Slimy Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has announced the pricing for original PlayStation games that are being made available for the PSP. The first batch of titles will be priced between $5.99 and $10.99. The games, full versions of the originals, weigh in between 140MB and 550MB. The first batch of games will be made available on the PlayStation online store some time "in the coming weeks" according to a statement from Sony. Additional games will be made available over the coming weeks and continually on an ongoing basis. Among the titles in the first batch are Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Tekken 2 and Arc the Lad. In addition to making these titles available, Sony has released a PSP system update?version 3.0?that will include PlayStation Network support and a remote play feature that will enable PlayStation 3 owners to wirelessly stream media from their 60GB PS3 directly to their PSP. Planned for a later release is remote playing directly from the PlayStation Network from any WiFi hotspot.The system update also includes software for the PSP camera, an upgraded PSP music player, RSS feed updates for the PSP web browser, and a new option to turn off automatically starting a game when the PSP is turned on. All these new features strengthen the PSP's media playing ability, and further blur the line between game player and media player, which is exactly what Sony wanted when they introduced the PSP. Even Nintendo is not immune to the media playing frenzy, having recently introduced an MP3 player add-on for the DS and Game Boy Advance handheld units. Sony's package is more robust, as it alone supports video playback on both the PS3 and the PSP. Will all these media playing additions have any effect on the popularity of stand-alone music players such as the iPod? Being able to play music on your portable game unit does mean you don't have to carry around another device in your pocket, but the primary purpose for owning these handhelds in the first place is to play games. Those who don't play games and are only in the market for a music player will just purchase a music player. Still, it is nice to have the option to do many different tasks on a single device, and both Sony and Nintendo are hoping that users will want as much functionality as they can get. Ars Technica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huleboeren Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Awesom'O! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corris Veteran Posted November 25, 2006 Veteran Share Posted November 25, 2006 Oooh, not a bad price considering well be able to buy games that I missed the first time through. Always wanted to play sukoden, but could never find it in the shops. What I want to hear is being able to play them on the ps3 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Is there a way for people that don't have the PS3 to buy them for their PSP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Anthony Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Is there a way for people that don't have the PS3 to buy them for their PSP? :angry: Not ****ing currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrCheese Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 Is there a way for people that don't have the PS3 to buy them for their PSP? I'm sure someone will come up with a PC version of the downloader software and allow you to install them that way even if sony don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowRanger13 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 When can we play the PS1 games on our PS3? I don't have a PSP just a few old games I'd really like to get :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Teej Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Is there a way for people that don't have the PS3 to buy them for their PSP? Has anybody tried networking traffic monitoring to see what the URL to the playstation store is, and then access it via the PSP? if it's eventually meant to be used on the PSP, then surely the store would work on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbiter Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I dont think I'd use this function since I still own the psone games I really liked (Castlevania, Metal Gear, FFVII) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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