Sony Japan has offered preliminary details on a major update to the PSP's networking capabilities. First and foremost will be direct access to the PlayStation Store, cutting out the PC or PS3.
The update is planned for Autumn in Japan and will enable players to get demos and suchlike without connecting to their PC or PS3. There's no word on a European release as yet.
While on the one hand Sony is making the PSP less dependant on the PS3, on the other it is increasing the handheld's interaction with the home console. Sony will be adding further connectivity between the two devices by enabling owners of both machines to connect to PSP multiplayer games via the PS3.
While that might seem like it's adding an unnecessary middle man, it will add functionality such as text and voice chat as well as using the PS3 for matchmaking. Currently, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (which has sold over 2 million copies in Japan) has been confirmed for the service.
Sony will also be releasing a 'proper' PSP version of Mainichi Issyo, a sort-of game that is already playable on the PSP via remote play, in Japan. As it is on the PS3, the game will be free.
Source: IGN
The update is planned for Autumn in Japan and will enable players to get demos and suchlike without connecting to their PC or PS3. There's no word on a European release as yet.
While on the one hand Sony is making the PSP less dependant on the PS3, on the other it is increasing the handheld's interaction with the home console. Sony will be adding further connectivity between the two devices by enabling owners of both machines to connect to PSP multiplayer games via the PS3.
While that might seem like it's adding an unnecessary middle man, it will add functionality such as text and voice chat as well as using the PS3 for matchmaking. Currently, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (which has sold over 2 million copies in Japan) has been confirmed for the service.
Sony will also be releasing a 'proper' PSP version of Mainichi Issyo, a sort-of game that is already playable on the PSP via remote play, in Japan. As it is on the PS3, the game will be free.
Source: IGN
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config 3 Sep 2008 12:17
1/4
About. F@£%**ing. Time
deleted 3 Sep 2008 16:43
2/4
LOLOL, i was seriously going to post exactly the same thing until i scrolled down and saw your reply, still gonna put it tho!
About. F@£%**ing. Time
About. F@£%**ing. Time
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config 3 Sep 2008 17:38
3/4
It is the single most idiotic thing about the PSP - it's the wonderful portable media device with wireless Internet access, yet for the best part of it's life you couldn't actually use it get media. Sure there were, what, 6 demos uploaded on the website (once you could find them), but what an effing chore!
And then, boom. PSN. But, oh no, you had to be a privileged owner of a PS3 to get stuff for the PSP. "M" to the "O" to the "R - O - N - S"
And then, boom. PSN. But, oh no, you had to be a privileged owner of a PS3 to get stuff for the PSP. "M" to the "O" to the "R - O - N - S"
Bentley 3 Sep 2008 17:55
4/4
You don't need to own a PS3. You can access the store from a PC, buy games and stuff there and download to the PSP. Sure, not as ideal as the forthcoming method, but it was something. Oh, and you were wrong so that makes you the moron, config.