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Sony Ends Digital Comic Book Service On PSP

This week's update to the PlayStation Portable's Digital Comics Store will be the last, according to Sony, bringing to a close the service that has provided 4,000 comic book issues to PSP owners.

Frank Cifaldi, Contributor

July 7, 2011

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This week's update to the PlayStation Portable's Digital Comics Store will be the last, according to Sony. In a recent post on the PlayStation Blog, PlayStation Store director Grace Chen said that while the PSP will not be receiving new content to the store, the service will continue in another form. "This week will be the final update for digital comics on the PSP. The Digital Comics Team will continue to work on bringing the comic service to other Sony devices," wrote Chen. What those "other Sony devices" may be is not clear, and even the Digital Comics team doesn't seem to know, as evidenced by this Twitter post. Sony's PlayStation Digital Comics service currently houses over 4,000 titles from publishers that include Marvel, DC, IDW, Tokyopop, 2000AD and more. The service is PlayStation-branded and currently exclusive to the PSP.

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Frank Cifaldi

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Frank Cifaldi is a freelance writer and contributing news editor at Gamasutra. His past credentials include being senior editor at 1UP.com, editorial director and community manager for Turner Broadcasting's GameTap games-on-demand service, and a contributing author to publications that include Edge, Wired, Nintendo Official Magazine UK and GamesIndustry.biz, among others. He can be reached at [email protected].

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