Over at MTVNews.com my weekly GameFile column covers the iPod-style re-invigoration of the PSP.
Some of it borrows from the in-depth interview I ran yesterday here at Multiplayer about the PSP download store.
But the column also has some talk of "Beats," the download-only PSP use-your-own-MP3s rhythm game that was already launched on the European version of the store and will be available for Americans this week.
An excerpt from my column:
"Beats" actually started as something a little different. Development began in the first couple of months of 2007 by about five people at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's London studio. "Originally, we were going to have it as a UMD [PSP disc-based] title, but as plans for the PlayStation Store developed, we decided to change over and make it downloadable," [SCEA producer Daimion] Pinnock said.
It also was going to have different music. Early on, the Sony team considered including licensed music in the game, possibly by the British pop band Sugababes. "We were going to have their videos playing in the background, but we didn't really feel like it added much to the game itself." So Sony went with original music instead and a programming push for users to play the game to their own songs.
For more on "Beats" check the column.
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