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Sony's PSP Hits the StreetsSony Computer Entertainment's long-awaited PSP (PlayStation Portable) went on sale in Japan Sunday to long lines of people, many of whom had been waiting through the night to buy a unit.
At Yodobashi Camera in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, around 1000 people were already in line at 5 a.m., forming a 200-meter queue that wound around the store and down a neighboring street. It out-stretched the line for the launch of Nintendo's DS handheld device which went on sale December 2, says Jiro Nishijima, a manager at Yodobashi Camera.
He wouldn't say how many PSPs the store had taken delivery of from Sony but guessed that they wouldn't last long.
"We expect to be sold out sometime during the morning," he says.
First in line was Tsukasa Arai, who said he had been waiting since 11:30 a.m on Saturday.
"I'm interested in the PSP because it can play music," he says. "I have one of the original PlayStations and some of the very old Nintendo consoles and for me gaming is a secondary feature."
In addition to games, the PSP can also play music and video files, and Sony plans later to release audio and movies on the PDP's UMD (Universal Media Disc) disc format. The only software available initially will be gaming titles, but users can play music on the device from a Memory Stick card.
"We are still talking to digital content pu
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