General Games Discussion

[conanwong]

first reported on Kotaku

in-depth article

[JQuest15]

Hey, remember the PSP?



Yet the PSP fades even closer to oblivion.

At least here, though i hear it's still thriving in Japan thanks to the beast that is Monster Hunter last time i heard.

[Detheros]

Once they realize that the Vita isn't selling all that great the passport will hit the US.

[EvilsergE]

At first, I was bummed out by this, I mean, PS has always been strong with backward compatibility, but then I realized that Vita is a completely different system from PSP. And they are remaking (altering) a whole lot of PSP games to be compatible with Vita and all it's features.

[redsilversnake]

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EvilsergE wrote:
And they are remaking (altering) a whole lot of PSP games to be compatible with Vita and all it's features.

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No, they're not. The games are just straight ports, and nothing I've read indicates that they'll get increased functionality beyond the second analog stick.

[KnightStar]

Oh you done it now, evilserge's Sony fanboy mode will kick in hard after that shocking but true revelation.

[redsilversnake]

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KnightStar wrote:

Oh you done it now, evilserge's Sony fanboy mode will kick in hard after that shocking but true revelation.

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I don't see why. It's not like I dissed the system (seeing as I plan to get it myself when Gravity Rush, Sumioni, and P4: The Golden come out). Then again, fanboys are infamously illogical, so here's hoping he's not as bad as you seem to think.

[EvilsergE]

Well, I dunno, there are a few titles for Vita that are the same as for PSP. Unless they are remaking the same games.

Either way, if someone already has a PSP, they might as well use that instead of trying to import to Vita.


Go troll somewhere else, knight.

[redsilversnake]

They aren't remaking anything. A lot of the games are just straight ports of console titles while the downloadable PSP games will likely have functionality with the right analog stick. I don't see how pointing that out constitutes trolling.

[EvilsergE]

I did say "knight" at the end, indicating it was directed towards knightstar.....

I want to play Vita games on my Vita, not PSP games.

[crapshot2]

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EvilsergE wrote:
At first, I was bummed out by this, I mean, PS has always been strong with backward compatibility, 

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lol wut?

you can play ps2 and 1 games on your ps3? no, then you can't say this.

[Blah_canbespanish]

I can! Well "most" PS2 games...

All PS1 should be playable for all PS3 consoles, new or old.

[EvilsergE]

Yes I can....

So yes, I can say this.

[Blah_canbespanish]

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redsilversnake wrote:

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EvilsergE wrote:
And they are remaking (altering) a whole lot of PSP games to be compatible with Vita and all it's features.

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No, they're not. The games are just straight ports, and nothing I've read indicates that they'll get increased functionality beyond the second analog stick.

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They are releasing PSP titles under the Vita brand or are you just talking about their "plans" to add other missing PSP games to the PSN?

As far as I know all the PSP games can make some use of the second analog stick already, you're supposed to be able to map stuff to it.

[EvilsergE]

I already seen Mod Nation Racers for Vita, I'm pretty sure it's the same game, but made for Vita.

Same goes for LittleBigPlanet.

[GiantMegaDoucheX]

And I thought the 3DS launch went bad...

[DragonBeardX05]

Considering how shoddy the UMD transfer feature/support was set-up for the PSP x PSP Go this isn't a surprise at all.

Now, I will say that I am disappointed.  I would love to at least have the option to make good use of the PSP games that I do have, if I did get a Vita.  This is especially so after reading the 1up article on PSP to Vita game-upscaling.