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PSP! New 3.80FW adds Internet radio; w/ PS3, play PS1 discs remotely over Internet!
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A handful of posts from the Land of That Other Handheld: First, the newest firmware update (3.80) adds a few things but most notably adds streaming Internet radio capability. I'm still charging my PSP so I haven't checked it out, but apparently you can get two players, one of which is ShoutCast powered, and there are dozens of different stations, including some J-Pop, K-Pop and game-tune stations.
Direct download link, or just do a System Update from the PSP menu.
Also, Kotaku is reporting that Sony is offering their first-party Media Manager software for free. It's a Japanese link but the program itself is in English once you've installed it. I'm assuming it's PC only, so I'll give it a whirl tonight. Not that putting files on your PSP is really all that hard yourself, but hey, free is free. Lemme know if it's any good!
Lastly (but certainly not leastly), as Radikal_Dreamer points out, if you also have a PS3, the new firmwares of both enable this ridiculously great feature: You can play PS1 games (either discs or downloadable versions) remotely over any Wi-Fi connection. This means that if you leave Vagrant Story, Einhander, Xenogears or any other PS1 in your PS3 at home, you can play it via your PSP at any Internet hotspot. That's right: Chrono Cross on the toilet.
A handful of posts from the Land of That Other Handheld: First, the newest firmware update (3.80) adds a few things but most notably adds streaming Internet radio capability. I'm still charging my PSP so I haven't checked it out, but apparently you can get two players, one of which is ShoutCast powered, and there are dozens of different stations, including some J-Pop, K-Pop and game-tune stations.
Changelog wrote:* [Internet Radio] has been added as a feature under [Network]
* The importing of channels in OPML format is now supported under [RSS Channel]
* Photos can now be displayed under [RSS Channel]
* New effects have been added to the visual player under [Music]
Direct download link, or just do a System Update from the PSP menu.
Also, Kotaku is reporting that Sony is offering their first-party Media Manager software for free. It's a Japanese link but the program itself is in English once you've installed it. I'm assuming it's PC only, so I'll give it a whirl tonight. Not that putting files on your PSP is really all that hard yourself, but hey, free is free. Lemme know if it's any good!
Lastly (but certainly not leastly), as Radikal_Dreamer points out, if you also have a PS3, the new firmwares of both enable this ridiculously great feature: You can play PS1 games (either discs or downloadable versions) remotely over any Wi-Fi connection. This means that if you leave Vagrant Story, Einhander, Xenogears or any other PS1 in your PS3 at home, you can play it via your PSP at any Internet hotspot. That's right: Chrono Cross on the toilet.
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If you like the games I say go for it -- the whole No Games meme has long since expired. Castlevania, Lumines, Wipeout Pure/Pulse, FFT: War of the Lions, DJ Max Portable 2 (a fave of mine), Killzone Liberation. I don't have as many PSP games as I do with my DS but it does a lot of things (namely high-end 3-D) amazingly well.
I also dig having a convergence device that does audio and video on the go. There's plenty of stuff available for the system, even while staying 100 percent legit.
I have to say the PSP has been worth getting for at least the last couple years, it has a bunch of great games but it's just a great system all together.
So is there such a thing as good/free (or very cheap) PSP software for the Mac? I also have a Windows XP box I use for a lot of my encoding, so if there is a really good Windows converter (for free) I wouldn't mind that. I tried PSP Video 9 but it just broke and stopped working after it's 1st use and reinstalling won't fix it! I only use that PC remotely so I would like to be able to convert files without the PSP hooked up, then I could manually add them using my Mac.
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Hmm, please you are making me fall down. I haven't brought it myself, My own PSP but I am going to buy it this Christmas and looks like I have many things to look over. All those upgrades are nice to see abouts.
Question, I would like to transfer the stuff from my old 256 mb card over to the new one... I have a PS3 with the card reader, can i use that?
Just use the USB cord that comes with the ps3 to transfer it to your computer.
