Comics Come To Sony PSPs
Exciting news for comic book fans, as your collection has just gotten a lot more portable. PSP owners in the United States now have access to Sony's PlayStation Network Digital Comics service which allows you to download digital versions of popular comics from big names like Marvel and Disney.
Approximately 550 comics are live today, from franchises like Spider Man, X-Men and The Fantastic Four. Additional titles will be released on a weekly basis henceforth.
Sony's press release says the majority of issues are $1.99, with "select" titles ranging from $0.99 to $2.99.
The full text of the press release is after the cut.
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Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced that PSP (PlayStation®Portable) system owners in the United States can now purchase and enjoy hundreds of classic and new comics from a variety of leading publishers, including Marvel Entertainment, Disney, IDW Publishing, iVerse Media and others.
The new PlayStation®Network Digital Comics service puts favorite comic book characters and popular franchises at consumers' fingertips, when and where they want them. PSP owners can check out Marvel Entertainment's G.I. Joe, Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men and the Fantastic Four; TRANSFORMERS and Star Trek from IDW; and, in partnership with iVerse Media, brands like Archie Comics, and Image Comic's Proof.
Digital comics are available through PlayStation®Store. Approximately 550 comics are arriving today on PlayStation Store, with additional content to be added weekly. PSP users can purchase comics either directly from PlayStation Store on their PSP via WiFi, or access and download comics from PlayStation Store from their PC with Media Go software, then easily transfer their digital content to their PSP via USB cable. (Go to http://www.us.playstation.com/PSN/mediago for more information about Media Go.)
Digital comics purchased from PlayStation Store are easy to view and enjoy on PSP. The Digital Comics Reader application, currently available with PSP firmware update (v6.20), enables PSP users to feel like they are browsing through a print comic book right in the palm of their hand. Due to an exclusive Autoflow feature, consumers can flip from page-to-page, zoom in and move from frame-to-frame on each digital page -- similar to the way eyes move across a print page from left to right. Comics are graphically stunning due PSP's high contrast LCD screen.
The majority of comics can be purchased for $1.99, with select comics available at $0.99 and $2.99. The PlayStation Store also features a variety of free comics for everyone to enjoy, including Disney's Donald Duck and the Fussy Genie, and Marvel's Transformers All Hail Megatron.
The addition of digital comics further establishes PlayStation Network as the premiere destination for digital entertainment. From over 18,000 movies and TV episodes, to hundreds of games and game add-ons for PSP, to original content and digital comics, PlayStation Network offers great entertainment choices for every PSP owner.
Consumers can find out more information about PlayStation Network Digital Comics at www.playstationcomics.com and http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/12/psn-digital-comics-launch-today/.
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Posted to Hot Stuff on 16 December 2009
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That's more expensive than a physical comic (was the last time I bought one), for something intangible, locked down to a tiny portable system, that costs them absolutely nothing to reproduce and almost nothing to distribute. I somehow don't feel the comics industry is all that serious about wanting to survive the death of print media. Are they at least ad-free?
Not that I'd be able to buy into this if I wanted to. Nothing from PSN runs on hacked PSPs. Not even free content like demos. They have a very strict policy of not wanting any of my money for any of their stuff.