Sony Presentation Reveals Further PSP Details

Thanks to PSPInsider for pointing to a Sony Technology Group information page, where they've recently posted the slides for a presentation on developing for the Sony PSP (PDF) given at the Australian Game Developers Conference last month. The slides re-iterate Sony's claim that the recently announced PSP will be "the Walkman of the 21st Century", and note the UMD optical disc format is "cheaper and faster to manufacturer than ROM", and thus "publisher-friendly". PSPInsider has extracted several of the more interesting slides, including an example of the hardware-assisted surface tessellation the handheld will be capable of, and pictures of the PSP emulator/debugger alongside some sample code.

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Am I just an old fart...

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Or did anyone else wonder why Sony was concerned about Program Segment Prefixes?

Re:For gamers...

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But the PS/2 is a PC. I mean, okay, it runs on that weird MCA bus, and it uses funny little round mouse and keyboard connectors that nobody will ever take seriously, but it's pretty similar otherwise.