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Sony Sees More PS3 Integration With PSP

PSP hit the scene about three years ago and while it's been evolving into quite a useful handheld, it hasn't quite taken off like Sony would have liked.

But that doesn't mean that it's dying and SCEA Director of Hardware Marketing John Koller insists that sales have been "red hot" in 2008.

butterfinger5791d ago

for Sony to give us different types of functionality between the PSP and PS3. I would love to be able to use my PSP as a Blu Ray remote or transfer digital copies of movies from the PS3 to my PSP.

Capt CHAOS5791d ago

you'll not see the extra quality on the psp

SpecialSauce5791d ago (Edited 5791d ago )

if u could stream simple games like LBP from the PS3 to PSP. i heard something about this don't know if it true tho

NegativeCreep4275791d ago

It is just the fact that xbox users cannot accept the fact that they do not have a respectable handheld in their arsenal yet. How Sad... Playstation is Champion...

braydon6195791d ago

i'll second that... i love sony, they make quality products and i've supported playstation and will continue too. i'll quit gaming before becoming a microsoft supporter :P i don't even use windows haha

JoelR5791d ago

Never say microsoft can't come out with a handheld of their own...
That said I think microsoft is working with nintendo in the handheld market.

Elvfam5115791d ago

MS work with nintendo if there rivals in the gaming world thats not smart at all and why would nintendo help beat there nintendo ds

JoelR5791d ago (Edited 5791d ago )

They are not rival as of yet in the handheld market - and if you have a huge market that you can sell cheap product into.... you'll use it.
Please also see that several microsoft IPs appear to be in production for the DS....

http://www.gamespot.com/new...

http://www.techradar.com/ne...

http://www.lockergnome.com/...

Elvfam5115790d ago

know that thanks for telling me but still i know MS will try to take over the handheld world and they might brush off Nintendo at the end of the day but thanks for the info bubbles up

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jay25791d ago

PSP neeed's something huge.

supremacy5790d ago

my friend would be, trophy support what? lol well lets take a minute to look at somethings and maybe even some possibilities shall we.

say if sony created a special trophy, something like a diamond platinum trophy which would give you a greater level in your stats say...now say the only way you can get this trophy is through playing through and beating certain tasks on psps games this little scheme wouldn't necessarily force people into buying a psp or psp games in general but it will get a lot of attention and many hardcore gamers will fall for this tactic.

as a result this will help the psp sales and the more psps games that support this system the better the system will sell, why not do what your doing with the ps3 with the psp?

example say you got all the current trophies available including the platinum one, but if you want the diamond trophy you would need a psp is that simple. heck sony can even go all out with this and come out with a white gold trophy, Ruby trophy, emerald trophy, sapphire trophy and of course the ultimate trophy of both worlds would be the diamond trophy.

this trophy again can only be obtain by getting all the trophies on both your psp game and the ps3 counter part of those games of course. there would be exclusives for each platform but those would only add to your level nothing more.

of course the only way to obtain this trophy is to again also go through the psp counterparts of these same games as well. also this would give the psp a leg up on the DS thats for sure. same system same amount of trophies different trophies, just that this time around there is an extra hidden trophy that could only be obtained this way.

but to keep it all simple they could just have one universal account to keep track of all this that way whenever you play a psp exclusive or a ps3 exclusive you can just add your trophies to your overall level/profile.

i don't know just an idea of things thats all.

Elvfam5115791d ago

you can play your movies through remote play that be so sweet when you just want to watch while somebody wants to watch on your tv that the ps3 is connect on only hopes on my side and like SpecialSauce said "if u could stream simple games like LBP from the PS3 to PSP" that be nice too

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

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Vader821d 21h ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel4d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow4d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1823d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie3d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere2d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin2d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere2d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere2d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX3d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney1d 21h ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno3d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno3d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii2d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno2d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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