Sony Corporation - Releasing The PlayStation Portable (PSP)
Time: Sunday Dec 12, 2004
Place: Japan
Details: Sony extended the brand to the portable games market in 2004 with the PlayStation Portable (PSP). The console has sold reasonably, but has taken a second place to a rival handheld, the Nintendo DS.
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