TGS 2006: How GPS in PSP Actually Works
It seems a bit outlandish to actually integrate GPS with a PSP, but it may actually prove to be brilliant. In fact, we could really use a little GPS help when it comes to finding good comrades. Yep, I’m talking about Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and how the GPS is going to do something really cool to the game.
The GPS in the PSP lets you get in touch with satellites wherever you are and it tells you where the hotspots are. When you finally get there and connect to local Wi-fi points or PSP Spots, it’s possible to earn powered-up bonus characters that you can use in the Comrade system. Remember that in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, there’s a hotspot hiring feature that lets you earn various levels of characters stored for various IP addresses and zones. You can then make use of the GPS feature in the console in the special Scavenger Hunt for comrades.
The GPS receiver promises to be a cool enhancement to Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Hot Shots Golf Portable. There are, ofcourse, various other uses for it that Konami has outlined at the TGS, such as in the field of education and services.
The strange thing is that we’re only seeing the Japanese PSPs carrying this feature, and the GPS attachment will only be available in Japan. Whether Konami will include the feature in English-language PSPs remains a question.
Via IGN
It seems a bit outlandish to actually integrate GPS with a PSP, but it may actually prove to be brilliant. In fact, we could really use a little GPS help when it comes to finding good comrades. Yep, I’m talking about Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and how the GPS is going to do something really cool to the game.
The GPS in the PSP lets you get in touch with satellites wherever you are and it tells you where the hotspots are. When you finally get there and connect to local Wi-fi points or PSP Spots, it’s possible to earn powered-up bonus characters that you can use in the Comrade system. Remember that in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, there’s a hotspot hiring feature that lets you earn various levels of characters stored for various IP addresses and zones. You can then make use of the GPS feature in the console in the special Scavenger Hunt for comrades.
The GPS receiver promises to be a cool enhancement to Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Hot Shots Golf Portable. There are, ofcourse, various other uses for it that Konami has outlined at the TGS, such as in the field of education and services.
The strange thing is that we’re only seeing the Japanese PSPs carrying this feature, and the GPS attachment will only be available in Japan. Whether Konami will include the feature in English-language PSPs remains a question.
Via IGN
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