In addition to becoming the PlayStation 3's power button of choice, the PSP has made relations with the PC. At the Tokyo Game Show press conference, Kaz Hirai announced that the PS Store will soon be accessible via the computer.
According to Hirai, you will be able to purchase and download PSP content without using the PS3 as a middle-man. The service is reportedly available now in Japan; no word on when it will be coming elsewhere.
According to Hirai, you will be able to purchase and download PSP content without using the PS3 as a middle-man. The service is reportedly available now in Japan; no word on when it will be coming elsewhere.
[Via Joystiq]
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9-20-2007 @ 12:33AM
Warner Young said...
All I can say is: about time! Sony needs to hurry up with that, since I don't feel like spending $500 to buy a PS3 just so I can download things for my PSP.
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9-20-2007 @ 12:39AM
Justin Eaton said...
Whoops, two articles?
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9-20-2007 @ 12:40AM
brgers said...
Finally! - They need to get this out internationally now!
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9-20-2007 @ 1:04AM
beavis_2k said...
It's about @#$@%! time, took em long enough. Knowing sony I wonder how are they going to mess this up... too much incompatible drm? rootkit? soul harvesting?
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9-20-2007 @ 1:22AM
phinal said...
what blows is that if you don't live in the region you can't access their download store.
i just tried viewing the Japanese store @ http://www.jp.playstation.com/store/ and all is fine and good till you want to view the titles and actually access the store ... then you get a message like the following ... "PLAYSTATION®Store is not available in the selected country or region."
what's nice is that the URL that you receive that message on isn't a Japanese URL so as soon as the North America and European stores open it'll likely just allow you in.
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9-20-2007 @ 1:24AM
spike021 said...
what happens when you have a mac, not pc?
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9-20-2007 @ 2:37AM
Hashbrown_Hunter said...
To spike021: I'm guessing it's through the internet and doesn't require a separate program.
One word: FINALLY
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9-20-2007 @ 4:08AM
Tim Parsons said...
I have a PSP anyway but this is still cool for those who don't,. or for when my PS3 is running Folding@Home and my kids are watching cartoons or something i can just do it from my PSP,. but ahhh,. their isn't a PStore for PSP yet anyway,.,.or did they say that was coming without it,. or would i be wrong to assume that?
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9-20-2007 @ 4:20AM
Tim Parsons said...
@7 actually the site only list Windows XP and Vista as requirements, and list IE 7 and Mozilla for browsers under those OS's,. so maybe it won't be MAC combatible, it's not always safe to assume even something so simple, but i can't see why they wouldnt have it acessible from a MAC browser, but i'm just saying it isn't listed
http://www.jp.playstation.com/store/hajimete/index.html
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9-20-2007 @ 9:46AM
Wolfrider said...
I hope Sony pulls this thing online for the rest of us soon. Because really, the region lockout seems like an easy issue to get around. And even if they have it locked so credit cards registered outside of Japan aren't accepted, if it's compatible with the Playstation Network Card, you'll just see sites like Jlist selling them.
So c'mon Sony... any day now.
Of course, the news rocks and I can't wait to start VCing my PSP. W00t!
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9-20-2007 @ 11:42AM
Alien said...
Best news from TGS alongside with the new KH game :D
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9-20-2007 @ 12:24PM
required said...
if it doesn't work with the Mac OS it is broken
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9-20-2007 @ 1:11PM
mastershake3 said...
or sony decided not to serve that small demographic on roll out.
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9-20-2007 @ 2:22PM
Larz said...
@ spike021
A Mac IS a Personal Computer. Or are they so useless for computing now that they're not even in that category? Just a very expensive artsy paperweight?
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9-20-2007 @ 2:29PM
required said...
mastershake3, small demographic sure, but as is well known - a fricken huge consumer base.
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9-20-2007 @ 2:38PM
required said...
Larz, the Macintosh is indeed a computer however it's not limited to personal use and its default operating system is Mac OS rather than Microsoft Windows.
For more information see http://www.apple.com/mac/
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9-20-2007 @ 3:04PM
merc25 said...
Looking at the requirements, it would appear to include any OS that Macromedia Flash Player can be installed on. However, that could just be for to view the website, while the DRM could be the reason for only MS OSs being listed.
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9-20-2007 @ 3:49PM
mastershake3 said...
@required I was going to explain how ignorant your post was, but then I thought, why? he's an idiot.
dem·o·graph·ic (děm'ə-grāf'ĭk, dē'mə-)
adj. also dem·o·graph·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
Of or relating to demography.
n. A portion of a population, especially considered as consumers.
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9-20-2007 @ 5:03PM
required said...
Please do explain how ignorant my post was mastershake3. I look forward to your thesis!
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9-20-2007 @ 5:14PM
merc25 said...
I'll end for you two, I guessing his main beef is your[required's] paradoxical statement: "small demographic sure, but as is well known - a fricken huge consumer base."
I hope my emphasis works.
What I think required meant:
While Mac people are a small in numbers, they are a wealthy consumer base.
Most Apple products tend to be near the higher(money wise) end of the technology spectrum. Hell, just look at the iPhone 500-600 dollars for a phone(really a PDA with phone capabilities), yet it sold out in several stores.
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