Sony Shows Wireless Multiplayer, Talkman, New Games For PSP

Thanks to GameSpot for its article discussing Sony's showcase of new features/software for its forthcoming PSP handheld, including confirmation that "up to 16 PSPs can connect together using the device's wireless LAN... without the need of a central hub device", as well as "several new PSP games, including a version of the anime-inspired PlayStation 2 shooter Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex... [and Harvest Moon and Need for Speed conversions.]" 1UP has further information and pictures, including the unveiling of Talkman, new PSP software which "accepts voice input from a microphone peripheral.. [and lets] a multi-lingual cartoon bird named Max... translate comments in one language into another."

Comments

Re:Wow...

[Babbster]

Personally, I hope for peace and understanding between all people on the planet...but your things are good too, I guess.

Schizophrenic Headline Day?

[Thedalek]

Monday, July 12 @ 1:52 AM

"PSP Launch May Be Hurt By Lack Of Games?"

Tuesday, July 13 @ 12:01 AM

"Sony Shows Wireless Multiplayer, Talkman, New Games For PSP"

Okay, so in less than 24 hours, we've gone from saying that the PSP has virtually no support, and certainly no new games, to saying that it has tons of features, and pleanty of new games. Which I suppose is alright, since the latter is the truer statement.

Re:Schizophrenic Headline Day?

[prockcore]

Okay, so in less than 24 hours, we've gone from saying that the PSP has virtually no support, and certainly no new games, to saying that it has tons of features, and pleanty of new games.

"Plenty of new games" is definitely an overstatement. 20 titles, 1/4th of which are made by sony, another 1/4th are board games like Mahjong, and the other half are of dubious value.

Re:Schizophrenic Headline Day?

[Thedalek]

20 is plenty, this far ahead of launch. The Magic Box (And another set here) has screenshots from more than 20 titles, and none of them are Mahjong or any other kind of board game (the closest is something called "Pool Game," but it doesn't look to be billiards). As for "dubious value," I try to stay a little more objective than that. It would certainly depend on the unannounced price per game, wouldn't it?

At any rate, Tales of Eternia, Dynasty Warriors, Armored Core Formula Front, Makai Wars, Ys: The Ark of Napishtim, Gagharv, and possibly Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory will likely be getting my money.

Re:Wow...

[incubusnb]

price is a big concern, i havn't seen any estimations below $300 American, but IMO it looks like it'll be worth that much, maybe not to others though

as for battery, the official quote is 2.5, 5, and 10, 2.5 for Movies, 5 for MP3s, 10 for games, which is comparable to the GBA and DS

SOCOM for PSP

[AvantLegion]

If the talk of a SOCOM game for PSP is true, the wireless multiplayer feature will be pure bliss. I can very easily imagine SOCOM battles going on across the university coffee shop. Productivity is guaranteed to plummet.

The only problem I can see..

[WhatAmIDoingHere]

Is battery life. It takes a bit of juice to get that disc spinning and to read it.

Plus, if you drop it while it's reading, shit will break off.

I'm going to have to say I like Nintendo for handheld gaming still, with games like Mario 64x4 and the ability to bust out some wireless kart racing..

Of course, this is just the opinion of a Nintendo owner since I can remember.

Re:The only problem I can see..

[News for nerds]

Apparently Sony has enough know-how to accomplish those requirements around small disc and portable player, as tested in MiniDisc that has a sizable market in Japan. Google "battery life" and "minidisc", and the figures are not bad. In PSP you have to consider cost of running games in a large LCD, but it won't be much higher than GameBoy - like 2 times or less power consumption.