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THE LATEST NEWS FROM JULY 2003

Console market leader Sony delivered a major announcement in the form of a new handheld, the PlayStation Portable – something described by Ken Kutaragi as “the Walkman of the 21st century”. noted that, “Given the absence of anything other than a specs list for the actual machine, cynical minds are quick to point out that this is Sony’s way of bolstering […] an otherwise lacklustre pre-E3 conference.” Edge wasn’t alone in that assessment as games™ also felt that Sony’s offering “smacked of complacency or lack of 4 was the key first-party exclusive, with and an untitled future game confirmed as third-party exclusives for 2004.

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