PSP To Have PS2 Connectivity, No Shovelware Conversions?

Thanks to GamesIndustry.biz for its article discussing Sony's confirmation that its forthcoming PSP portable will feature connectivity with the PS2 home console. According to remarks from Sony's Fumiya Takeno: "This feature would allow games to be played on the home systems, with save games being moved to the PSP so that play could be continued on the handheld system - exploiting the fact that the PSP's hardware is broadly similar in specification to the PS2." Although "...it is known that porting code from the PS2 to the PSP is extremely easy", it's also been confirmed that Sony "..is placing a heavy emphasis on the development of new titles for the PSP, rather than the porting of existing PS2 software", meaning the company is likely to be harsh in the approval process regarding 'shovelware' PS2 conversions.

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Re:I got nothin..

[Acidic_Diarrhea]

" I doubt its anything to get excited about, Nintendo already said games with better gfx isnt the future."

So because Nintendo said it, it's got to be true? Here's something to consider: PS3 games, for the most part, will look better than PS2 games. Shocker huh? I think you misread that interview. The point isn't that graphics technology isn't improving, the point is that in order to impress and entice gamers, there are going to have to be improvements in other aspects of a game, rather than just graphics. You should have linked to the interview where you believe someone at Nintendo said that graphics don't matter.

"i really dont think shiney bump mapping does a whole lot for me."

Hey, I bet you can pick up an old Atari at a garage sale soon. Enjoy!

"Add to that the fact that sony is always on the bottom in the grapics department makes me wonder why they dont try and make the psp a communal device like the big N wants to."

Sony is always on the bottom? I guess you're basing this on the PS1 and PS2. I don't think two consoles - I'm not even going to discuss whether both of these are in fact, on the bottom - makes a performance indicator.

"I like sony, my MD works great."

Isn't it nice to like multi-national corporations? I'll ask Sony in study hall if he likes you too. Ooooh, I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about you two going steady.

"I just wonder whether the PSP is something that will ever have any must have games (Halo, Mario Kart, Goldeneye, HL type stuff)."

I'm guessing that Sony hopes so. Please don't post here anymore.

*cough*Ripoff*cough*

[FortissimoWily]

I wonder how many of the people who said Nintendo's handheld to home-console connectivity ideas were bad and would never work will now be saying stuff along the lines of "That's a good idea.", and giving all the (undeserved) credit to Sony?