Sony to launch new PSP game machine

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Sony Computer Entertainment Inc will release a new model of its PlayStation Portable game machine in Japan, other parts of Asia, North America and Europe from October. The new portable machine, PSP-3000, features a higher-resolution liquid crystal display and a built-in microphone, said SCE, a unit of Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp.

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According to Japanese game magazine publisher Enterbrain Inc, PSP has remained the best-selling game machine in Japan for five months on end through July.

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PSP owes its popularity in part to such hit software titles as Capcom’s Monster Hunter Portable, according to industry sources.

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In mid-July, SCE said cumulative PSP sales in Japan had topped 10 million units in about three years and a half since its launch.

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An SCE spokesman said that the release of the new machine will help boost PSP sales during the coming year-end shopping season.

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