Looking forward to battling your pals wirelessly on your PSPgo? Well, you’ll have to keep it to full-on titles, as Sony says PSP Minis won’t support wireless multiplayer. And what’s more, there won’t be downloadable content either. Keep reading for Sony’s full confession.
PSP Minis were one of the big drawers during Gamescom last month. But it seems Sony omitted some fairly major details. See, it’s just announced that the new mini games, aimed at rivalling the iPhone’s efforts, won’t pack DLC or wire free multiplayer.
According to SCEA’s Justin Cooney, it’s just too much for the PSP Minis to take on board. “When you look at it from a testing perspective, you have to do more QA. [Allowing those features] would defeat the purpose of having a dedicated service for smaller content,” he said to Gamasutra.
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Yet with iPhone 3.0 supporting DLC through in–game purchasing and the ability to play over Bluetooth and Wi–Fi, it seems Sony is going to be hamstrung in its battle to beat Apple.
??? You of course realise that the full PSP games support all those features, so won’t be losing anything to Apple.
Apple does not have proper games on the iPod however, everything is a “mini”.
Hi Mark
I do, but if the iPhone can do this, why can’t the PSP Minis? Sony made a huge deal of these at Gamescom, but these are pretty big misses, especially as the iPod touch and iPhone are going from strength to strength.
I’d refute the suggestion that Apple doesn’t have proper games. Assassin’s Creed II looks awesome and our own James Holland loves Monkey Island. Sure, PSP games are more involved, but I still think that with Apple’s efforts, Sony should revisit the Minis and add these features.
Cheers
Joe
I agree. Leaving Wi-Fi multiplayer out of PSP Minis just seems short-sighted. OK, so they’re “mini games” but by that argument so are the iPhone’s games. And they can hop online, download extra content, play against people across the world… or across the room. It’s a shortfall I hope Sony will make up. Oh, and yes, Monkey Island is as awesome on the iPhone as it was on my crumbly PC back in the 90s!