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PSP Prediction #1: New limited edition PSP bundles with high-profile games and peripherals."SCEA will release a special gold PSP-2000 system that includes God of War: Chains of Olympus and a Memory Stick for $200." Yes! We got that one right ... almost The God of War bundle came with a red PSP and -- we guessed it -- retailed for $200. Unfortunately, we were wrong that "Sony will release a PSP system bundled with GPS in the US." Drats.
PSP Prediction #2: The PSP Store will debut a huge franchise exclusively for download.The PlayStation Store was successfully launched this year, so we get that right. The Store includes Network-exclusive games like Syphon Filter and Super Stardust Portable. They're not "huge" games, but they're still pretty big titles. Japan has also fully embraced the Store, offering all first-party titles as downloadable games.
PSP Prediction #3: Square Enix will bring tons of PS1 love to PSP."PSP fans will find that Square Enix will resurrect many of its long-forgotten PS1 franchises back to the PSP." We were right about that one ... but only in Japan. However, Square Enix showed some more love for PSP by moving games like Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, The 3rd Birthday and Final Fantasy Agito XIII to our favorite handheld.
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A look back: our predictions for 2008 originally appeared on PSP Fanboy on Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
