Warlock
10-26-2006, 10:27 AM
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/741/741716p1.html
Kawanishi revealed to Famitsu that Sony's plans go beyond just media viewing, though. In the future, Sony hopes to allow players to play PS3 games remotely via the PSP. While Kawanishi didn't get into specifics, we imagine the PSP being used just to display game footage sent to it by the PS3 and send back controller data input by the player.
This type of connectivity has apparently been on the cards for some time. Kawanishi noted that he had such a system in mind when making the PSP's aspect ratio identical to that of high definition televisions, 16x9.
I don't see how this could possibly work. Even run as a video stream, you're talking about a delay which could make some games unplayable. And either way, what is the point? You'd have to be close to your PS3 to do it effectively (no way they are going to stream entire games, including video and audio, over the internet). Is it for people who, after buying both a PSP and PS3, have no money left for a TV?
Also, LOL at this:
Kawanishi also commented on region free software. This feature, which has been confirmed by various Sony reps in the past, is indeed a reality. "It's often been the case that past game systems would have a region code system, and would not play overseas games," explained Kawanishi. "However, PlayStation 3 game software does not have this region code. In other words, if you can get your hands on overseas software, you can play as is. There are exceptions, however, so SCE does not make guarantees about operation."
"Yes.... if you can get your hands on it before we shut down more import sites!"
Kawanishi revealed to Famitsu that Sony's plans go beyond just media viewing, though. In the future, Sony hopes to allow players to play PS3 games remotely via the PSP. While Kawanishi didn't get into specifics, we imagine the PSP being used just to display game footage sent to it by the PS3 and send back controller data input by the player.
This type of connectivity has apparently been on the cards for some time. Kawanishi noted that he had such a system in mind when making the PSP's aspect ratio identical to that of high definition televisions, 16x9.
I don't see how this could possibly work. Even run as a video stream, you're talking about a delay which could make some games unplayable. And either way, what is the point? You'd have to be close to your PS3 to do it effectively (no way they are going to stream entire games, including video and audio, over the internet). Is it for people who, after buying both a PSP and PS3, have no money left for a TV?
Also, LOL at this:
Kawanishi also commented on region free software. This feature, which has been confirmed by various Sony reps in the past, is indeed a reality. "It's often been the case that past game systems would have a region code system, and would not play overseas games," explained Kawanishi. "However, PlayStation 3 game software does not have this region code. In other words, if you can get your hands on overseas software, you can play as is. There are exceptions, however, so SCE does not make guarantees about operation."
"Yes.... if you can get your hands on it before we shut down more import sites!"