PSP PlayStation Store Details Emerge
Yeah, okay, Nintendo had a big press conference and there's loads of news about the Wii and the DS and whatever. But Sony's got something to say, too. Remember how cool it was when Sony released PS1 titles for play on the PSP? But then remember how disappointing it was to learn that you could only access the PlayStation Store via a PS3? Yeah, me too. I really loved the idea of downloading games for my PSP, but wasn't about to pony up $600 for a PS3 to do it.
Well, now, Sony will be opening the PlayStation Store to everyone else by making it accessible directly from the PSP over WiFi, and also from a PC. (But I'm going to go out on a limb and presume that whatever software is necessary won't work on a Mac) Interestingly, it seems that the PSP content will be transfered from the store to the PSP through the PC via the USB cable, but no content will actually be stored on the PC. A nice attempt to cut down on piracy, but I'm sure it won't take too terribly long for hackers to find a workaround.
Not only will PS1 games, demos, trailers, interviews and whatnot be available, but original titles are on the way. A source close to SCEA has revealed that a few action games, a couple music titles and a racing and a shooting game are being developed by Sony. They're also looking to third parties to produce original PSP content, which should be awesome. I'm not sure why it took them so long to produce original PSP downloadable content, what with the success the concept has had on the 360 and even the PS3.
Unfortunately, while the PC service is scheduled to launch this winter in the US, the direct PSP access won't be available until 2008. Sigh. Well, maybe it will work on a Mac after all (but I'm not holding my breath!).
More details emerge on PSP PlayStation Store [gamesindustry.biz]
Wootini
Posted to Video Games on 10 October 2007
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Fret not Wootini! Chances are, they will have you bind your PSP's serial number to your playstation.com account, and you'll just download a "signed" EBOOT file to your PSP via the USB interface. The PSP just acts like a removable harddrive.
As far as the protection, people have been working on breaking the certificate verification system on the PSP since it's release (that's how firmware updates and demos are released), and no one has broken it yet. Those punks at sony got the protection right that time.