PlayStation Expansion Plans

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Download stations hitting Japanese cafes fast.

February 27, 2006 - Following a test run late last year, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has announced plans to expand its PlayStation Spot PSP download service throughout Japan.

The expansion will begin on the 27th, with the opening of terminals at select cafes and game shops. SCE hopes to equip 150 shops and 150 cafes with the terminals by mid to late Spring. Train station distribution will start off with five stations, including such crowded spots as the JR Tokyo, Shinjuku and Ikebukuro stations.

PlayStation Spot is a service that allows PSP owners to download game demos and other data from download terminals. The free service debuted at the Tokyo Game Show in September of last year, and eventually made its first retail appearance at the Sony building in Tokyo's Ginza district. Nintendo offers a similar service for the DS called Touch! Try! DS.

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Coinciding with the expansion, SCE will begin distributing downloadable demos of three games at the train station and cafes terminals: LocoRoco, Baito Hell and a Hudson Soft title with such a frighteningly long name that typing it could cause carpal tunnel syndrome (point your browser here if you're interested in the name). Terminals at game shops will get a different set of games.

Those with Japanese reading skillz can check out the PlayStation Spot site for more details.

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