I hope this is a joke because that's just ridiculous

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It's no joke. While I appreciate how easy it was to register the PSP, I already had it setup before. I assume this is a small step, as now the PS3 recognizes the MAC address of the device and stores it.
I assume the next step is Wake-On-LAN and Remote Triggering of it.

Remote Play over the Internet would suck if your PS3 had to be left in the Remote Play state waiting for a connection.

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Boy, I know that we try to separate out the noise of constantly negative Sony reporting, but these guys do themselves no favors - on the same day as it is reported that they aren't even selling 25% of the allocated Aussie games, and there is some spin-doctor pretty much saying that Sony *likes* having their game systems sitting on shelves unbought, here we get news of a major *promised* new firmware feature not coming out?

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they never said this one would have that. it said they were making it for people with the 20 gig version able to use the PSP-PS3 remote play. go check the 1up.com or ign.com news stories.

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The remote play thing did change. Before the PSP only communicated with the PS3 directly. Now, if you have a WiFi access point, it can connect to the PS3 through that. As someone said, now someone with a 20 GB can connect. Also, I guess it could give you greater range.

Either way, I messed around with the remote play thing once. It's pretty lame.

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It all comes from this:

Tom Kiss (tomkiss.net) at a Three Speech event in London this year asked Phil Harrison directly...



Maybe Harrison misunderstood the question. Or maybe it's still coming. Only Sony knows. Perhaps they wanted to make sure even the 20GB model was able to do basic Remote Play before they roll it out. If not...well I guess I've wasted a lot of time and energy converting all those avi's into mp4's for my PS3. Oh well, back to Motorstorm and Killzone...

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Sorry: here's what Tom asked...

When will the PS3’s remote play functionality be available from outside the home?
This was one question I had to ask - and one of the major reasons I wanted a PS3 in the first place, it’s a really great piece of media functionality. I missed this question in the Q&A but managed to ask him afterwards. He said “Remote Play from wireless hotspots? It’s included in the 1.6 update“.

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This is actually not a surprise. The Japanese press release for 1.6 has been out for a while, and IGN reported that Remote Play from hotspots would not be in the update. And just for the record, Sony NEVER promised that the functionality would be in this particular update. That is entirely based on that comment by Harrison, which could have been misinterpreted, or maybe he was simply wrong.

It's a pretty solid update (I can finally use Remote Play on my 20GB PS3 for one thing) but nothing earth-shattering.

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This reminds me of a story from 20 odd years ago, when cordless phones were just becoming widely available.

While discussing that the range of the phones was "about 1000 feet," my boss actually said this.

"What if you want to call someone down the street? Or across town?"

Makes me wonder.

PS . . . Do we even HAVE PSP HotSpots here in the US?

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Well.
I asked the question to the man himself. I did say external access, and mentioned from 'outside the home'.
In his answer he clarified the question, by saying "Remote Play from wireless hotspots? It’s included in the 1.6 update". If he misunderstood the question, fair enough.

I'm left feeling sorely disappointed though.

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I've downloaded and tested remote play from access points today and it DOES WORK.

First you'll need to re-associate the PSP with the PS3 in the settings. It will create a new wireless profile in your PSP called PLAYSTATION 3 for direct wireless access.

However, if your PS3 is set to Remote Play & connected to the internet and you attempt access from an access point, it WILL WORK. Lag is noticably larger but it works.

In addition to this change, you will also notice you can see your PS3 demos in the "game" section of the XMB - and if you attempt to run them you will be given the message that the program is incompatible with remote play. Presumably there will be something in the future that is compatibly.

Way to jump the gun everybody..

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Umm I don't know what PS3Fanboy is talking about regarding the Remote Play not working through Wifi Access Points as I can access my PS3 from down the street from my buddies access point.

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Liquidus,

What are you talking about? I tried to connect to my PS3 using my neighbor's access point. It tells me 'No PS3tm systems were found.'

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same as me no ps3 was found. Please explain how you did it again?

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Interesting. Even though it's glitchy it is a positive development that at least some people are able to connect. I'll keep trying. To everyone who has made it work: are you using a wired 20GB version or a wireless 60GB PS3?

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I'm using a 60GB and I have no problem, you guys know that your PS3 must be in Remote Play Mode for this to work right?

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Just hooked up my 60GB to my router with a long ass ethernet cable from work. Walked around the 'hood and tried 4 hotspots. No joy. Only at my own hotspot does it work. The rest give me that all too familiar "No PS3 systems were found" message. Very curious. And shitty.

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Tye and Liquidus, what kind of router are you using to connect your PS3 to the Internet? Maybe we can figure out the settings/brands that work. I emailed Sony asking for help, but I'm not holding my breath.

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LOL, I'm using a ghetto Siemens Speedstream 6250 router and I run an Ethernet wire from it to my PS3, my PSP system is registered with my PS3 as well as Activated in the Personal Management Menu online. My PS3 is also activated.

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