Uncool. Expensive. That's what Apple thinks of the PSP. That may well be, but thanks to TGS we heard a lot of good -- and frankly, some really bad -- news for the Sony handheld. The good news is that there are free games in store for those upgrading to the PSP Go. The bad news is that you won't be able to play your sizable collection of UMD games if you trade in your UM drive-equipped PSP just to have enough money for that darn Go. Sucks, right? At least all the games we heard about in the past seven days are still going to end up being playable on older PSPs. Read on for all the action in the PSP Weekend Warrior.

Love it or hate it, one good thing about the PSP Go's release next month is that it opens the door to cheaper retail prices for older PSP models. At TGS, Sony announced that a price drop is indeed being instituted for the PSP-3000. In Japan, at least.

It's time to compare numbers again. After the impressive giant leap that the PS3 console made the past couple of weeks, things are starting to simmer down as the DSi regains the top spot in Japan's Media Create hardware sales chart for the week of September 7 through the 13th.

Handhelds are dominating the hardware sales charts in Japan right now, but the story over there is still the PS3 -- specifically the fact that it has dropped to dead last in the Media Create sales rankings. More after the jump.

It seems the PSP Go! isn't the only console redesign that Sony is rumored to be prepping for E3. PlayStation Lifestyle reports that they've caught word of another hardware redesign to be debuted by Sony at the annual gaming expo. A cheaper slim PS3? God I hope so.

A PSP price drop? A new comic book and graphic novel service from Sony? Edible PSPs? We heard all about that stuff this week, along with some news that Capcom has been digging around in its PSOne game catalog and will be releasing more classics on the PSN soon enough. It was busy in the software side as well, especially with Resistance: Retribution's launch. That's not to say that other games didn't get their chances in the spotlight. In fact, we heard more about upcoming software releases this week than in the last couple of weeks. Count how many times I said "week". Anyway. On to the show!

Get your salt shakers ready, here comes another price cut rumor. According to a major UK high street retailer, a PS3 price cut isn't the only thing that they've received word about. Apparently, a price drop for the PSP is also incoming.

It's like Vin Diesel week on the PlayStation Store today, what with the guy starring in two of the four new game demos on the Store. It's all good, though, as I am really looking forward to Dark Athena. Things are pretty quiet on the PSP Store, though. Aside from the Resistance: Retribution demo, there's nothing really big there. Give us more PSOne Classics, at least, Sony!

Ok, this is getting old. The Xbox 360 beat the PlayStation 3 in Japan. Again. Oh, and the Wii beat their numbers. Combined. Also the same old story. But just in case you guys wanted to know.

Back in 2007, the price of D3Publisher of America's Dead Head Fred was dropped to US$ 19.99. If you didn't pick up the game when this announcement was made, you might want to do so now. Amazon is currently offering the title for US$ 14.99.

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