PSP processing power limited by wireless play
- Posted August 13th, 2007 at 09:29 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Website Beyond 3D is reporting that up to a third of PlayStation Portable’s processing power is reduced while utilizing the handheld’s Wi-Fi capabilities.
Using the Firmware 3.5 clock control function, tests recorded the system running at its peak performance of 333mhz; enabling the Wi-Fi adapter, however caused the frequency to drop down to 222mhz during gameplay. As a result, it is speculated that developers may opt to degrade the performance of the one player mode in titles that feature network play, though those that are completely offline will remain unhindered.
When contacted, Sony declined to comment any speculation. Expect more details as they become available.
Source: GamesIndustry.biz
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augustus1000
- 9:53am BST - August 13th, 2007
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PSP is a sad excuse for a handheld. Barely any good games for it. Make original games for PSP Sony not some crappy ports of PS2 games which make up a large quantity of the games on PSP. Sony probably enjoys getting it's butt handed by the DS.
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Playstation3Pride |
THS-Pride- 10:46am BST - August 13th, 2007
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Ouch, hopefully they will fix this if they could
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augustus1000
- 10:46am BST - August 13th, 2007
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The only thing that is keeping the PSP alive is homebrew and emulation.
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sofaking13 |
iToke- 12:09pm BST - August 13th, 2007
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Yeah, the PSP is actually a snazzy little device. SOCOM was the shlt, even online...my experiences with that were flawless. Syphon Filter has been the best game IMO and was even crazier online. The PSP replaced my broken ps2 for a while, until I was able to get a PS3. Now the interconnectivity between the two is crazy. PSP rules, as does the PS3. Sony Woot Woot
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Tha_Last_Romeo |
Tha_Last_Romeo- 12:13pm BST - August 13th, 2007
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Doesn't really make a difference. I wish it didnt do this, but I dont go Wi-Fi with my PSP while playing games anyway.
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Playing Beyond Today |
Cottonmouth1- 12:38pm BST - August 13th, 2007
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I guess they like telling old news,lol, this just in Nintindo had use two plumbers for a game callled Super Mario Bros, not only can they two step on turtles but guess what...they can bust bricks with their bare hands.wow!
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Solar20 |
Kira-Kun- 12:42pm BST - August 13th, 2007
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augustus10007
The only thing that is keeping the PSP alive is homebrew and emulation.
--------------------mate you do know that the psp wasnt competing with the ds in the first place? Its multi media functions and such where its best features. real internet access, music player, video player, picture viewer and the compatibility with the ps3 which will only increase. tell me can the ds do all that? no because its primairily a game handheld the psp is an allrounder.
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Daz |
miami2399- 1:09pm BST - August 13th, 2007
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DS isnt handing the PSP anything. 22+ million sold seams pretty good to me. Sure the DS has sold double that, but the PSP is here to stay with a user base that large. I will be buying a slim when it launches and giving my original to my son, so the slim may help sales even more.
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Alpha2
- 7:45pm BST - August 13th, 2007
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"The only thing that is keeping the PSP alive is homebrew and emulation." ...Wow that's the most retarded thing I've heard since.. hmmm, Oh I know! "Barely any good games for it. Make original games for PSP Sony not some crappy ports of PS2 games which make up a large quantity of the games on PSP." Idiot, it's the supposed "homebrew" that HURTS the freaking system. Developers arnt going to make new games if hackers keep busint it so that people can run downloaded UMD games! Sony makes little or no money on the hardware it's the games that put money in their pockets but it's retarded thinking like your's that keeps developers from using the system to it's best possible degree. Also for you information there are a bunch of brand new titles being delivered for the PSP that arnt exact copies of other games but of course your short sighted ignorance keeps you from see that.
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Jezer29 |
Jezer29- 6:10pm BST - August 14th, 2007
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I dont think that theres any real answers as to why the PSP is where it is right now.. I just purchased a PSP (The Gold one from Japan).. And I have to say that are arent really games specifically made for the PSP.. But it is also a fact the deve's in North America are to excited to make UMD games to be pirated.. What does puzzles me is like with priacy being such a concern.. Why are the Japan PSP game so much better in development then the US one.. They have more out of the ordenary games and even with out being able to under stand a damn work, I can see, who the game "really looks like it was made for the PSP".I mean I know that they make the damn thing over there.. But I would think that priacy would be more of a concern in Japan and other Asian countries then here in the US..Even My PSP has more options on the XMB.. Portable TV!!!! , PlayStation Spot!!!
BTW I dont Homebrew, Im speaking in reference to the free PSP game downloads that I get from my Japan PS3 acct. and in no way am I stereo typing Asian's..lol
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InfernoReaper |
GrimDarkling- 8:50am BST - August 17th, 2007
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There are so many games I want to pick up for my PSP, but who has the money with the price of PS3 games? I need a job.
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pspfanboy89
- 7:08pm BST - September 5th, 2007
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hah there were alot of points that make sense, firstly i hate to bash things, but comeon now the Ds, its games are mostly little kiddie games, thats all nintendo is, the only exception is Mario, other than that no, PSP shouldnt be based on its wifi speed, every psp fan knows that how smoothe your game goes on wifi depends on the connection you have, just like the Ps3, its gonna dominate the market in a few years, its not a 1 trick pony like M/S.. and now you know that
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