Just what exactly is a PSP?
Okay, this may seem like a very stupid question, especially on a website that specialises on PSP gaming, homebrew and news. The thing is, it’s true: Sony wouldn’t like anybody calling the PSP just a gaming machine as this does make it seem like an updated version of the GBA. After all, Sony’s PSP website does say that with the launch of the PSP, “The Portable Entertainment Revolution has arrived“. Ever since its launch, the PSP has been described as an entertainment machine for use anyway, not just your simple gaming machine.
With the drastic failure of Sony’s UMD format designed specifically for the PSP, is the PSP still an entertainment machine – or is it just a gaming machine? Sure you can still watch movies or listen to music from your memory stick, but it isn’t the same as having off-the-shelf media in the form of films and music videos to just put in and play. Surely something that you have to spend ages converting can’t be considered as a portable entertainment machine as you can’t just access it straight away! You need the aid of a computer in order to pretty much do anything decent on the PSP.
Although this won’t apply to most of the readers of this website, a large proportion of PSP owners wouldn’t be able to get a movie in the correct format to play on their PSP. Call me stubborn for not reading a readme or/and FAQ, but I still remember the first time I tried to get my PSP to play an MP4 video, it took me hours to figure it out, and then more hours for it to convert. 
The only way Sony can redefine their portable console as a portable entertainment gateway is through the release of digital media available directly to download on your PSP. In response to DRM‘d media being available on the PSP, John Koller, Senior marketing manager for the PSP said “ThatÂ’s still something we are debating here. We need to see how the Connect site works out.”
The Sony Connect website has supported the PSPs web browser for a while now, and once DRM has been secured for the PSP, I’m sure music and more copyrighted entertainment media will be available through this website. Maybe after better media hits the Sony Connect website we can call the PSP a portable entertainment revolution. Until then, we still have homebrew.
Visit: [Sony Connect PSP website]
Okay, this may seem like a very stupid question, especially on a website that specialises on PSP gaming, homebrew and news. The thing is, it’s true: Sony wouldn’t like anybody calling the PSP just a gaming machine as this does make it seem like an updated version of the GBA. After all, Sony’s PSP website does say that with the launch of the PSP, “The Portable Entertainment Revolution has arrived“. Ever since its launch, the PSP has been described as an entertainment machine for use anyway, not just your simple gaming machine.
With the drastic failure of Sony’s UMD format designed specifically for the PSP, is the PSP still an entertainment machine – or is it just a gaming machine? Sure you can still watch movies or listen to music from your memory stick, but it isn’t the same as having off-the-shelf media in the form of films and music videos to just put in and play. Surely something that you have to spend ages converting can’t be considered as a portable entertainment machine as you can’t just access it straight away! You need the aid of a computer in order to pretty much do anything decent on the PSP.
Although this won’t apply to most of the readers of this website, a large proportion of PSP owners wouldn’t be able to get a movie in the correct format to play on their PSP. Call me stubborn for not reading a readme or/and FAQ, but I still remember the first time I tried to get my PSP to play an MP4 video, it took me hours to figure it out, and then more hours for it to convert.
The only way Sony can redefine their portable console as a portable entertainment gateway is through the release of digital media available directly to download on your PSP. In response to DRM‘d media being available on the PSP, John Koller, Senior marketing manager for the PSP said “ThatÂ’s still something we are debating here. We need to see how the Connect site works out.”
The Sony Connect website has supported the PSPs web browser for a while now, and once DRM has been secured for the PSP, I’m sure music and more copyrighted entertainment media will be available through this website. Maybe after better media hits the Sony Connect website we can call the PSP a portable entertainment revolution. Until then, we still have homebrew.
Visit: [Sony Connect PSP website]
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