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Full PSP games, PSOne games, demos, and "casual content" to be offered

PSP owners have had downloadable content through the PlayStation Store for some time now, but the rather hefty requirement of PS3 ownership acted as a $400 roadblock to many cash-strapped consumers. Sony has at last heard these cries, and answered by offering a limited version of the PlayStation Store as a downloadable component for PCs.
 
While anyone is able to browse the store, those with a PlayStation Network (PSN) ID can sign in and begin downloading content immediately, for transfer to their PSP's memory card. Currently only two full PSP games are being offered (Syphon Filter: Contract Ops and Wipeout Pure) but over a dozen original PSOne titles are offered, along with game demos, game and movie trailers, and new wallpapers or themes.
 
The cost and size of the PSP games are variable -- currently, Syphon Filter costs $10.99 for a 67.5MB download, while Wipeout Pure rings up at $15.99 for 156MB.

The PSOne games thus far are a flat rate of $6.99, with the exception of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night costing $10.99. Purchasing a PSOne title will allow you to play it on both your PS3 and your PSP, provided you follow the instructions given on the PlayStation Store website.

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playable on PC?
By Screwballl on 11/21/2007 2:16:05 PM , Rating: 2
Well that stinks, I would love to able to legally play some old PS and PS2 games directly on my PC... oh well guess we have to stick with our emulators.




RE: playable on PC?
By BruceLeet on 11/21/2007 2:39:16 PM , Rating: 2
Isn't that where emulators come into play


RE: playable on PC?
By mmntech on 11/21/07, Rating: 0
RE: playable on PC?
By jkostans on 11/21/2007 4:02:02 PM , Rating: 2
ePSXe emulates most popular games at near perfect levels. It's not the CD part that's hard to emulate, its the actual hardware. Emulating the emotion engine is probably a bitch because it's not at all like a conventional X86 processor. Also with each console generation there are more and more hardware features to emulate.


RE: playable on PC?
By Epyon on 11/21/2007 4:02:06 PM , Rating: 2
not true there is a emulator out there that plays a large portion of ps2 games


RE: playable on PC?
By mmntech on 11/21/2007 4:10:41 PM , Rating: 1
Source?


RE: playable on PC?
By Timeless on 11/21/2007 4:26:55 PM , Rating: 4
http://www.pcsx2.net/

This is a website for a PS2 emulator. I don't know if it can play all PS2 games, but it can play some. I got Kingdom Hearts II to work but my computer wasn't up to nuff and it lagged badly.


RE: playable on PC?
By Oobu on 11/21/2007 5:30:40 PM , Rating: 3
Isn't emulating a PS2 illegal? Or is it only if you are using Sony's PS2 BIOS or whatever. I know you can have the emulator, but they get bitchy when you have their firmware/BIOS for the PS2.


RE: playable on PC?
By vhx on 11/21/2007 8:01:52 PM , Rating: 2
PS1 emulators have been out since like 2000. Even the PSP emulates PS1 games. Only really one PS2 emulator that works well. Most games and popular games are playable, hell they even added netplay recently where you can actually connect to PS2 servers and play from the PC. Emulation for all consoles will only get better in the future.


RE: playable on PC?
By anonymo on 11/22/2007 8:48:49 AM , Rating: 2
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I think PS2 games would be too big to download anyway, assuming they fill the full 4.7gb.


Barely any original Xbox games managed to come close to filling a DVD, I highly doubt many PS2 games did. I would fare a guess that only multi-disc games actually filled their first discs. Games like KOTOR were somewhere like 3.8gb on the original Xbox. (yes I assume that original Xbox games tended to be larger, my only experience was with the "BlackBrick")


RE: playable on PC?
By sj420 on 11/21/2007 4:53:43 PM , Rating: 1
I can Already enjoy my Already purchased PSX games on my PSP. Maybe if they actually offer some advantages like game saves, possible way to transfer your game saves from your memory card to your psp, or the pc and then to the psp - but they don't - homebrew has offered everything Sony declines even though the PSP can handle it. But no, they just want more money and to shove copy-protection onto us, another company niche.

Thanks sony, 8 months late like usual. Sounds kind of like the PC hardware market, ironic.

Also, I own a PS2 (they are so cheap now, but I got it as a gift awhile ago so its a fatback) and I can tell you not very many of the games weigh up to any of the great PSX titles.

The phrase "3D isn't always better" still rings true, even in this day and age.

<offtopic>Anyone ever notice Some of the delays with certain products (games, software, patches, beta's, etc) seem to be because the dev team is just playing and enjoying the game for 3-4 weeks. I mean its ok to love & enjoy your work but RELEASE IT BUG FREE AND THEN PLAY IT MONTHS ON END. After they shove it out the door they talk about their good times gaming all together as teams and when it gets to the consumer (most of the time) they just play alone online with no large group of friends next to them. </offtopic>


Works pretty well
By killerroach on 11/21/2007 4:35:18 PM , Rating: 2
Just bought Wipeout for my PSP for $5.99... been quite some time since I had played that. Transfer went smoothly (even in spite of my own stupidity at one point), and the game now resides peacefully on my Memory Stick. (The PSP games sell for $5.99 and $9.99, not $6.99 and $10.99)

Still, though, the ability to do all of this without having to mess with a $400 console is pretty good in my book.




By Oobu on 11/21/2007 5:29:01 PM , Rating: 2
By reading the title I was under the impression that I would be able to play PSOne games on my PC.




And yet Blu-Ray is still gonna die.
By bigboxes on 11/22/07, Rating: 0
RE: And yet Blu-Ray is still gonna die.
By Oobu on 11/22/2007 2:35:51 AM , Rating: 2
What does that have to do with this article?


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