A kitten dies every time the PSP loses an exclusive game. Thankfully for us PSP owners, it appears that PSP games that get ported to other systems lose something in the translation (like multiplayer in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, or well, everything in Lumines). However, the PS3 version of once PSP-exclusive Cash Money Chaos seems to lose only one thing: price. The game will be downloadable to the PS3, as part of Sony's new digital distribution strategy. Sony went on record saying that PLAYSTATION 3 downloadable games won't cost more than $15, which means this game will certainly cost less than the PSP's UMD version. Bah humbug!
At least it seems like the game plays well, according to our overlords at Joystiq. They note that once the PSP version comes out in February, you'll be able to play multiplayer between the PSP and the PS3 versions. I'd love to see that functionality extended to even more games soon.
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11-01-2006 @ 8:31PM
Silver R. Wolfe said...
I think that things like this, that take advantage of the PSP/PS3 connectivity is great. If more games would do this, the Playstation brand might develop their own form of Playstation Anywhere using the PSP as a mobile device. One capable of accessing content on the PS3's HDD and one capable of even participating in online matches against PS3 and PSP opponents at the same time.
If the PSPhone ever does arrive, it would only strengthen this, giving you access to the content on your PS3 by utilizing packet data via GPRS or Wifi.
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11-01-2006 @ 8:45PM
Bored said...
Why not make the PSP version downloadable as well? They could sell it just as easily as any PSOne game!
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11-01-2006 @ 9:46PM
apoc06 said...
has anyone thought that maybe the psp control scheme could leave players at a disadvantage against ps3 players?
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11-02-2006 @ 12:59AM
Silver R. Wolfe said...
@apoc06
If they mean for the game to be multiplat between the PSP and the PS3, I'm sure they'll keep the control scheme similar if not identical.
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11-03-2006 @ 9:32AM
Alien said...
Yeah , probably the controls will be the same . And man , this is the best feature the PSP-PS3 connectivity has :D
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11-03-2006 @ 1:27PM
Matt said...
This is nothing like playing 4 Swords on your gamecube with 4 gba's plugged in....nothing! You have to buy two copies of the game rather than one
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