Sega Confirms Content for
PlayStation®Portable (PSPTM)
“Puyo Pop Fever” and “Project S (temporary title)”
ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT EXPO (E3),
LOS ANGELES (May 11, 2004) — SEGA Corporation (Head office: Ota-ku, Tokyo,
Japan; CEO and President: Hisao Oguchi, hereinafter referred to as SEGA) has
confirmed plans to develop content for PlayStation®Portable (PSPTM), a handheld
video game system, which Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. plans to release at
the end of 2004 in Japan.
SEGA’s commitment to the platform
starts with the definitive version of one of electronic gaming’s most popular
puzzle titles, Puyo Pop Fever. SEGA is also developing new titles that take
advantage of the PSP’s technology, such as a completely new game Project S
(temporary title), and it will continue to develop and publish titles in the
future.
PSP is a handheld video game system
featuring cutting-edge technology. The unit offers superior graphics display
performance and high-end sound reproduction (7.1 channel surround). Also built
into the PSP are cutting edge network features; the system is equipped with
wireless LAN as a standard. SEGA is devoted to the development of titles that
will make the most of PSP hardware.
Yuji Naka, SEGA’s executive managing
director and general manager of Development Head Office comments, “I am excited
to announce SEGA’s initial software plans for the new PSP platform which offers
truly high performance and efficient graphics display and incredible sound
quality. Given its technical strengths, SEGA regards PSP as a handheld video
game system with great potential. We are presently developing Puyo Pop Fever and
Project S (temporary title), and we will propose a new style of gaming and
entertainment that maximizes the features unique to PSP, such as network
communication battle via wireless LAN and the “face-to-face” system that
utilizes the 16:9 widescreen TFT LCD. Please look forward to future SEGA’s
titles.”
Titles to be released:
* “Puyo Pop Fever” Release date: (TBD)/ Price (TBD)
* “Project S (temporary
title)” Release date: (TBD)/ Price (TBD)
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Computer Entertainment Inc. PSP is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment
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