PSP Go launch adds 100+ games to PSN

New handheld's debut accompanied by first PSP Minis, debuts of PixelJunk Monsters, Thexder Neo, sales on Puzzle Quest, Prinny, and more; full list and price breakdown inside.

Sony launched the PSP Go today, marking the first time a major console maker has released a system entirely dependent on digital distribution. To ensure that early adopters of the $249 system have something to play on it, the company also gave its online PlayStation Network storefront a major injection of new and catalog releases. Today's update boasts more than 100 titles in all, including the first PSP Minis, Gran Turismo PSP, MotorStorm Arctic Edge, and new downloadable exclusives like PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe and Thexder Neo.

The newly added titles are pulled from 23 publishers (including Sony). Some companies have clearly embraced the idea of digital distribution for PSP games more than others. Electronic Arts alone added 20 games to the PlayStation Network today, from the recently released Madden NFL 10 to older titles like Lord of the Rings: Tactics and The Sims 2. Among the publisher's newly offered downloads are five different Need for Speed games, from Underground Rivals to this year's Shift.

Pricing for the games is also all over the map. Games just released in stores on UMDs are sticking to suggested retail for the most part, with Gran Turismo PSP, Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, and Beaterator all commanding $39.99 price tags. Older titles are being offered for considerably less in many cases, with God of War: Chains of Olympus fetching $15.99, Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness going for $14.99, Def Jam: Fight for New York for $9.99, and Puzzle Challenge: Crosswords and More setting the thrifty bar at $4.99. Interestingly, EA has chosen to charge more for 2005's Burnout Legends ($19.99) than for the game's 2007 follow-up, Burnout Dominator ($14.99).

The fist batch of PSP Minis has arrived, although the "mini" designation applies to file download sizes perhaps more than to price. EA's Tetris ($9.99, 29MB) and Sudoku ($4.99, 30MB) lead the charge as promised, with backup from Gameloft's Hero of Sparta ($6.99, 47MB), Creat Studios' Alien Havoc ($4.99, 8.03MB), and more.

A number of games are also enjoying temporary price cuts. Nippon Ichi Software has cut the asking price on Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? and Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman to $9.99 each, while Puzzle Quest is on sale for $7.99, and niche fare like Work Time Fun and Cube are $4.99 for a limited time.

PSP games by publisher

SCEA
Gran Turismo PSP ($39.99)
God of War: Chains of Olympus ($15.99)
Secret Agent Clank ($31.99)
LocoRoco 2 ($15.99)
PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe ($19.99)
Daxter ($15.99)
Resistance Retribution ($31.99)
MLB 09 The Show ($31.99)
MotorStorm Arctic Edge ($39.99)

505 Games
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey ($29.99)

Activision
Cabela's African Safari ($14.99)
Rapala Trophies ($14.99)
Gun Showdown ($14.99)
SWAT: Target Liberty ($19.99)
Crash Tag Team Racing ($14.99)
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts: Ultimate Challenge ($14.99)
Crash: Mind Over Mutant ($29.99)
Crash of the Titans ($19.99)
Activision Hits Remixed ($14.99)

Aksys Games
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus ($24.99)

Atari
Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai ($14.99)
Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai Another Road ($14.99)

Atlus
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona ($39.99)

Capcom
Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded ($19.99)
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite ($29.99)

Codemasters
Dirt 2 ($29.99)

Crave Entertainment
Pinball Hall of Fame: The Gottlieb Collection ($9.99)
Puzzle Challenge: Crosswords and More! ($4.99)
Brunswick Pro Bowling ($9.99)

EA
The Sims 2 ($14.99)
The Sims 2 Castaway ($9.99)
The Sims 2 Pets ($9.99)
Need for Speed: Underground Rivals ($14.99)
Need for Speed: Most Wanted ($19.99)
Need for Speed: Shift ($39.99)
Need for Speed: ProStreet ($19.99)
Need for Speed: Carbon ($19.99)
Medal of Honor Heroes ($19.99)
Fight Night: Round 3 ($19.99)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra ($39.99)
Madden NFL 10 ($39.99)
Scrabble ($19.99)
Medal of Honor Heroes 2 ($19.99)
Burnout Legends ($19.99)
Burnout Dominator ($14.99)
Lord of the Rings: Tactics ($9.99)
Def Jam Fight For New York: The Takeover ($9.99)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 ($39.99)
NCAA Football 10 ($39.99)

Koei
Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce ($29.99)
Warriors Orochi 2 ($29.99)

