Nintendo's Sakurai Speaks Out on PSN Game Sharing Changes
Suggests cloud storage to avoid system-juggling.
Smash Bros. and Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai has been taking to Twitter to talk about Sony's recent PlayStation Network changes. Specifically, the new limitations on using Game Sharing on PSP and Vita systems. And no sir, he don't like it.
According to Andriasang, the influential Nintendo developer expressed concern at the change for PSN users to share downloaded games between just two handhelds, as opposed to the previous setting of five.
As someone with "around 10-or-so PSP systems," Sakurai noted that he'll have to be a lot more careful with which one he chooses as his 'main system.' Andriasang reports that the two-system limitation extends to both PSP and Vita systems, making things difficult for gamers looking to use both in the future. Sakurai suggested that Sony allow players to save their games to the cloud to avoid any difficulties.
According to Andriasang, the influential Nintendo developer expressed concern at the change for PSN users to share downloaded games between just two handhelds, as opposed to the previous setting of five.
As someone with "around 10-or-so PSP systems," Sakurai noted that he'll have to be a lot more careful with which one he chooses as his 'main system.' Andriasang reports that the two-system limitation extends to both PSP and Vita systems, making things difficult for gamers looking to use both in the future. Sakurai suggested that Sony allow players to save their games to the cloud to avoid any difficulties.
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Earthworm Swiss 7 Nov 2011 10:57
1/4
The real question is...why does someone need "around 10-or-so" PSP systems?
BERTYBASSETT 7 Nov 2011 12:46
2/4
@Earthworm_Swiss because he is a developer. Needs all the PSP models to test his creations on.
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DrkStr 7 Nov 2011 14:37
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@BERTYBASSETT Developers will have developer hardware, which won't be affected by this limitation because they will be loading their games directly, not downloading from PSN.
irritant 8 Nov 2011 10:13
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@DrkStr - Devs can load their own creations direct to the system, when connected to a PC. Sounds to me like he's talking about his own collection of games bought as a consumer, not a developer.
Maybe he should criticise Nintendo's download setup before having a go at Sony, given that its much worse. As yet, you can only transfer download games from DSi to 3DS, not from Wii to Wii or DSi to DSi or 3DS to DSi and there's no concept of a Nintendo online account so there's no chance of any game sharing between systems you own. You can't even share store money/credit/balance between the 3 different online stores.
Maybe he should criticise Nintendo's download setup before having a go at Sony, given that its much worse. As yet, you can only transfer download games from DSi to 3DS, not from Wii to Wii or DSi to DSi or 3DS to DSi and there's no concept of a Nintendo online account so there's no chance of any game sharing between systems you own. You can't even share store money/credit/balance between the 3 different online stores.