More games like Beats? I hope they don't leave PC Store users out in the dark like this.

Frank

See I read the subject and assumed this was refering to something food related. Like PSP and disc shaped cookies. Damn you McWhertor! Foiled again. guess now I have to go make PSP shaped cookies.

ConstantCupcake

Ahh. After checking the list. The GH list seems to be pretty damned good. These are the ones I recommend.

Daxter
Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai
LEGO Star Wars: The Original Trilogy
Lumines
Medal of Honor Heroes
Ridge Racer
Sonic Rivals
Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror
WipeOut Pure

Other games that aren't on the GH list but I've noticed carry the coveted 19.99 pricetag are:

MGS: Portable Ops Plus
Metal Gear Ac!d 1 & 2

Looks like my PSP library has to get filled soon!

slingblade

@maximus9:

Currently no, not that I'm aware of.

-EDGE-

@SithNinja: Let's just say very few games. Most PSP games are worth a rent and that's all.

I too own only 4 PSP games. GTA:VCS, Ridge Racer, and Midnight Club 3 and Megaman: Powered up. All these games were only $19.99 - the reason I picked them up. Although I admit, the PSP's Greatest Hits collection is getting better. Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror is there, Daxter, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.

Why isn't LocoRoco on it yet? It's more than enough to garnish GH fame.

slingblade

One day when Sony releases the true successor to the PSP, they will lose the UMD and put games on extremely (by then....it should be cheap) cheap SD cards. Sony will keep their own MSPD's also in the PSP2 for game saves and the other multimedia content. But games will be on SD cards.

Why do i not say completely digital and consider 8gb of flash or a 30-80gb micro hd? Simple. Consumers want to be able to go anywhere in the world and buy and play games. Simple and fast. Needing a computer just to get content they want then and their is not accessible.

slingblade

more UMD movies? Exellent! i'm so happy !

apelaw9

@ssjmichael:

Just for the record my OS is clean (came wit teh puter). :-) As for the rest I do OWN a lot more games and DVDs (inc HD DVD and BR) than I have ripped because I enjoy the high quality. I was more tring to make the point (badly I admit) that no one BUYS PSP games in general. That is why all of the new attention from Sony is being focused toward connectivity with the PS3 and funtionallity with Skype. For example, on PSP I own the GTA, FF, Star Wars BF and that is it. I do look forward to BUYING God of War when it comes out, but the point is... how many games are out there for the PSP that are WORTH buying? 7 or 8... maybe??

SithNinja

@Noobs-R-Us: Removing the UMD drive would be totally stupid at this point. There would be no facility for anybody without an internet connection (and yes, there are such people) to buy games for the unit. Not to mention, people who don't have credit cards (mostly kids) or don't like using their credit cards online.

While I like the idea of having 80GB inside the PSP, it's not going to happen any time soon. The impact on battery life would be horrendous for a start. Plus you lose the durability of having almost no moving parts (except for the UMD drive) and move backwards in form factor.

@yashichi8bit: Ok, so with your knowledge in software & hardware you are telling me that you dont think the PSP is capable of running Skype?

I think they'd be stupid to limit Skype to the PSP2000 if they can run it on the PSP1000. If the memory footprint is too large, then they should hassle the Skype developers to fix it. Whether or not the RAM is the issue, I don't really know. But I doubt the limitation is for "marketing" reasons (ala Vista/DX10).

I don't own a PSP, but if I had a PSP1000 I'd probably e-bay it or whine loudly until they fix Skype to run on it (or give a more complete explanation on why it won't). But to get any results, the whine needs to be along the lines of: "I WANT IT". Whining about them trying to make you upgrade PSPs (which is your assertion) won't get you the results you want and will likely result in a response of STFU.

Doshu

@-EDGE-: Can't you play those on the PSP with remote play? I dunno, haven't bothered to link my PSP to my PS3 yet.

maximus9

@yashichi8bit: Oh get over the conspiracy theory. I love my phat, and if you are into technology you know things evolve and features are added across models. Stop the whining already!

maximus9

"Any way we can help get that multimedia content onto the PSP, we're going to take it."

Really? Then how about you support the .mkv container as well as .ogm, .avi (on psp) and the other digital video formats?

heihachi.vs.kazuya

@Noobs-R-Us: @ssjmichael: I'm not sure an HD with moving parts would increase battery life significantly over the umd drive. More RAM would, and Flash memory would.

