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.

[butterfinger]

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 CHAOS]

you'll not see the extra quality on the psp

[SpecialSauce]

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

[NegativeCreep427]

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...

[braydon619]

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

[JoelR]

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.

[Elvfam511]

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

[JoelR]

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/...

[Elvfam511]

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

[jay2]

PSP neeed's something huge.

[supremacy]

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.

[Elvfam511]

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

[chasuk08]

I wish they would allow us to play our psp games through the ps3, so that the psp comes onto a big screen.

[Elvfam511]

you can just buy the wire for the psp unless you have the fat psp i got the slim one but i cant play them bcuz i need a progressive scan tv and i dont have one

[mistertwoturbo]

Sony will keep trying to move the PSP foward. Dark Alex will set them right back.

[supremacy]

checking your player profile, and as you tab and scroll through all your gains and levels, there will be a small psp/ps3 trophy level section which would detail how many trophies, in how many games have you got for both platforms on the same gamercard.

and just like you could compare your stats with others now you will be able to do the same only the difference here would be that instead of just displaying a gamers ps3 trophies and levels only. now it would also display both of your ps3 and psp trophy/levels instead. you know next to one another for bragging rights i suppose.

i mean this is just my scheme to you know help boost the psp sales as well as the ps3's. this way sony can really say it has family in this industry. lol just kidding.

anyways this is just my opinion. if sony really wants to integrate the two together than there is no better way to do it than this way. thats my opinion.

personally i would keep it all simple and just integrate the current trophy system to the psp system. keep the same rules just have it so that your gains on the psp would add to your overall level on the psn thats all, two platforms, two different stats combined as one to give you an overall level on the psn. one network, one universal account. so when people look at your profile and say...

"hey how come you got more trophies and a higher level than me when we play the same ps3 games?"

well, now you can click on tab on your gamercard and the psp totals will pop up right along with the rest of your ps3 stats as well, you know same as like i explained above.

sure each platform would have their share of exclusive ips, but if they can just keep it simple like i said you know two platforms, one network, one universal account. than they can just add all those individual gains and simply add it to your overall total on your gamercard stat sheet.

interest as well as sales would increase with this scheme, you all do the math for a sec. and tell me what you all think.

personally thats what i think.

[supremacy]

checking your player profile, and as you tab and scroll through all your gains and levels, there will be a small psp/ps3 trophy level section which would detail how many trophies, in how many games have you got for both platforms on the same gamercard.

and just like you could compare your stats with others now you will be able to do the same only the difference here would be that instead of just displaying a gamers ps3 trophies and levels only. now it would also display both of your ps3 and psp trophy/levels instead. you know next to one another for bragging rights i suppose.

i mean this is just my scheme to you know help boost the psp sales as well as the ps3's. this way sony can really say it has family in this industry. lol just kidding.

anyways this is just my opinion. if sony really wants to integrate the two together than there is no better way to do it than this way. thats my opinion.

personally i would keep it all simple and just integrate the current trophy system to the psp system.

you know keep the same rules just have it so that your gains on the psp would add to your overall level on the psn thats all, two platforms, two different stats combined as one to give you an overall level on the psn. one network, one universal account. so when people look at your profile and say...

"hey how come you got more trophies and a higher level than me when we play the same ps3 games?"

well, now you can click on the tab on your gamercard and the psp totals will pop up right along with the rest of your ps3 stats as well to make up for an overall total as far as your stats are concerned, you know same as like i explained above.

sure each platform would have their share of exclusive ips, but if they can just keep it simple like i said you know two platforms, one network, one universal account. than they can just add all those individual gains and simply add it to your overall total on your gamercard stat sheet.

interest on psp games would rise, and sales of the system itself would also increase with this scheme, you all do the math for a sec. and tell me what you all think.

personally thats what i think sony should do.

sorry for repeating the same comment, but i had some things i wanted to fix up before posting this up but wasn't able to edit my comment im sorry if i annoyed a few here with this. but i do hope you all like this concept/idea.