Sony to enable Legal PSP Downloads Of Classics From Non-Sony Platforms
March 3, 2009 by itsamyxp
Sony has been talking to publishers about bringing classics from beyond the Sony console family to the PSP’s download service. While the PSP homebrew community has already been doing so, Sony is finally catching on and are looking to do a little more.
Many fans including myself enjoy playing some retro games here and there. John Koller, Sony’s head of U.S. marketing for PlayStation hardware said in an interview with MTV Multiplayer late last week:
“In general there’s a lot of discussion about [publishers'] back catalogs that will finally find its way to PlayStation Network in the back half of this year. PSOne is included, but everything is on the table…”
“We look for some of those big hits from all of the past games in their history and look for ways we can bring them over. It’s not always easy. There’s obviously technical areas that need to be bridged. But when those are solved, consumers will see a wide variety of retro games and brand new games coming to PSN.”
Naturally, many non-Sony games are being played on the PSP already anyway. The system has been hacked since the day of its release to play pirated games from many classic systems, including those from Sony rival Nintendo. It’s impossible to fathom Sony bringing Nintendo games to the PSP, but any efforts short of that may finally reach hackers — and millions of paying consumers — more than halfway.
Sounds like the kind of service Nintendo is already offering on the Wii’s Virtual Console. Certainly mature of them to offer non-Sony games as well. Retro games will certainly be a welcome sight on the PSN, especially some classic ones from the SNES era. Chrono Trigger and Link to the Past first please, Sony.
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“The system has been hacked since the day of its release…”
Not the 3000.
Those of us who bought the new PSP will certainly look forward to this!
Good luck with the whole legal system
i would love to see this on the ps3… old games would be great
Sony-approved Link to the Past on PSP? Not a chance. That also goes for a PlayStation game appearing on Virtual Console, as long as Nintendo and Sony still compete with each other.
This isn’t like the 80’s, where you could play Atari with a Genesis controller.
The 3000 is not the release of the console. It’s an update.
Retro games are great to play in psp. but l!m looking for other alternatives always.
? am from Turkey and psp came here a few years ago and l have one. it is great technology so l hope iphone will bring the same tech to us,too.
Currently, Japan is one of nine people and using people, two people per person to hold the credit cards “power caching”!