You won’t need a PS3 to grab PS1 games
You guys really got into discussing the PSP-PS3 downloading issue when we first talked about it. It’s a good thing that news changes over time, or we’d all probably be depressed by the apparent need to get a PS3 to download and play PS1 games on the PSP.
According to Game Daily Biz, earlier reports of the PS3 being required to get PS1 games were premature, as they were able to ask Peter Dille, SCEA‘s Senior VP for Marketing, for more information. It appears that you don’t really need a PS3 to be able to download PS1 games because the PSP emulation plan, as well as the PSP downloads site for PS1 games, will still push through.
Let’s take it straight from Peter Dille:
We have the PSP downloads site now, and you’re right; these PS1 games will be available either from the PSP downloads site directly, so you don’t need a PS3 to get them or if you do happen to be one of the lucky guys that gets a PS3, you can download the games to your PS3 hard drive and then slide it over to your PSP. Both services will be up and running.
Can we get an “Amen!” here? This is great news for those of us who’ll have to wait to get a PS3 unit, and will definitely lessen the number of PS3-related muggings in the next few months. Thank goodness!
You guys really got into discussing the PSP-PS3 downloading issue when we first talked about it. It’s a good thing that news changes over time, or we’d all probably be depressed by the apparent need to get a PS3 to download and play PS1 games on the PSP.
According to Game Daily Biz, earlier reports of the PS3 being required to get PS1 games were premature, as they were able to ask Peter Dille, SCEA‘s Senior VP for Marketing, for more information. It appears that you don’t really need a PS3 to be able to download PS1 games because the PSP emulation plan, as well as the PSP downloads site for PS1 games, will still push through.
Let’s take it straight from Peter Dille:
We have the PSP downloads site now, and you’re right; these PS1 games will be available either from the PSP downloads site directly, so you don’t need a PS3 to get them or if you do happen to be one of the lucky guys that gets a PS3, you can download the games to your PS3 hard drive and then slide it over to your PSP. Both services will be up and running.
Can we get an “Amen!” here? This is great news for those of us who’ll have to wait to get a PS3 unit, and will definitely lessen the number of PS3-related muggings in the next few months. Thank goodness!