Instead, just connect the PSP to your PC using a USB cable and backup the content.
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Wait, you put it in your PS3 at home and than play it from anywhere like... over the intertube? Or do both of them need to be in the same WLAN? Would still be pretty cool I guess.
I'm getting a PSP for christmas from my wife. FFT and Disgea tipped me over.
I believe remote play works over the Internet.
NintendoID: Nailbunny 3DS: 3909-8796-4685
Over the Intertube, the Blagoblog, the Web-o-sphere.
It's pretty cool.
Too bad I don't have 10 billion dollars to get a PS3.
Yep, over the internet. You can directly connect to the PS3 if you're in range, but that's kind of silly, as you'd just play on the PS3 instead. If you're at a wi-fi spot you can connect to your PS3, turn it on through the PSP, and play the PS1 game you have in your drive, and then even turn the PS3 off when you're done.
That does sound very cool. Awesome use of their hardware. Gotta get me a PS3 early next year.
Now, if they someone worked voodoo to get PS2 games playable remotely in the same manner, I would likely go buy a PS3 next week.
It wouldn't take much voodoo at all. The PS3 does all the processing and just sends the image to the PSP and receives the button presses from the PSP. LAIR, a PS3 game already works through remote play (though rather badly, since you can't do any of the motion stuff with the PSP...), so I'd say PS2 games are not even close to out of the question.
Except of course that new ps3s don't support ps2 games.
Doesn't mean they can't open up that feature for the PS3s that do support 'em.
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Right, it just wouldn't work with a lot of games. They do have an option that lets you use Select+analog for the other analog stick, and select+R for R2, and select+L for L2, though. For some games that'd be pretty impossible to play, but I'm sure there are some you could play just fine like this (mainly, RPGs would be fine, but faster paced shooters and stuff wouldn't)
Neat little setup. Can't say I'd use it outside of the initial novelty factor as I have so little PS1 games now that haven't either been remade or ported to other systems. However, I can see it being great for people who have high-def TV's that make their PS1 games look like shit.
Hopefully that newly rumored "Aibo PS" can be programmed to change out discs in the PS3 so, you know, you can switch PS1 game discs while you're on vacation across the country.
Step one: use PSP to activate Poochey
Step two: use PSP to activate PStriple
Step three: "fetch me Einhander, Poochey!"
Step four: "ARF!"
Step five:
Step Six: Profit
OH MY GOD.
CHRONO CROSS.
ANYWHERE I CAN GET WIRELESS
THAT ALONE IS WORTH THE $400 FOR A PS3!
How does this feature actually work? I mean, your PS3 needs to have a public adress which can be used to actually access it across the interweb.
Actually playing you own PS1 games is a pretty nice move from a company which isn't exactly known to make smart moves concerning their customer relationships.
It would be even better if you could transfer the whole game to your PSP (given that you have a memory stick which is big enough). The data could be stored in some kind of encrypted "container", so that the transfer and playback on/to other PSPs is not possible. Although this would still encourage pirating, or the circumvention of the protection.
Yeah, I'm sorry this shit is just retarded. They should spend time trying to make the PSP suck less as a simple video/music player.
I COULD BE IN A STARBUCKS IN SEATTLE(olol) and play CHRONO CROSS from my HOUSE in PENNSYLVANIA.
I cannot get over how cool this is, now that I've managed to wrap my head around the basic idea.
I read that and instantly thought of some Square Enix execs, sitting in their board rooms throwing tantrums that now they can't port all their PS1 games to the PSP. It's not going to stop them porting Star Ocean 2, since they've already started development on it, but I wonder if it might hurt the rumoured Vagrant Story port or any others for that matter.
Anyway, awesome new feature, I've been contemplating replaying Suikoden II and this might force me to. I wish they'd put more third party games on the PS Store though, Suikoden 1 is god-damn expensive.
Zoolander:
You can turn folding on or off remotely with the PSP.