Sony Connect To Hook Up With PlayStation Portable? 99
An anonymous reader writes "UK video game site C&VG has posted a story rumoring Sony's PlayStation Portable handheld game console will allow both music and games to be downloaded via the newly announced Sony Connect online download store. An industry source quoted in the article says: 'PSP is intended to be able to link up with Sony Connect to offer digital music for download, but the bigger deal is the plan to put PSP games up there for download eventually, too.' C&VG says this rumor, if true, shows 'Sony's alleged drive to ultimately cut-out retail and handle distribution of software itself' - we'll find out for sure next week at E3." Elsewhere, GamePro/Famitsu interviews leading Japanese PSP developers, with Atlus producer Hideyuki Yokoyama saying: "I expect downloads and fees to be the primary business model."
Important Question (Score:4, Interesting)
So iTMS to sell iPods (Score:5, Interesting)
Thoughts (Score:4, Interesting)
It plays games, movies, music, it slices, it dices, and can still easily cut through a tomato. But unless it excels in every feature, might be better to buy devices dedicated to one purpose. I personally don't want to use the PSP for music playback if it isn't going to be as good or better than my ipod. my $0.02
Downloadable games (Score:4, Interesting)
So what security measures are there if any to stop pirating...
Hmm just let me enter my cdkey..
up down X R1 L1 L2 start select triangle!
Surprised? I'm not. (Score:3, Interesting)
Great idea (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Interesting move (Score:3, Interesting)
Most of n-gages sales and software seem to lie in the online stores. Series60 software(that runs on the n-gage as well other s60 phones) is mostly available only online, including the best games available for it(such as Sky Force, which is an excellent shoot'em'up in 1942 style, which imho is better than any of the n-gage only games). Though, maybe they're looking for a way to get a cut of that side of the action with their own store.
however, I kinda doubt you won't be able to be a (real) developer as easily for their system without paying any license fees as you can be for the symbian(or for the j2me devices) at the moment.
Re:Great idea (Score:3, Interesting)
As for connectivity to PC, a software with DRM, which is something like Windows Media 9 Series, may be supplied from Sony to manage MagicGate-protected data which originally belong to PSP.
I don't know about you but I rather own my games. (Score:3, Interesting)
Another Q? How can they sell it at $299 or less when in Japan they have stated a $699 price range?? Sounds like they will be taking a Xbox route on this one.
I think I'll be going with the Nintendo DS which will also play the entire GB lib...and probably still cost less.
Re:Downloadable games (Score:1, Interesting)
Well if sony makes it's PSP games downloadable theres no need to burn any discs.
It sounds like sony might have to rely on some DRM type system for it's downloadable games instead of the classic read only storage medium used for console games such as cartreges and GDROMS... anyway these sorta things can't be copied.
Sony plans to just sell pure software so you can put that into your PSP and play it. No hardware protection no safe storage media. Smartdisks are read/write. If a clever programmer defeats the software protection ( where have we heard that before ) it's a simple as upload your pirated game to your PSP and play.
I think the whole downloadable games thing for PSP is bound to be big piracy issue and no doubt someone will find a way to exploit the more "open" gaming system sony seems to be going for at the expense of honest gamers.
On the other hand... PSP linux? Dare to dream