Hi everyone,
I am pleased to announce that Digital Comics will be launching today at 5pm GMT UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa! You can choose your favourite comics from hundreds of new and classic collections in Comic Store of PlayStation Store, and take hundreds of comics on your PSP anywhere you go.
[Update] Due to technical issues we’re sorry to say that the Digital Comics Service will not be going live in Ireland today. We will let you know when these problems are solved.
Choose from the battling superheroes of Marvel, including Spider-man, X-Men and the Fantastic Four, to Disney’s Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. You’ll find TRANSFORMERS and Star Trek from IDW, alongside characters from Titan, iVerse and 2000AD, as well as the latest underground sensations and works from local publishers.
You will also find some great free comics in the Comic Store.
With AutoFlow, you can enjoy an amazing experience. You only need to press one button and it will move your comic frame-to-frame, as well as zoom in and zoom out. You can also listen to your favourite music while you read.
Head over to playstationcomics.com to find out how to get Digital Comics on your PSP, and check out the full catalogue, latest news and talk about comics with other fans.
Enjoy a completely new way of reading comics with Digital Comics!
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 12:44 pm by xKillerMonkeyx
Wasn´t this coming to the PS3 aswell? (PS if it does release in spain, lots of english live in Spain
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 12:44 pm by wotta
Great
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 12:45 pm by Noisepurge
why hasnt this been released in the scandinavia at the same time? its not a localization thing
i hope we get it soon…
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 12:45 pm by adz2k7
Launching today? Freakin’ awesome!
Can’t wait
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 12:50 pm by CartBlanche
I’m also hoping that this will be available on the PS3. I’m really enjoying watching Naughty Dog’s Eye of Indra, so being able to read/watch comics on there would be a great addition.
In the immortal words of the adverts from RoboCop…”I’d buy that for a dollar… adjusted for inflation”
Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 1:39 pm by Mayumi Donovan
Hi CartBlanche, ninja-tom and xKillerMonkeyx
Thanks for your comments.
Agree that it would be great to be able to view comics on PS3. We do not have a plan at the moment but we are looking into it.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 12:51 pm by Philbz
Great news! Well done Sony!
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 12:51 pm by ninja_tom
Congratulations! Roll on 5pm
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 12:51 pm by AKGermany
Do you have a timeframe on when this might come to Germany and other non English speaking countries?
Will we eventually be limited to translated versions of the content, or is there an option for us to get it in the original English?
Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 2:05 pm by Mayumi Donovan
Hi, AKGermany,
We are planning more store roll out next year. We do not have the catalogue details yet. Please keep eye on pspinyourhands.com and playstationcomics.com for the latest news. Thank you.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 12:52 pm by ninja_tom
Plus a PS3 release would be great, assuming I could download the same copy to both my PS3 and PSP…
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 12:57 pm by person678
I love you Sony. Please, ask Jack Tretton if I can have his children. I’m a dude, but we’ll work something out.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 12:57 pm by imajinetion
What the hell, my PSP downloaded the comic player, but now we in Scandinavia are not getting the comics?
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 1:09 pm by pb-live
Excellent. Lots of downloading for me today then!
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 1:12 pm by Lenomy
@11
Apparently we in Sweden don’t know how to speak english.
Oh right, I forgot, Sony is a slow company, think of them as “Skalman” from “Bamse”.
Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 1:50 pm by Mayumi Donovan
HI Lemony, Noisepurge and imajinetion
We are planning to roll out Digital Comics in more countries next year. We are aware that there is a lot of interest from Scandinavian countries. Check out playstationcomics.com for the latest news. Thank you.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 1:23 pm by iapetus
Any news on pricing?
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 1:26 pm by GhostViper
Will this get to Norway sometime in the future?
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 2:08 pm by Carl-G
Really looks cool
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 2:38 pm by Philbz
When will you be able to play AAC/MP4 music files while reading?
Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 5:22 pm by Mayumi Donovan
HI Philbz,
unfortunately not. The below is the copy from FAQ section. hope this is helpful for you.
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What are the supported music formats in the Digital Comics application?
The built-in MP3 Player can play most standard MP3 files. All normal sampling frequencies (32KHz/ 44.1KHz/ 48KHz) and bit-rates (32 – 320 kbps / VBR (Variable Bit Rate)) are supported.
The player also supports standard playlists in M3U, PLS or WPL format.
All music and playlist files should be placed in standard music locations (MUSIC folder). Subfolders are allowed in each of these locations.
thank you
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 2:44 pm by mitch_uk_psn
Will be able to access the comic store via Media Go?
Ta!
Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:32 pm by Mayumi Donovan
Hi Mitch_uk_psn
yes, you can. you can browse catalogue on playstationcomics.com and click “Buy now” which link to Media go.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:06 pm by Sebastiantheking
Yaay, congrats guys, looking forward to this, and the PlayStation Home space you’re making as well
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:06 pm by patokite91
yeah, a lot of people loves comic, but the other half loves manga…
would they been improved someday?
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:11 pm by Icarus_Immortal
Is it possible to buy and download comics from an UK account, even though you’re accessing the store from a country that isn’t part of the launch of the Comic Stores?
I’m wondering because, if it turns out that we in Sweden get the Marvel comics in swedish (sometime in 2010), I’m going to buy them from a Store that has the comics in English.
Oh well, either way, I think I’m going to love this service… so many thanks to SCEE and everybody that made this happen!
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:19 pm by aygie
Two words: friggen awesome!
Been looking forward to this so much.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:25 pm by mike3648
Great! Looking forward to this. Can you tell me please if they will they be viewable on PS3, or do you need a PSP, and will you be putting trade paperbacks up-now or in the future? 2000ad has a fantastic backlog, that i for one would love to see. God luck with this
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:25 pm by sansalove
so this launching for US around 5 right
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:26 pm by bravo9zero
PS3=MORE SALES!
