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Sony Japan has launched a new service that will allow PSP owners to try out new software for the handheld by downloading demos from hotspots. PlayStation.Spot, was unveiled on SCEJ’s website. From today, PSP users can visit specified branches of the Gourmet Pia café chain to take advantage of the service, which uses the handheld’s ‘gameshare’ feature to enable demo downloading.

Users can only access the demos for as along as their handheld is powered up and switched on as they cannot be stored on memory stick. PSPs must have been upgraded with firmware version 2.0 or higher to use the service. According to Sony, more than 150 Gourmet Pia cafés already have PlayStation.Spot technology installed, and the number is set to grow on a daily basis over the next few weeks.

Sony has yet to confirm whether a similar service is planned for Europe or America, with a spokesperson telling Games Industry: “There is no further news on the PSP download hotspots. It’s something we’re looking into.”

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