LucasArts
Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings ($19.99)
Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventure ($19.99)
Thrillville: Off the Rails ($19.99)
Star Wars: Battlefront Renegade Squadron ($19.99)
Star Wars: Battlefront II ($19.99)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed ($19.99)

Midway
Mortal Kombat: Unchained ($19.99)
Hot Brain ($14.99)

Namco Bandai
Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny ($39.99)

NIS America
Blade Dancer: Lineage of Light ($4.99)
Mana Khemia: Student Alliance ($14.99)
Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness ($14.99)
Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days ($29.99)
Prinny: Can I Really be the Hero? ($9.99)
Dragoneer's Aria ($14.99)

Playlogic
Obscure: The Aftermath ($29.99)

Rockstar Games
Beaterator ($39.99)

Sega
Alien Syndrome ($15.99)
Super Monkey Ball Adventure ($15.99)
Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars ($15.99)
Iron Man ($19.99)
Sonic Rivals ($15.99)
Sonic Rivals 2 ($29.99)
Full Auto 2: Battlelines ($15.99)
Sega Genesis Collection ($15.99)
Crush ($15.99)

SNK Playmore
The King of Fighters Collection ($19.99)
Metal Slug Anthology ($19.99)
SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 ($19.99)
Samurai Showdown Anthology ($19.99)

Square Enix
Thexder Neo ($9.99)

THQ
Avatar: The Last Airbender ($19.99)
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights ($19.99)
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Avenger ($19.99)
MX vs ATV Untamed ($19.99)
WWE SmackDown vs RAW 2009 ($19.99)

Ubisoft
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs ($29.99)
Tom Clancy's EndWar ($29.99)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas ($19.99)
Prince of Persia Revelations ($9.99)
Prince of Persia Rival Swords ($14.99)

Warner Bros. Interactive
300: March To Glory ($14.99)
Justice League Heroes ($14.99)
Lego Batman The Video Game ($19.99)

PSP Minis
Alien Havoc ($4.99)
Tetris ($9.99)
Hero of Sparta ($6.99)
Brainpipe ($4.99)
Fieldrunners ($6.99)
Sudoku ($4.99)
Funky Punch ($4.99)

PSOne Classics (also playable on PS3)
Jumping Flash! 2 ($5.99)
Um Jammer Lammy ($5.99)
Nuclear Strike ($5.99)
Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko ($5.99)

Temporary price drops
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords ($7.99)
Cube ($4.99)
Dead Head Fred ($7.99)
PQ: Practical Intelligence Quotient ($4.99)
PQ: Practical Intelligence Quotient 2 ($7.99)
WTF: Work Time Fun ($4.99)
Prinny: Can I Really be the Hero? ($9.99)
Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! ($9.99)

331 Comments

  • im-a-roustabout

    Posted Nov 24, 2009 4:51 pm PT

    @hornet224

    Finally somebody who gets it! Idk why people want a second analog stick and all that jazz. It's a hand held! Quit thinking it's a portable playstation, it's a playstation portable if you catch my drift. Nobody hates the DS cuz it doesn't have motion controls! Geez!

  • dannyatkinson

    Posted Oct 28, 2009 3:24 pm PT

    I did it with Crisis Core myself and it works great. My UMD stays in the holder on my shelf. Cool.

  • dannyatkinson

    Posted Oct 28, 2009 3:23 pm PT

    If you use CFW you can copy the umd's to the memory card yourself. Best of both worlds.

  • jeffv541

    Posted Oct 23, 2009 12:25 am PT

    100+ Games!!! ZERO GOOD ONES!!!

  • misterbutt

    Posted Oct 17, 2009 9:33 am PT

    im pretty sure they have 32gb memory sticks available but i could be totally wrong. i know they have 16gb though.
    but the psp go is way bettter sounding to me now. im still def keeping my psp2000 cuz im saving for a ps3 but if i had a crapload of money i would get it.

  • jokoo

    Posted Oct 13, 2009 8:45 am PT

    I don't now about the full games, but I know the developers set the MINI prices, not sony. http://www.pspminis.com/361/pricing-up-to-publishers/ Maybe if you guys did some research you'd find that the developers set all prices and you could all be happy. BTW- I have a PSP Go and its great. i got monster hunter and the load times are so so much better. The system is just alot more portable. There's a few bugs in the OS still (like a couple freezes here and there and the usb cable not charging when its completely dead). My only complaint is I wish the psn store was more populated. I want to download FF anniversary editions.

  • hornet224

    Posted Oct 12, 2009 5:28 pm PT

    At all you people begging for two analog sticks and four shoulder buttons... How about you just get a PSconsole controller in your pocket and duct-tape a screen to it? That's what it'd be like trying to cram all of that into a handheld. For a portable system, that kind of garbage is just impracticle.

