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Play PS3 On Your PSP
By Steve West: 2006-09-04 00:00:00
According to an interview with Sony Computer Entertainment’s corporate executive Izumi Kawanishi in Nikkei BP, the PSP will be able to emulate PS3 games. Yes, you read that sentence correctly. While the emulation technology to pull this off is impressive, the real question is why would anyone want to play Metal Gear Solid 4 with massive slowdown?
Specifics on what will go down have not yet been revealed, but Kawanishi did touch on Sony’s desire to try out e-Distribution once again now that broadband allows massive file transfers. Rumored plans are to set up a network where popular games could be downloaded for all of Sony’s systems and then emulated on the PSP. Regarding the problem with such an undertaking Kawanishi said, ”It’s becoming hard to tell what's inside the package of recent games. So, we're thinking of distributing demo versions.” Sounds a bit like Nintendo’s plans for the Wii. Without any specifics on what Sony plans to do, we can only guess as to what’s to come. This “limitless” network would have the PS3 as the hub of downloads. The PSP would connect via a wireless LAN to the PS3 which would render the game using the Cell processor and then be sent to the PSP for viewing. Most impressive, but the real world application is questionable. I have to say that I am impressed with the scope of Sony’s vision. However, too much seems to be going on for the PSP that has nothing to do with games. When asked about PSP replacing cell phones Kawanishi said, "There is a possibility. I won't deny it. Personally, I'm interested in it. Of course, it's not the case that you can connect to wireless LAN everywhere, so you can't call it a permanent connection. But cell phones are permanently connected. Cell phones get more interesting as their data transfer rate increases, and I think it would be extremely interesting to try something like that.” If Sony can pull this off, then the PSP will finally be able to play some great games. That was supposed to be the heart of the system all along, but Sony has seemed more interested in making the PSP into just another gadget. Let’s just hope that when the network goes up Sony puts their focus on gaming.
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November 11th, 2007 at 02:55
It wont be a slowdown. The PS3 will still be playing the game, but the PSP will project it. The PSP hardware won't be involved at all except for viewing.