I’d say about 70% of people buy their PSP content from the PS store on PS3, including me.
It’s easier and content downloads quicker (PSP has awfuly slow wifi..)
Release this on PS3.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:28 pm by HazelAM
oooooeeeeeeeeee
that’s my delighted squeal
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:29 pm by bravo9zero
I’m sick of Sony wasting good features on PSP:
RSS
Internet radio
Skype (Easy solution for X game-chat)
And this awesome comic service.
Start focusing only on Ps3 features Sony..
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:46 pm by GavFFFan
Ugh not being launched in Ireland. Ah well I can wait
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 3:59 pm by iapetus
So, why exactly is the link in the page to the maintenance error page of the digital comics site?
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 4:02 pm by HazelAM
will we be able to download these on the ps3 or pc and transfer them over? because there’s no background downloading on psp.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 4:09 pm by Spurvugle
Can you guys pleas add funy comics too? Like Pondus (Norway)
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 4:46 pm by soidut
Hahahahahahaha!!!
I can not believe that some people say that PSP has the best features instead of PS3, Oh my god!!! The most of features that PSP has and PS3 hasn’t, are features for portable devices.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 5:08 pm by zerolaff
Needs more DC comics..
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 5:16 pm by mrfodder
Not Ireland!!! You build us up then knock us down.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 5:55 pm by MaxiM_82
Poland is also waiting. Don’t get fooled by the lack of Polish users comments here.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 6:05 pm by Ravenblade86
Really major congratz and thanks to all the team involved in bringing the Digital Comics to the PlayStation Network! Been super impressed with the free comics and now that I’m browsing the store I’m even more impressed, great amount of content at lunch and the pricing is fantastic!
That I can download Aleister Arcane issue 2 for only £0.79 is better than I could off dreamed of, big thanks has to go the publishers aswell for the pricing.
Going to be alot of money spent on this
Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 6:50 pm by Mayumi Donovan
Thank you Ravenblade86.
Just want to let you all know that the link of playstationcomics.com in the article above is not working properly. please can you type in playstationcomics.com on your PC instead. You can find out all catalogues, news and update. thank you.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 6:28 pm by V_Ben
please can you get DC on board? please?
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 6:59 pm by wiktorclunk
Poland is also waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 8:12 pm by socoenpo
AND ONCE AGAIN… PORTUGAL OUT! SAME THING, OVER, OVER AGAIN!
THANKS A LOT SONY!!!
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 8:18 pm by Corzan
i so hope this will get to denmark
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 10:58 pm by heretic15
hey, well done with the comics, loving the price, collection and service, well worth the money! I was just wondering, will there be any special offers? say grouping of the comics, like buy 5 of the same series for a discount? or graphic novels for some of the series? if not soon will this option be available in the future. keep up the good work guys!
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 10:58 pm by indy-greg
Make it easier to find the comics to buy. Took me quite a while. Either make a separate comic book store icon on the XMB (just like the video store on ps3) or make it so you can buy the comics via the Digital Comic service its self.
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 11:01 pm by heretic15
oh and i agree with others, any news on DC comics, hope you get them onboard, would be a great collection and service to us super hero fans
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 11:10 pm by KlawUK
finally. Nice job.
Downloaded about four of the free comics, and a few others too – Iron man and Transformers to start with.
I’ll use those to get a feel for what I like – I’m a bit of a newbie for comics – apart from the Beano when I was little
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Posted on 16 December, 2009 at 11:50 pm by WrestleBlog
Pleased to see this service has launched today, very exciting!! Have grabbed all the other freebies that were launched today so I shall work my way through them before making any purchases. Absolutely thrilled to see old-school Spider-man issues up, will definatley be grabbing them over time!! Hopefully soon we’ll have the same situation with Batman!?!?!
Thanks guys!!
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 12:52 am by ShaskaNeos
Any ideas on when the comic store will be up and running in Ireland, please don’t say it’s sooner rather than later!!!!!!
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 1:23 am by Bomberman65
Im having real issues getting the comics on my psp from the PS Store on media go. Ive brought 3 comics and when I download them onto my psp only 1 or 2 show up not all 3. Please help.
Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 10:07 am by Mayumi Donovan
Hi Bomberman65,
We will investigate this. Please can you let us know which comics you bought and which comic you have a problem? and can you confirm which country’s store you bought from? thank you.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 10:14 am by mitch_uk_psn
Bought around 10 comics between last night and today, will be ditching the paper based 2000AD for this service, loving it!
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 10:39 am by HazelAM
as soon as my store cards gets here expect a spending spree from me, some of those x-men titles look good.
reasonable prices too.
hope you can get dc and some manga title soon.
is there anywhere we can make requests for comics we’d like to see.
i’d like to see the new warriors series, v4 it features one of x-men i became a big fan of jubilee, she’s depowered now since the aftermath of the house of m but she’s using tech based powers.
i’d like to have seen more of her in the movies, rogue and wolverine seemed to have the almost father daughter bond that jubilee and wolverine shared in the comics, but i guess they needed rogue’s powers for the plot.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:37 pm by Ianasauras
Its been said a few times but we’ve got no answer! Why isn’t it available in Ireland today??? All the sites and news about it say it should be. INFO PLEASE!
Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 11:31 am by Mayumi Donovan
Hi Lanasauras,
Apologies for the delay. We are still having some technical problems in Irish comic store. We will let you know as soon as we have confirmation when we can launch Irish store. We are aware that lots of people are waiting and we are trying to solve the problems as soon as possible. Appreciate your understanding and patience.
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