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Add-ons and a price drop attract gamers
Sony's PlayStation Portable, which has shipped 15 million units worldwide and sold 4 million hardware units stateside through March i, is rapidly expanding its entertainment portfolio.
This month, two video game accessory companies are introducing peripherals that allow PSPs to connect directly to a TV. This opens the door for the game system's library of 444 movies and TV shows on UMD and 107 PSP games to be played on TVs with these add-ons.
The accessories, along with a price drop of PSP hardware to $200, could help a waning business. Hollywood studios have slowed down their support for the format for a variety of reasons, including slow sales. Still, Sony said PSP's North American hardware and software sales amounted to $1.6 billion in 2005.
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