Sony announced at CES 2008 that the PSP GPS peripheral will be released before the end of 2008 in both North America and Europe. The PSP GPS, which was described in detail last week in Gamertell’s Important Importables, turns the handheld console into a fully functional GPS unit. The peripheral uses UMD software to generate maps and help people get from point A to point B. The peripheral originally was released in Japan in December, 2006.
There were no prices or release dates set for the software and GPS during the CES announcement. However, the Japanese version of the GPS costs around $60, and a bundle containing the GPS and software can come to about $95. If the North American and European releases of the peripheral have a higher price tag, it might be worth importing a Japanese GPS and buying the appropriate UMD separately.
Of all the various peripherals available for handheld systems in Japan and the US, the GPS is undoubtedly the most useful and has the most potential. I’m most curious to see if this means Sony will also work to have the more recent Minna no Golf games released outside of Japan. Many of the entries in that series also make use of the GPS peripheral.
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