I have a 60 gb ipod and a 30 gb zune. I think the PSP, storage difference aside, is a way more powerful little device, and I think 170 bucks is a bargain. So i'd rather not pay the premium for a HD inclusion at this point, and i don't think it would be a competitive move price or feature wise. Its price/features based on the market leader (Nintendo) are pretty darn good where they are at.

I think with the announcement of the 16gb MSPD card, and the inevitable price drop of the 8gb to below 100 bucks, this will be enough storage and a good price point for those wanting needing more storage.
I recall a 3rd party 4gb hd, that was fairly expensive and obviously less desirable than the now 40 dollar 4gb MSPD.

Ehardergardens

@SithNinja:

It's a great and new world of morality my friend, where stealing is an afterthought and doing the right thing actually feels reasonable. Can you believe it?! Sure you can't being on a pirated OS, and not paying a dime for any Music,DVD, games, programs you have on your computer and other electronics.

ssjmichael

@ssjmichael:
WHOA WHOA WHOA.... Wait just a minute here.... You can PURCHASE PSP games??? So, THAT is what that Mini-Disc looking compartment is for?? Thanks!! This opens up a whole new world for me. Spending $ on software!! What a concept.....

SithNinja

@ssjmichael:

I think software sales are pretty bummed out right now because of it being so get the game and stuff. BUt yes i agree with you though, i want to be able to support the people who worked on the things i'm able to play with and on.

Shindokie (psn and xbl)

Well this is where we differ NOOBS, I don't really want the 80GB HD to replace the UMD drive altogether. I'd still like the option of purchasing games in store, rather than soley depending on downloading them. Not everyone in the world will want to just download games, so PSP game sales (and hardware) would suffer because of it.

I look at a high capacity HD, the same way I do for the PS3. A place for tons of movie and music content, and for as much demos as you want on the player.

I'm an editor at DAPreview.net, so I deal with PMP's for a living and the PSP would be my perfect PMP if it had an HD inside. That and full Xvid/Divx support.

ssjmichael

@ssjmichael: I think it would actually take LESS space than the UMD drive. They can re-design inside to have a larger batter for increased life AND have all that extra storage. Optical drives for small devices are so 90's...a la minidiscs. They're very low capacity and expensive to boot.

What would be needed would be a buffer of about 1GB of NAND so that we can load large chunks of data to reduce the time that the hard drive has to stay on. Theat would reduce the drain on battery. I think that if they do what I suggested above, they can increase the running time to over 10 hours!

Noobs-R-Us

@cduran: Ok, so with your knowledge in software & hardware you are telling me that you dont think the PSP is capable of running Skype? Alone? I dont see why you couldn't release the OS and going into a pure Skype mode with its current hardware specs.

I understand the constraints of having high level software run on top of the default OS with little memory available (i have been a programmer myself for 10+ years also. I even have some significant assembly experience too). I can see how this route may make other functions of the PSP inoperable. But I haven't seen anything yet about this new skype for the PSP that says you CAN do other things at the same time while on a call.

Basically I am saying i believe its possible and that its too early in the game to say its not. And for the time being is a selling point for Sony and the new PSP.

yashichi8bit

I would love to see them bring "Everyday Shooter" and "Super Stardust HD" to PSP, or patch it to make them work on it.

-EDGE-

@ssjmichael:

Excuse me ignorance :/. Thanks though. And opps i was thinking about the memory stick. Duh! Yeah i don't know my formats or drives. I'm waiting out to buy a psp (since i'm poor as well) but a hard drive would be nice. Just worried about the extra dough for it but you get what you pay for.

Shindokie (psn and xbl)

I'm sure they can play around with the capacity to get to the right price point of say $199. Perhaps that would mean only a 60GB drive. In anycase, it would replace the UMD drive which costs them a pretty penny due to it's low production. Small harddrvies are cheap these days...

Noobs-R-Us

@Noobs-R-Us:

Even with that included that price is not going attract people. It's at 160 without a hard drive. With the included 80gb of memory it will come out to 200-300. I did have my reading glasses on as well *pft* but it seems i need new ones :'(

Shindokie (psn and xbl)

@Shindokie (psn and xbl):

Also, you probably don't know this, but you can get a 16GB SD card for just 75 bucks: [www.newegg.com]

ssjmichael

How about they actually get their store to actually WORK first? When I tried to make a purchase on the store after I got my PSP, it decided to aribtratily reject my credit card even though it works fine for every single other thing I try to use it with. When I found a second card that did work, the downloader decided to sit in a zombie state for a full ten minutes before it started downloading anything. I get the sneaking suspicion that the web-based PS Store is designed to make you go buy a PS3 in order to get something that actually works.

