PSP Function Additions In the Works

Gamasutra.com is reporting that Sony is mulling functionality upgrades to the PSP. New options could include USB peripherals or downloadable game titles. From the article: "However, in discussing the idea of downloadable PSP games, Kawanishi commented that the idea is under consideration, and suggested equivocally that it would be interesting if users could develop their own simple games and distribute them online. So far, although many unofficial 'homebrew' PSP games and emulators have been created, the only Sony-sanctioned support for this concept is via From Software's Adventure Player PSP game, which allows construction of RPG games using PC software which can then be replayed on the PSP."

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Re:Take it one step further eventually?

[goodenoughnickname]

From this article dated 8/10/05: "Kawanishi is thinking of further improving the PSP's movie-viewing experience by adding a function to watch streaming videos. If that happens, users will be able to watch movies on the fly without having to save them on their Memory Sticks. Kawanishi also said that he plans to include Digital Rights Management functions in a future update, which will allow for paid content to be watched on the handheld."

The linked article also mentions an email client. It's just more crap to look for in firmware v3.0.

This is pretty depressing, really. By this time next year we'll have a USB laser cannon add-on, but no games. Well, unless you consider vaporizing pigeons a game, but I was speaking in the digital sense.

Re:Firmware upgrade

[bowronch]

Other good places to look for PSP homebrew/emulators:

http://emuholic.emuboards.com/
http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/
http://www.pspupdates.com/

A lot of the psp homebrew developers hang out at:
http://forums.ps2dev.org/index.php?c=5

and for some self promotion, check out pspChess:
http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewtopic.php?t=1760