PSP - Peripherals, Pride, And Prejudice

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday September 2, 2003 @11:59AM from the oodles-of-o-s dept.

Thanks to Gamesindustry.biz for reporting that Sony have confirmed their PSP portable has mobile phone and digital camera peripherals planned for it, separately of its 'main functionality' as a handheld console/media device. Sony executives also discussed the 'complicated' nature of "...copy protection measures in the hardware" for this new UMD optical disc-compatible handheld, saying "...software piracy won't be a problem if the protection system is as complicated as the one planned for PSP." In a related story, a ZiffDavis Wireless columnist takes Sony to task over the handheld's UMD format, concerned that "...Sony will hobble the forthcoming product's broad standards support in some bizarre proprietary way", and therefore miss out on making the PSP an "exciting and versatile media playback device."

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Here's a thought... by NanoGator · 2003-09-02 13:34 · Score: 2, Interesting

..don't worry about copy restriction. Instead, pass the savings off to me, the customer.

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1. Re:Here's a thought... by Anonvmous+Coward · 2003-09-02 15:37 · Score: 2, Interesting
  
  "20 minutes to download and burn will always be cheaper than paying full retail."
  
  Somehow I doubt pirates are updloading at 3 megabits a second.
  
  This is such a tired argument. Price doesn't mean everything. If that were true, who'd pay $3.50 for a 21 oz latte? Service and quality are things people pay for too. $10 to download a dreamcast ISO legitimately in 30 minutes is a better deal than 24 hours to maybe download an illegit .ISO that may or may not work.