Sony Europe announces PSP Essentials budget range
Ratchet and Clank, FIFA 09, Wipeout Pulse among 20 games to be sold for £9.99 this summer
Sony Europe has confirmed a new budget range of PSP games called PSP Essentials that will retail for £9.99 from this summer.
The initial line-up of 20 games are to include Ratchet and Clank, FIFA 09, Wipeout Pulse and Ben 10 Alien Force, and more will be made available every three months following their release.
Essentials will launch this June in Europe and PAL territories, said Sony.
"Releasing PSP Essentials makes sure that every PSP gamer – and younger newcomers in particular - can get their hands on the best portable gaming experiences at affordable prices," said Isabelle Tomatis, European product marketing manager for hardware and platforms at SCEE.
"Combined with the other things PSP can do, like music, movies and chat, this makes PSP a really attractive choice for handheld entertainment."
The full list of games featuring in the PSP Essentials range at launch will be the following:
- Daxter
- Everybody’s Golf
- LocoRoco
- Medievil Resurrection
- Pursuit Force
- Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Burnout Legends
- Ben 10 Alien Force
- NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2
- Secret Agent Clank
- WipEout Pulse
- Patapon 2
- Buzz! Master Quiz
- FIFA 09
- Fight Night Round 3
- Sims 2
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
- F1 2009
- Spongebob Yellow Avenger