Vexorg

@Shindokie (psn and xbl):

He said a HD, not flash. An 80GB HD would be pretty sweet. It might increase the size of the PSP a bit, and the cost, but I'd buy one. The only major downside is the stability of HD's compared to flash. The latter having no moving parts.

Just look at this way, the iPod Classic has an 80GB HD inside. Look how thin that player is. With some engineering, they might be able to keep the size the same. battery life would also be improved

ssjmichael

@Shindokie (psn and xbl): ah, no, please put on your reading glasses. I said hard drive, not solid state drive. You know, as in iPod 80gb? That costs less than $70 OEM?

Noobs-R-Us

I.E. Dont have to drive to store to get some games I want now =). @Maldron:

DCPlayaPride

@Shindokie (psn and xbl):

I hope people understand what i'm trying to say in the last sentence. Well look at 16gb SD card. It's $300. Imagine 80gb's?

Shindokie (psn and xbl)

@Noobs-R-Us:

Yes lets install 80gb of flash memory and charge people 1000+ for a psp. Once flash memory get's cheaper or SD don't expect to see cheap psps.

Shindokie (psn and xbl)

@Noobs-R-Us: Are you joking noobs-r-us???

PwningForFun

@Noobs-R-Us: ...........

PwningForFun

@yashichi8bit: Are you a software engineer? How many years experience do you have developing communication protocols like Skypes?

Funny thing is that the whole memory thing does ring with me, and I happen to be a firmware developer with almost 10 years under my belt in the field.

Skype may just be a bloated protocol to begin with, and I doubt they would rework the whole protocol just so that the PSP could work with it. Maybe some time in the future, if Skype (not Sony) decides to slim down the protocol, they will make a PSP 1000 version.

In the mean time enjoy what you can currently do with your PSP.

cduran

Can't someone please tell them to drop the UMD drive and add a 80GB hard drive? Then allow people to download EVERYTHING. That way we can load upwards of 50 games or hours of videos, mp3s, videos...etc. That's where the industry is moving to anyway. Why not do it sooner?

Noobs-R-Us

@ssjmichael: Well I was being a bit sarcastic. But your comment "It's for an actual reason" is my point. I dont believe it is.

Have you taken a look at what the homebrew scene has accomplished with the old Main Memory: 32MB & Embedded DRAM: 4MB.

I think if you can get windows 98 running inside x86 emulation on an old PSP that A skype lite version shouldn't be too far off from being possible. Besides its is basically just a set of protocols to relay the VOIP data.

yashichi8bit

Niiiice

huxle

"Bite-size?" Uh-oh. Better not tell Utada Hikaru about this.

Fitz Rhapsody

Thank goodness I got a 2yr replacement plan on my current PSP from BB... time come up with a "problem" and trade in for a PSP Slim... muhahahahaha.

But seriously, dl games and content is the way to go, and it's about time. Well, when it happens, then it'll be about time. Right now, it's almost about time. And right now, I'm just babbling...

TheFaze

@yashichi8bit:

Uh, are you going to use that for every new announcement just because they said Skype doesn't work with PSP phattys?. It's for an actual reason, you know the more than double the memory inside the new players? There's no reason they won't bring this to older models so please don't waste any future comments with idiotic postings like that.

ssjmichael

Maybe he means ten seconds to learn?

Jetter

Nintendos Idea of selling wads of DS's is by colors.

Sony's is by releasing a new "better" model thats incompatible with anything.

Clever.

-HeyWowItsFelipe-

@Shindokie (psn and xbl): yes...ah just kidding I'm not really at all. I just think the whole lockout is BS and just something to get people to buy the new version. The whole memory contraint issue just doesnt ring true to me.

yashichi8bit

It's not literally ten seconds of play. It's just a random game that you mess around with rather than progress.

It's like playing with the gravity in Super Mario Galaxy.

Raian1

@Hiltz:
Chances are, those games are free.

suya123

@Hiltz: *looks at wario ware* ummm yeah.

RabidSquirrel

Ten seconds?
They should call this service, "WarioWarez". Oh wait that's taken.

Tonx

@Maldron:

I think he means cheaper games. I dont know understand it either. I still need to get me greedy hands on a psp.
@yashichi8bit:

Is some one hurt over skype awww. *puppy face*

Shindokie (psn and xbl)

Play ten second pick up and play content ? How can you enjoy ten seconds of anything? Wait, on the second thought, don't answer that.

