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PSP to Launch with Five Online Titles

Posted by Zonk on from the better-than-playing-alone dept.

When the PSP launches in the states, it will be accompanied by five online enabled titles, according to GamesIndustry.biz. Gamers will be able to challenge friends in short range ad-hoc games, but will also be able to compete against other PSP owners via an 'infrastructure' mode. From the article: "What this means, in effect, is that players will be able to connect to wireless hot spots - either at home or in wi-fi enabled public locations - and play games across the net in this manner."

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  1. Re:5 titles = about what you'd expect by rabbot · · Score: 3, Informative

    They dont need killer apps anymore. There are so many fanboys for all the systems that it really doesn't matter what they do. These people will love and support them.

  2. Re:Great! by RogueyWon · · Score: 2, Informative

    Still not encountered a cheater on X-Box Live, after over a year of fairly regular play. Lots of lamers and screaming 13 year olds, but no cheaters.

  3. Two Words by fwitness · · Score: 2, Informative

    Killer App.

    I love my DS, but it's taking quite some time for devs to ramp up development and figure out what to do with all those new controls. The PSP is gorgeous and does standard games well. Add online via wifi, now you've got a hit. All they need is decent support. I'll keep both my PSP and the DS, but I think the PSP is going to be my favorite for the next year or so, provided the battery lasts that long. :)

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    -- I have fans? Wow.
  4. Re:Great! by SkyWalk423 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Unfortunately I'm fairly sure you're mistaken. Microsoft has always had a strict "no patching" policy with regard to XBL-enabled games. The Ninja Gaiden team treaded in the gray area with their expansion/patch, but with this sole exception I don't think any game has been "fixed". Lord knows Halo 2 is screaming for a patch to fix all the exploits, but I doubt it's coming.

  5. Re:Connecting to hotspots? Does the DS? by MoriaOrc · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ever heard of humor? :P

    I own an XBox and a PS2 and the fact that online play for the xbox is built in (unlike in PS2) and is well supported (unlike in GC which has few online games) makes it a way better system then the other two. That doesn't mean it isn't much heavier/bulkier then the other two (especially with the new small version of PS2, though mine is an older one). The weight is something I know all about because I lug it around to play LANed with friends alot.

    And anyway, my use of humor doesn't invalidate the point that PSP is going to be better then the DS in online play, since it comes with WiFi based online play out of the box (even if none of the online launch games look like they are going to be spectacular) and the DS doesnt and never will support anything more then close range P2P connections AFAIK.