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UMDs: Sony Still Makes Those?

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December 20, 2011

It looks like despite the fact that the PlayStation Vita is due to be released on February 22, 2012, Sony still wants to make money off of their soon-to-be outdated handheld console, the PlayStation Portable.  PSPs can still be bought in stores, and are still being shipped out regardless of their impending doom.  What has not been released are games for it, and any trip to your local retailer will confirm a sparse selection for these games.

Sony understands your need to play old games.  They want to cash in on this, so they are releasing three separate game dual packs for the PSP in January.  Now little Johnny will have something to play in that handheld gaming system that you (or a relative) thought you got at a “steal” of a price.  The games included in these packs are not recent titles, and only one of them is halfway decent.  The first bundle comes with Twisted Metal: Head On and MotorStorm: Arctic Edge.  The second bundle comes with Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee and Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip.  The third, and by far best, bundle comes with Patapon and LocoRoco.  Both of these games are legitimately fun games, and one of them even makes use of the PSP’s ability to sense whether or not it is tilted.

Aside from being available as physical packs in actual stores, they will also be available via download on the PlayStation Network.  Or you could just wait until the Vita comes out.

 

[Source: Joystiq]

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Jessica Weimar
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Jessica is clearly a fan of video games, or she wouldn't be writing for this site. She attends college for Game Design/Graphic Arts and like most other staff on the site, has a day job that she despises. She spends most of her free time playing games with her boyfriend and fellow writer Nick Santangelo, and they are running out of room in their house for games. That's right, soon they'll be using them as furniture.

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  • Mattrowan

    How can you plan to be a relevant source in gaming news when Joystiq (a much more accredited and established site) released this story hours earlier. Please note that this isn’t flaming, I am just arguing that there is no need to repost meaningless stories like these. All you are doing is discrediting the original work created by MTB, the only reason that people actually come to this site. Please stop trying to be more like Joystiq with a story every hour. Instead, write well thought out articles. Articles that don’t seem like you are just rehashing someone else’s own crap. 

    Sincerely, MTB fan

    • http://mashthosebuttons.com Nick Santangelo

      Thanks for reading and replying, Matt.

      Certainly Joystiq had this story first, and that’s why they have been cited at the bottom of our article. Joystiq is a great site that has a lot of wonderful content, and I have an immense amount of respect for their whole team and the work they do.

      That being said, if you want to talk about “rehashing,” then it’s only fair to take into consideration that Joystiq — and everyone else who covered this story, for that matter — is just as guilty as we are. The original source is a post on the PlayStation Blog.

      Yes, they do often get to news stories before we do; but that’s not always the case. Sometimes we have news stories live on our site hours or even days before they do. Other times they enjoy a large lead time over us. The same can be said about every other outlet out there. No one can be first on everything all the time.

      We will keep on evolving the manner in which we cover news as our young site continues to grow in scope and readership. Yet picking up stories that originated elsewhere is never something that will completely go away. Every news outlet on the planet does as much, and we would be doing the portion of our readership base that does not visit every gaming news site out there a disservice by not striving to bring them the top stories each and every day.

      Finally, we will absolutely do our best to provide more original content moving forward. Our entire staff recognizes the need to provide you, the reader, with unique works of our own design. You’re going to see more of that type of thing in the future out of the MTB staff. If you’re interested in such works right now, then I recommend you take a look at Katie’s recent piece about Microsoft and hacking, Aaron’s Indiescape series, and/or my article about Wii U pricing.

      Thanks again.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1067414413 Jarret Redding

      Hey Matt,

      Thanks for the feedback.  We’ll definitely take your thoughts under consideration.  Don’t expect news to disappear all together though ;) .  We may not always be the fastest, but there are definitely times were we get stuff published before other sites.  I hear what you’re saying about original work though.  We’ve got some things we’re working on, so stick around and hopefully you’ll enjoy.