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PSP To Have PS2 Connectivity, No Shovelware Conversions?

Posted by simoniker on from the tomb-raider-conversion-from-n-gage-right-out? dept.

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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  1. why PS2 connectivity? by incubusnb · · Score: 4, Insightful
    the PSP is scheduled to launch in 2005 alongside the PS3 from what i understand, what exactly is the point of having any sort of Connectivity with the PS2 if it will probably never get used? i sure hope they plan on it connecting to the PS3 or they'll have a feature that will never be used except by the very few companies that will still make games for the PS2.

    by that time all the really good titles will already have been announced for PS3.

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  2. Re:Shovelware Definition? by lucas+teh+geek · · Score: 1, Insightful

    just cause its being shoveled, doesnt make it shit

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  3. Re:That's spiff. by chrismcdirty · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No offense, but do you really think they could make a handheld system right now that is comparable in power to the PS2 while still retaining a halfway decent battery life? I surely don't.

    I'd say it is probably more comparable in power to the PS1. Possibly more powerful, but not close to PS2.

    It's just the marketing machine rearing it's ugly head. Remember when N64 was in development, Nintendo said it'd be as powerful as an SGI workstation? Remember when PS2 came out, Sony claimed it was fast enough to be a supercomputer with one processor? I'd really like to see them fit a supercomputer into a 4"x2"x.5" package.

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  4. Re:That's spiff. by socode · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The PS2 is fast enough to be a supercomputer, just not a contemporary one, since it's a moving target. Unfortunately, so are marketing people.

  5. I got nothin.. by sheiqck · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I doubt its anything to get excited about, Nintendo already said games with better gfx isnt the future. I rememeber a few years ago when PcPoweplay was good, and 500mhz was front page material.. i really dont think shiney bump mapping does a whole lot for me. 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.
    I like sony, my MD works great.
    I just wonder whether the PSP is something that will ever have any must have games (Halo, Mario Kart, Goldeneye, HL type stuff).