Is it safe to say that this is Sony's first stupid mistake of 2008 ?

Hiltz

Of course this wont work with PSP1000 (for some undisclosed & bullshit reason) and you will need to go out a buy a new PSP2000

yashichi8bit

@DCPlayaPride: ... What?

Maldron

I like english muffins.

cesaria

Really Good Idea. Saves me a lot of gas money.

DCPlayaPride

I have about 70 PSP games, only 2 on UMD though. And strangely enough those 2 are the only 2 that I paid for.
*winks eye not under patch*
Arrrrrrrr!

semaj0006

@Frank: I don't really understand what you're saying there but I downloaded Beats via the PC store fine... it's a great title by the way and I fully welcome more 'pick up and play' downloadable games like it.

I'm also loving the PS1 classics just downloaded Populous: The Beginning last night so I'm all for this new focus on downloadable content... I'm going to need to replace that 1GB memory stick soon though :(

They really should let UMD movies die though.

Shadowcast

Well, looks like they have already updated the PS3 Store with some PSP games like SOCOM and Wipeout Pure. Cool, since I'm a Mac user and can't use the PC Store. ^_^

Macrike

@cduran:
Thank you.
I've done a little coding on the GBA so I can point out how it "should" work, but it's nice to have someone with more relevant experience chime in.

If homebrewers manage to make it run on the 1000 I'll eat my words, but I really don't think it's in Sony's interests to arbitrarily restrict it hoping people will buy a 2000 for Skype.

fuchikoma

Strange -- I left a reply to MACRIKE, which a Kotaku prompt assured me would appear here hours ago. Ah, well.

Said message ran something like this: Find a copy of XP, run Bootcamp Assistant under Leopard and enjoy full access to the Playstation Store. Vast new frontiers of boredom and frustration await.

One of the chief selling points of an Intel Mac is that it can dual-boot. People who complain about PC-only content are manifesting two of the chief stereotypes held against Mac users for decades: Too clueless to do research and/or too lazy to implement a mildly technical solution -- even when running a setup assistant.

Do the work. Don't live up to someone else's stereotype. Unless it's prehistoric, your Mac's more flexible than you think.

flaspeneer

A-a-a-a-t MACRIKE:

Since you're a Mac user, why aren't you running bootcamp? If you want to use the Playstation Store, get a copy of XP, run the Bootcamp Assistant in Leopard and reboot. Voila: Total Sony compatibility. Vast frontiers of frustration and boredom await.

flaspeneer

@Ehardergardens: You would rather spend $100 on a 8GB memory stick than $75 for a 60 - 80GB micro drive? That makes no sense to me.

Noobs-R-Us

@ssjmichael: @Doshu: please read my post above...

Noobs-R-Us

No offense but some of you are clearly small thinkers. Ok, I will address some of your concerns one by one. First, you don't HAVE to have UMDs to be able to buy games. With a hard drive, you can buy them over the net with your computer. Or, you can walk into your local Wal-Mart, Game Stop, Best Buy etc. and buy it over a Sony PSP kiosk just like you go to buy your UMDs. Except, with a kiosk you download them so there's NO CHANCE of the store EVER running out of stock of ANY titles. In fact, they can stock every title ever made. How cool is that? Their servers can even keep track of the things you've purchased in the past so that if you ever lose your PSP or your hard drive crashes, you can re-download everything. Second, UMDs uses just as much if not more power than current micro hard drives. If you add the additional NAND memory to cache your programs and put in a larger capacity battery from the space savings of no UMD drive, you can increase the run time on the PSP to 2-3 times current levels easily.

The fact of the matter is, UMDs are quite inferior to micro drives. They have much less capacity and probably costs more, use more power, and are more expensive than say, a 40GB micro-drive. In just about EVERY quality, compared to a micro drive, it is inferior.

Noobs-R-Us

@ HILTZ
Your an idiot and should be embarrassed that I'm the one who's telling you this. Read, for god's friggin sake read, 10 minutes it says T E N MINUTES <= m i n u t e s (minute=60seconds=*10= SiX HUNDRED WOPPIN SECONDS), 10 seconds, nuttin on the psp boots up in 10 seconds. jackass.

msplatter

bite sized games are fine. I'd just like my full meals as well. FFIIV and a game called One. Anyone else remember One? That was a great game

naughtyco

@Noobs-R-Us: And what about how to play the friggin game? Download those too? Get T F outta here.

slingblade

Bring back Tobal 2, Wipeout XL and Rollcage with multiplayer and I'm sold...

Grenk