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PlayStation Network Digital Comics Launch
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.