- LaserActive
- Neo Geo (system)
- Neo Geo CD
- Neo Geo Pocket
- Neo Geo Pocket Color
- Net Yaroze
- Nintendo DS
- Nintendo DS Lite
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation 3
- PlayStation 4
- PlayStation 5
- PlayStation Portable
- PlayStation TV
- PlayStation Vita
- SG-1000
- Speak & Spell (toy)
- Super Nt
- Tovertafel
- Virtual Boy
- Visteon Dockable Entertainment
- Xbox One
- Xbox Series X and Series S
Seventh-generation video game consoles
- Caanoo
- Dingoo
- EVO Smart Console
- GP2X
- GP2X Wiz
- Game Gadget
- Game Wave Family Entertainment System
- Gizmondo
- HYDRA Game Development Kit
- HyperScan
- Leapster Explorer
- MoMA Eve
- N-Gage (service)
- Nintendo DS
- Phantom Entertainment
- PlayStation 3
- PlayStation 3 models
- PlayStation Portable
- Retro Duo
- Seventh generation of video game consoles
- Swinxs
- V.Flash
- Wii
- XGP
- Xbox 360
- Zeebo
Sony consoles
- Mylo (Sony)
- PSX (digital video recorder)
- PlayStation
- PlayStation (console)
- PlayStation 2
- PlayStation 2 models
- PlayStation 3
- PlayStation 3 models
- PlayStation 4
- PlayStation 5
- PlayStation Classic
- PlayStation Portable
- PlayStation TV
- PlayStation Vita
- PlayStation models
- Super NES CD-ROM
- Toio
References
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