March 10, 2009 - Atlus and Sting announced in psp demos Japan today the start of a publishing partnership that will see Atlus serve as exclusive publisher of Sting-developed games.
Sting makes Games like Yggdra Union, Riviera, and Dokapon. These were already released in America through Atlus, but the new agreement appears to be more formal, with Atlus handling publishing duties both in Japan and abroad.
In addition to the publishing deal, a statement from Atlus revealed that the company is looking into having Sting handle development of some games based off its properties.
As a result of this deal, Atlus said that it expects a 50% increase in software sales for the coming term.
March 11, 2009 - The PS2 seems to be coming into its own with a strong lineup for 2009, especially with the recent announcement of PS2 versions of Motorstorm, LittleBigPlanet, Assassin's Creed and Rock Band. However, a senior member of SCEE admitted that Sony didn't pay nearly as much attention to the portable as it should have. In an interview with gamesIndustry.biz , Ray Maguire, senior VP and MD for the UK, Ireland and Nordic region, stated that the system lost ground because of the company's focus on its consoles. "It has been, yes. It was slightly under-supported, mainly because a lot of the energy was going into stuff we're doing for PlayStation 3. There was an added complication in that the UMD model wasn't brilliant for third parties, either," Maguire said. psp demos
However, he did mention that because of the growth of the platform, he thinks that more people will look at the PS2 as a viable platform this year. "The PS2 has become one of the best-selling formats ever, and I think people are seeing that they need to get back into it. I think we had a bit of a barren year last year, and this year we seem to have a bumper crop." When asked about the future of Games on the PS2 and the UMD format in particular, Maguire was still positive on the small discs, although he felt that downloadable titles would play a larger role in the system's future. "[UMD] still represents a reasonably cost-effective way of getting data to the consumer. My gut feeling though is that people are looking for more snack-type content, and the downloads side of it will increasingly become a bigger part of its future. psp demos "
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