bugsy_boy

• 4:42pm EDT - June 15th, 2009
• 1

 that might sell it too me if not no way!!

Sufi

• 4:43pm EDT - June 15th, 2009
• 2

whoa...for some reason, I'm now thinking about PSP as a viable gaming option. I never thought the day would come. NDS has a serious challenge now if this takes off. I like that they're not going after the NDS market but the iphone market with cheaper games. I'm all for $2-$6 games on a handheld lol, I'd rather experience bigger games on a home console.

Sventax

• 4:54pm EDT - June 15th, 2009
• 3

Yeah I new it. They are going the Apple way. This is management!!!

O_G_H

• 5:23pm EDT - June 15th, 2009
• 4

Casual gaming comes to destroy all.  One more step in that direction.

hillybilly

• 5:25pm EDT - June 15th, 2009
• 5

Wow this is amazing way to go if its true :D

xLightAcex

• 6:04pm EDT - June 15th, 2009
• 6

If there was a subscription fee for a 3G network then the app store would probably work

subwaydesign

• 6:12pm EDT - June 15th, 2009
• 7

@4 i agree with you. but luckly there will always be market for us, sick hardcore gamers hehe

TaMszz

• 6:39pm EDT - June 15th, 2009
• 8

So it's homebrew that you have to pay? :p

andrew01

• 7:08pm EDT - June 15th, 2009
• 9

that a amazing

O_G_H

• 7:42pm EDT - June 15th, 2009
• 10

@4 We are sick, aren't we?  The more I read about addiction, the more I believe we have it.  I'm surprised the medical community hasn't proven it yet, honestly.  I guess I shouldn't hate on the "casuals" too much.  Maybe I should be hoping they turn end up like me...

D3seeker

• 8:54pm EDT - June 15th, 2009
• 11

This might be lovely but it would be nice if they wouldn't make it sound as though its specifically for the Go, leaving the 3000 and earlier models in the dust. Especially if the Go's internal components are ,at least, nearly the same. A Play Station "App store" would be perfect.

Boxman

• 10:01pm EDT - June 15th, 2009
• 12

Screw that! I can easily get it for free because I use homebrew.

Sonan | Sonan

• 10:11pm EDT - June 15th, 2009
• 13

This is awesomeness right here. Hope it's true!

I am a hardcore gamer that plays a few casual games. I dislike the companies that focus on only casual games. Just my $0.02 there.

DemonOfRazgriz07

• 12:31am EDT - June 16th, 2009
• 14

 i already want to get the new PSP Go, this just further pushes my decision! hopefully it does come

higgos22

• 1:49am EDT - June 16th, 2009
• 15

they should get the track id like on sony ericsson phones

and sounds like a good idea i want a psp and im deciding between psp go and psp 3000 but im like 17 so i need to buy [re paid credit cards here in australia if i wana download anything tho

SpyroViper

• 4:18am EDT - June 16th, 2009
• 16

Sony, if you want smaller devs to make games for the PSP then don't force them to buy a DEV KIT!  Why not make software similar to the iPhone/iTouch SDK and let us create the games in that and then submit them to the store?

Untill you stop making us indie devs jump through hoops, I'm sticking with PC/Xbox360 for my dev environment, at least MS support us devs properly.

Beasley2K

• 7:32am EDT - June 16th, 2009
• 17

Sounds like a good idea, I just don't want developers to start making backwards advances to the times when gaming was simple, which would now be considered casual: due to the costs of the UMD format, developers reaslised it's only profitable to produce games if they cram them with as much content possible. With this "improvement" to downloadable games, there are now no costs of producing a physical product, so companies are not required to develop games with so much content to make up for them, which may lead to the production of simple, basic games. I wouldn't be surprised if we started to receive a lot of iPhone-esque minigames due to companies not needing to produce full-scale games to qualify for a purchase.  

@10: I read an article some time back about how psychologists have managed to make a connection between the male addiction to gaming and our obsession to conquer things. Hence, it is in some way an illness, as it appears to be a condition to satisfy our need for conquering by metaphorically "beating the game". I'm assuming this obsession is amplified in completionists and Trophy addicts such as myself due to our obvious desire to do absolutely 100% of what is made possible by the game with the technological/virtual possibilities with which it's providing us... This theory was essentially proved by the creation of Achievements, followed by Trophies, due to their popularity and success.

@11: I think the applications are being designed specifically for the PSP Go!, as they are implying that they are somehow not compatible with past models, possibly because of their lack of Flash memory.

I myself think the apps are a great idea, but won't be persuaded to purchase a Go! by these alone, especially since I have to option to purchase either virtual or physical games - I prefer the latter, which is why I intend to stick with my PSP-3000. Only when downloadable content is compulsory, which is a possibility for the PSP2, will I consider resorting to downloadable games, which will result in me being able to access these rumoured apps in the process.

PS3-The Ultimate Machine

• 8:31am EDT - June 16th, 2009
• 18

 As long as they keep the REAL games pouring in,i have no problem with them having SIDE-PROJECTS,as long as it doesn't take a chunk out of the hardcore gaming.

sicstar

• 8:56am EDT - June 16th, 2009
• 19

This is good. The apple app store is doing amazingly well. They need to get a casual audience, since that is the majority.

Tha_Last_Romeo

• 8:57am EDT - June 16th, 2009
• 20

That puts a big ????? in my theory about this product!