INVESTING IN THE PSP
When I first heard about the PSP I realised it was going to be a massive success, its just an incredible unit that everyone is going to want. So I thought to myself hang on... how can I make some cash out of this?
My first thought was to buy a couple of units on pre-order but everyone thought of that and I ended up losing cash.
So I thought maybe another way would be to invest in the stock of the companies that make it and the parts for it...
So I decided to track down these companies, find out if they were listed on a stock exchange and buy in (or think about it).
Below is a link of the suppliers, what parts they make and a link to their shares on Yahoo! Finance.
PSP INVEST NEWS |
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| COMPANY | NEWS ITEM |
| 14.03.05 | Sony CEO denies buyout rumours |
| 11.03.05 | Majesitc report strong Q1 profits |
| 09.03.05 | Sony wants a slice of Apple's top pie - buy those shares now boy-o! |
| 08.03.05 | Sony chairman quits - what now? |
| 08.03.05 | Sony shares at a 5 year low - but for how much longer? |
| 05.03.05 | Financial advice on investing in PSP related companies from an expert |
| 05.03.05 | Lions Gate Studios get behind UMD movie format |
| 03.03.05 | Take Two Interactive Q1 profits soar! |
| 22.02.05 | Wolfson Microelectronics to announce their full year results today! |
| Samsung | Samsung to supply memory chips - looks like Samsung will be supplying the extra chips Sony can't make inhouse so that mfg targets can be met. Oh dear doesnt look good for the US and European launches. |
| SN Systems | British (Whey!) based company that has created the toolkit (ProDG) used to develop 20 of the 24 US launch titles |
| BigBig Studios | British developer of Hot Pursuit |
PSP INVEST |
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| NAME | PART | LINK |
| Sony Corp | Duh! The head honcho, big daddy, whatever. Also, the GPU is built in house |
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| Sharp Corp | They make the fantastic ultra-bright screen | |
| Just System Corp | they own the trademark for something called ATOK (which is mentioned on the About PSP screen under settings) | No results |
| Wolfson Microelectronics | I don't know which bit they make but I read a newspaper article saying they were involved | |
| Jet Kyushu Mitsumi | Their name is on the battery charger | No results |
| Hitachi Cable Limited | Written on some of the internal cables | |
| Samsung | Suppliers of multi-functional multi-chip package (MCP) solutions. Now also making the memory chips. | |
| Capcom Ltd | Games producer that seems to be throwing its weight into the PSP (?) | |
| Electronic Arts | Big games producer that has announced a large line up for the US launch | |
| SanDisk | Memory card mfg making new translucent cards especially for the PSP | |
| Nyko Technologies | Makers of PSP Theatre Experience | No results |
| SN Sytems | Dev Toolkit producers | |
| BigBigStudios | Develops of Burnout3/Outrun style game hot pursuit | |
Its up to you what you do with this information, im not a stock broker and don't pretend to be one, I just thought it might be useful to those that take an interest.
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