  • hornet224

    Posted Oct 12, 2009 5:12 pm PT

    At Generic_Dude

    PSP-1000 (Launch Price) $250.
    PSP- GO (Launch Price) $250.
    PS3 (Launch Price) $600.

    Good fight with all that, "It's the same price as a PS3" bullsh*t.

  • akvasu2

    Posted Oct 6, 2009 10:23 pm PT

    I can just get a new memory stick and get these games on my old PSP itself right? I already tried downloading some stuff to the PSP. All one needs is high speed broadband and not a new device . On this note however - whats the max memory people have tried using with the PSP ? will 8 gb work ? I believe 16 gb sticks are also available ?

    But its a good idea for new folks to enter the PSP world.

  • murano28

    Posted Oct 6, 2009 7:29 pm PT

    they are trying to be smart and make more money this way.. but they have no idea the current psp owners wont be buying this new version. if they do buy it, it is going to be a big mistake,,im not telling why..

  • uberjannie

    Posted Oct 6, 2009 12:21 am PT

    Seriously, 39.99$ for a handheld game is just insane.
    Thats the price of PC games.

  • DanC1989

    Posted Oct 5, 2009 3:59 pm PT

    I want Gex for some reason, is it out in Europe?

  • FF_fan2004

    Posted Oct 5, 2009 11:56 am PT

    My friend has got one, since he sold off he old PSP ages ago. What game came with it was gran turismo (I think). I have to admit, it felt really weird to hold it, because it is slimmer than any PSP. I had a go on his Prinny game, fair play it does run a lot faster than UMDs.

  • tk_1

    Posted Oct 5, 2009 10:51 am PT

    I don't understand the haterz
    the psn for games is just like Itunes for music, what's the problem?! sure, it will take some time but eventually this WILL BE the future and we can't fight it.
    @Generic_Dude
    "I see the manufacturer as the only source of distribution, which means they can control the price"
    yeahhhh... no, they can't . the psn STORE is like any other STORE (yeah, I know, big surprise) and sony alone decides on the price of the product (with consideration of agreement with publisher of course(like any other store))

  • Blu-Fan-Boy

    Posted Oct 5, 2009 8:23 am PT

    for the people whom do not understand why Sony have done this as a digital only games console is souly because of trade ins and preowned products they loose money that way and so does the manufacuter that way cutting out the retail profit and getting maximum profits via download that is all still me personally would perfer a hard copy

  • Generic_Dude

    Posted Oct 5, 2009 7:20 am PT

    PSP Go: $250
    Playstation 3: $300

    Something's not right here... besides, wasn't one of the benefits of digital distribution supposed to be reduced overhead, which would logically translate to to the value being passed on to the consumer? I'm not seein that here... I see the manufacturer as the only source of distribution, which means they can control the price. I'll stick with my UMD games, which I can get on sale regularly and not wait for Sony's Grace to give me a break.

  • edscma

    Posted Oct 5, 2009 1:01 am PT

    Love sony.... but hate even the idea of this new Psp u can get God of war umd right now on amazon for $5.25 NEW even with shipping less then 10 dollars beat the game an get a couple of bucks when u trade it in. this psp cost more but takes away from the psp i dont understand this move at all its just about money just like my Ps3 not being backwards compatible, i wish my old 60 gb ps3 didnt take a dirt nap i could have finished god of war 2 an oh yeah SONY if your listening HOME SUCKS i love my Ps3 an my blu-ray but come on guys you are killin us Ps3 fan boys

  • ShaunyChaos

    Posted Oct 4, 2009 8:52 pm PT

    DaSlyOne customer reviews mean nothing???????? wow. just wow. thats kind of a harsh statement. i mean i buy most of my games based on customer reviews. hell i am a customer and i leave reviews of games all the time. if i trusted the reviewers review of persona for psp i wouldnt have bought it. but the people playing it said it was good so i got it and am happy with it. as far as the psp go most of the people saying it sucks dont have it. how can you form a negative opinion of something you havent experianced? if you look back at all the comments people have left on this list of comments from people who say they have it they all say they love it. every negative comment is people saying why they wont get it. such is life i suppose. but you cant say that all the good reviews of a product is put there by an employee of whatever company is selling said product. my review is there and no one paid me. you can also kinda tell by the grammar errors in most customer reviews that if they are being left by pros then there very poorly educated ones.

  • Lance-Marvelous

    Posted Oct 4, 2009 7:53 pm PT

    the go is wack idea i think its cuz they want in oon the touch market lol that they can touch get it lol thenamesmillen xbox live psn my space

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