Sony launches PlayStation Store on PC

Sony Computer Entertainment has launched a new version of the PlayStation 3's online store - a web site accessible via PC, specifically for PlayStation Portable owners.

The existing PSP download service will be closed at the end of January, and members will be contacted with details of how to use the new site and transfer their already-downloaded content.

The new site, which launches with a series of full and casual games, demos, gameplay videos, movie trailers and themes (see full list below), has the same look-and-feel as the PS3 version, and content can be downloaded and transferred from the PC to a PSP memory card via a USB connection and Sony's download manager software.

While demos and trailers will be free, the service - available in 25 countries across the world - will also offer full games for sale, such as B-Boy, classic PS one titles, including Crash Bandicoot and WipEout, and more casual titles at lower price points.

While anybody may browse the site for free, existing PlayStation Network account holders will be able to download content as soon as the service launches, while new users can sign up on the site - and all account management options are available as well.

The service will be updated with new content every week, at the same time as the PS3 Store.

Content will differ according to region, but for the UK, the full content list available at launch is as follows:

Full PSP PSN titles
Beats
Go! Puzzle

Existing UMD titles
B-Boy
Go! Sudoku
Fired Up

Demos
Ridge Racer 2
LocoRoco (original)
War Hammer
Worms Open Warfare
Xyanide Resurrection
MGS Portable Ops

PS one titles
Crash Bandicoot
Jumping Flash
WipEout
Medievil
Syphon Filter
Syphon Filter 3
Everybody's Golf 2
CTR: Crash Team Racing
Cool Boarders

Game Trailers
Fired Up
Flow
WipEout Pulse
Bboy
Gangs of London
Go! Puzzle
Beats
Smash Court Tennis 3
Syphon Filter Logan's Shadow
Syphon Filter Combat Ops
Ape Academy
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Killzone Liberation
LocoRoco
Ridge Racer 2
Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters
Dexter
Tekken: Dark Resurrection
Namco Museum

Movie Trailers
Hitman
Woole
Beowulf
Stardust
PSP Brand Video
PS3 Advert
Alien Versus Predator Requiem

Themes
Cookies
Classy Pink
Lemmings
WipEout
Pursuit Force Extreme Justice 1-6

Wallpapers
PSP Side
PSP Black and White
PSP Sky at Night
PSP Red Cloud
PSP Iconic
PSP Minimalogist

Update: Content available at launch on the US site is as follows:

Full PSP PSN titles
Syphon Filter: Contract Ops

Existing UMD titles
Gangs of London*
Wipeout Pure

Demos
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow
SOCOM: Tactical Strike

PS one titles
Crash Bandicoot
Jumping Flash
Spyro The Dragon
Rally Cross
Tekken 2
Cool Boarders
Jet Moto
Syphon Filter
Twisted Metal 2
Destruction Derby
2Xtreme
Castlevania
Hot Shots Golf 2
Wipeout