SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT TO LAUNCH

PLAYSTATIONSTORE FOR PLAYSTATIONMOBILE ON OCTOBER 3

Official Version of PlayStationMobile SDK Will Be Available in November
FUJITSU AND SHARP TO JOIN PLAYSTATIONCERTIFIED
LICENSE PROGRAM
Tokyo, Septe!e" #$, %&#% Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) today announced that
it will start to deliver dedicated content for PlayStationMoile! deliverin" the world of
PlayStation on open operatin" system#ased devices
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%ctoer &. In the dramatically evolvin" smartphone and talet mar'et! SCE will offer
appealin" PlayStation#li'e content to a variety of popular moile devices.
(he service will start in nine countries includin" )apan! *nited States! Canada! *nited
+in"dom! ,rance! -ermany! Italy! Spain! and .ustralia with more countries to follow. .t
launch! users will e ale to en/oy appro0imately &1 new titles from a variety of "enres
includin" .dventure! .ction! Pu22le! Sports! and Simulation! at an affordale price point of
etween 31 yen and 431 yen (includin" ta0)
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! created y third party developers and pulishers
as well as SCE 6orldwide Studios. ,urther content will e released fre7uently for
PlayStationMoile as new titles ecome availale.
SCE also announced ,u/itsu 8imited and Sharp Corporation will /oin the PlayStation
Certified license pro"ram
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. 9y collaoratin" with ,u/itsu and Sharp which not only have the
si"nificant share in the )apanese smartphone mar'et ut also offer a wide ran"e of devices
across the "loe! SCE will deliver the unmatched PlayStation e0perience to even more
smartphone and talet users around the world.
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,u/itsu?s .==%6S series smartphones and talets feature @*sailityA reali2ed y
human#centric technolo"y! and @>i"h SpecA represented y )apan?s first 7uad#core CP*
adopted model.A said (a'ahiro Matsumura! Senior Bice President! *i7uitous 9usiness
Strate"y *nit! ,u/itsu 8imited. @6e are e0cited to e partnerin" with Sony Computer
Entertainment! and offer PlayStation#li'e "amin" e0periences for .==%6S users.A
6e are very pleased to e ale to offer e0citin" PlayStation#li'e "amin" e0periences
throu"h our products to the customers all around the world.A said Itsu'i +ouchi! Civision
Ceputy -eneral Mana"er D Mar'etin" Cepartment -eneral Mana"er! -loal Product
Cevelopment Center! Communication Systems -roup! Sharp Corporation. @Sharp will
continue shapin" its smartphone development philosophy! @,eel 8o"icA! and one of its
elements! A,eel CreationA.
,urthermore! the PlayStation Moile Ceveloper Pro"ram which includes the official
version of PlayStation Moile SC+ will ecome availale to the development community in
;ovemer. (his will e rolled#out in a phased manner in $$ countries and re"ions includin"
)apan! *nited States! Canada! *nited +in"dom! ,rance! -ermany! Italy! Spain! .ustralia! >on"
+on" and (aiwan. (he PlayStation Moile Ceveloper Pro"ram will allow developers to easily
distriute their content throu"h PlayStation Store on a commercial asis and mar'et their
"ames to millions of dedicated "amers with PlayStationECertified devices and PlayStation
Bita. (he license a"reement for the SC+ is *SFGG annually
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SCE will further accelerate the e0pansion of PlayStation Certified devices and continue
to collaorate with content developers to drive the delivery of compellin" entertainment
e0periences throu"h PlayStation Moile.
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PlayStationMoile marries fun! en"a"in" PlayStation#style "amin" with the convenience of
PlayStationECertified moile devices and offers moile users a superlative store navi"ation
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and purchase e0perience. It allows a wide ran"e of developers to produce PlayStation#li'e
"ame e0periences in an easy! time#efficient development environment. PlayStation Moile
content is also compatile with PlayStationBita.
I$ .s of Septemer $G! .ndroid ased PlayStationECertified devices and PlayStationBita.
I5 Prices in )apan ased on the information as of Septemer $G.
I& (he license pro"ram to e0pand PlayStation Moile! dedicated for portale hardware manufacturers. SCE will
not only license lo"os ut also provide necessary development support. .s of Septemer $G! 51$5! the line#up of
PlayStationECertified devices include the >(C %ne series of smartphones! >(C %neE J! >(C %neE S! and
>(C %neE B and JperiaE arc! JperiaE P8.<! JperiaE S! JperiaE ion! JperiaE acro S! JperiaE (J!
JperiaE (! JperiaE B! JperiaE S8 from Sony Moile Communications .9! and KSony (aletK S! KSony
(aletK P and JperiaE (alet S from Sony Corporation. Model name may vary y re"ion. Sales model may vary
y area.
IH (he fee is for the *S mar'et. (he fee differs y countries and re"ions.
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=eco"ni2ed as the "loal leader and company responsile for the pro"ression of consumer#ased computer
entertainment! Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) manufactures! distriutes! develop and mar'ets
the PlayStation5 (PS5) computer entertainment system! the PSP (PlayStationPortale) handheld
entertainment system! the PlayStation& (PS&) computer entertainment system and the PlayStationBita
(PS Bita) portale entertainment system. SCEI has revolutioni2ed home entertainment since they launched
PlayStation in $GGH. PS5 further enhances the PlayStation le"acy as the core of home networ'ed
entertainment. PSP is a handheld entertainment system that allows users to en/oy &C "ames with hi"h#
7uality full#motion video and hi"h#fidelity stereo audio. PS& is an advanced computer system!
incorporatin" the powerful Cell 9roadand En"ine and =SJ processors. PS Bita is an ultimate portale
entertainment system that offers a revolutionary comination of rich "amin" and social connectivity within a
real world conte0t. SCEI also delivers the PlayStation e0perience to open operatin" systems throu"h
PlayStationMoile! a cross device platform. >ead7uartered in (o'yo! )apan! SCEI! alon" with its
affiliated companies! Sony Computer Entertainment .merica 88C.! and Sony Computer Entertainment
Europe 8td.! and its division companies! Sony Computer Entertainment )apan and Sony Computer
Entertainment .sia develops! pulishes! mar'ets and distriutes hardware and software! and mana"es the
third party licensin" pro"rams for these platforms in the respective mar'ets worldwide.
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PlayStation and PS& are re"istered trademar's or trademar's of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Jperia is a trademar' or a
re"istered trademar' of Sony Moile Communications .9. KSony (aletK is a trademar' of Sony Corporation. .ll other
trademar's are property of their respective owners.
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