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EA On PSP: Six For Launch
Footie and hardball are added to the company's North American launch roster.
October 20, 2004 - Electronic Arts aims to be the top dog for the PlayStation Portable, and the company outlined some of its plans for the handheld in its Q2 2005 Earnings Conference Call to stockholders released yesterday. The company committed to six titles at or around launch for the PlayStation Portable in the past, and in the conference call, the company named all six games that will be out in the US with the system.
For the PSP launch, EA is planning to release Need For Speed Underground: Rivals, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, new editions of NBA Street and NFL Street, and the newly-announced sports titles FIFA (assumedly not the newly-announced FIFA Street, although they did not say) and a baseball game (again, likely a PSP edition of MVP Baseball.) Tiger Woods and NFSU:Rivals are all due out in Japan for the PSP launch there, which is in September.
As part of that announcement, EA's CEO Larry Probst mentioned that the company is on track to deliver these titles for a launch in March -- rumors of a delay of PSP outside of Japan are still circulating, but EA is still shooting for the designated end-of-Q4 release. EA's head also stressed the importance of its acquisition of the Renderware platform, most specifically in developing for next-gen platforms but also in regards to the PlayStation Portable handheld (the powerful Renderware engine was announced for availability to PSP development earlier in the year.)
Mentioned elsewhere in the call is the plan to release between 15 and 20 PSP games in total during 2005 -- it plans to have as big a market share on PlayStation Portable as it has on PS2, and as we've seen talking with EA's 200-man Team Fusion dedicated almost entirely to PSP development, they're aiming to make that happen in a big way.
We'll bring you more on EA's six PSP launch titles, as well as the rest of the games for the system as soon as EA gives us word.
EA On PSP: Six For Launch
Footie and hardball are added to the company's North American launch roster.
October 20, 2004 - Electronic Arts aims to be the top dog for the PlayStation Portable, and the company outlined some of its plans for the handheld in its Q2 2005 Earnings Conference Call to stockholders released yesterday. The company committed to six titles at or around launch for the PlayStation Portable in the past, and in the conference call, the company named all six games that will be out in the US with the system.
For the PSP launch, EA is planning to release Need For Speed Underground: Rivals, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, new editions of NBA Street and NFL Street, and the newly-announced sports titles FIFA (assumedly not the newly-announced FIFA Street, although they did not say) and a baseball game (again, likely a PSP edition of MVP Baseball.) Tiger Woods and NFSU:Rivals are all due out in Japan for the PSP launch there, which is in September.
As part of that announcement, EA's CEO Larry Probst mentioned that the company is on track to deliver these titles for a launch in March -- rumors of a delay of PSP outside of Japan are still circulating, but EA is still shooting for the designated end-of-Q4 release. EA's head also stressed the importance of its acquisition of the Renderware platform, most specifically in developing for next-gen platforms but also in regards to the PlayStation Portable handheld (the powerful Renderware engine was announced for availability to PSP development earlier in the year.)
Mentioned elsewhere in the call is the plan to release between 15 and 20 PSP games in total during 2005 -- it plans to have as big a market share on PlayStation Portable as it has on PS2, and as we've seen talking with EA's 200-man Team Fusion dedicated almost entirely to PSP development, they're aiming to make that happen in a big way.
We'll bring you more on EA's six PSP launch titles, as well as the rest of the games for the system as soon as EA gives us word.
