SOny U gots SUm PlaiNin tO Do

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Wow... if this is actually the case ebay will have another PSP up for sale.

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Ah sony... just when you think they are finally doing something right, they find a way to #%#%@#$% it up.

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way to shit on loyal PSP owners, Sony.

some of us don't give a shit about the PS3. not sure if Sony realizes this.

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This smells like some corporate wize guy decided too give PSP owners an extra reason too buy a PS3 and vice versa. I cant think of any technical limitations that would a PS3 required.
This a major screw-up and PR blunder especially after promising us the opposit.

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He didn't say WHEN the PSP download service would be available, only that it will happen. Sheesh. With so many great PSP games out right now, playing PS1 downloads is low on my priority list now, especially since it'll require upgrading.

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This sucks. Although I'm one of the few who has a PS3. Even w/ the PS3 I cannot go online, because we dont connection at home.

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Hopefully they will implement the ability to download games via the PSP once they realize a lot of PSP users simply don't want a non-portable game platform (PS3).

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No need to panic.

Note that the feature uses the PSP in USB mode, just like downloading through a PC would.

Take a good look at the PSP Store (www.yourpsp.com).
It has all the needed functionality for selling content, except that up to this day, everything they have available for download has been free of charge. That is where they will likely release PS1 games.

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That blows! I just picked up a PSP and was looking forward to this service! On a diff note, anyone know where to get some cheap memory stick duo's? How much space can we expect PS1 games to take up?

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Wow. Sony continues to shoot themselves in the head, reload the gun and then shoot themselves again.

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This is a mistake. Sony won't be able to maintain this for long. Logically, there are 2 obvious reasons for this move:

1. Sony is trying to push PS3 sales.
2. PSP download functionality is not ready.

I was very disappointed myself when I first caught wind of this, well after I purchased my second PSP (yes, I own 2). Having to buy a PS3 just for the download service, to me, is ridiculous.

Either Sony is still working out a way for the PSP to directly download games or maybe the kiosks are the alternative answer to buying a PS3. Or maybe Sony is just being greedy...

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Hey guys, PSM thinks otherwise.

http://www.aeropause.com/archives/2006/11/will_psone_down.php

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wow sony...just wow. good job

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I think this is bogus. Playstation's website is a ".com" site, and not a ".net" one. I don't remember anywhere in the Playstation 3 manual that refers to the PS3 as a "PS3" as does this official "manual". Just my opinion.

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It does smell fishy, the Playstation.net thing. I tried loading the www.playstation.net and guess what, no deal. However, I tried doing a whois, and this is what I got:

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
Akasaka 7-1-1 Aoyamayasuda Bldg.
Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052
Japan
phone : 03-5215-9751 fax : 03-3234-6915

Anyway, if this is true, I'm incredibly disappointed. There's no way I'm getting a PS3, and even though it makes sense for Sony to control the use on different PSPs of the downloaded games (much like Apple and the iPod), I though they'd be smart enough as to allow us to download games through our computers. Even if it's through Windows :/
Maybe this is only temporary and Sony is still making a multiplataform interface (maybe for the PS3, the PSP, Windows and Mac).

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WOOT, I sent in the hot tip.

I am teh L33t ownage.

BTW, I would like to remind people.Sony could launch it on PS.com. and if they don't it will be on torrent within a .....week.

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Another reminder, It couold very well be on the download section of Sony's website also. Just they don't give directions.

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16 and 17, it is real. Very accurate and it has the Sony copy right at the bottom.Unless the makers are oreying to get their asses sued, I bet it is Sony

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I just see it as paying for a 600 dollar router. It lessens the blow to my ego.

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