PS3 Adhoc Party – When, SCEA, when?
So I just played a game of Phantasy Star Portable (the demo) on the PSP via Sony’s PS3 Adhoc Party tool. And…it was pretty damn great. We pillaged, we plundered, we slayed the dragon (De Ragan). And… now I’m wondering when the hell Sony Computer Entertainment AMERICA is going to throw this thing on the US PSN for English-speaking PS3 owners to take advantage. Or at least allow for English menus since the JPN tool is naturally all in Japanese. True, the number of PSP games that would be worth having access to this system for…kinda small.
But again, here’s an opportunity for Sony to do something DIFFERENT than their competition and offer something that crosslinks PSP with the PS3 in a logical way. Phantasy Star Portable comes out this week and you’ve got Monster Hunter Freedom Unite coming…well, whenever the hell it’s coming (I think the last time Capcom said anything about it was TGS last fall and the “Spring 2009″ release date they mentioned back then doesn’t seem like it’s gonna happen). Even still, you’ve got racing games and SOCOMs and whatnot that could benefit here.
Allow some Japanese youths to demonstrate via video:
This, just like Remote Play, are the kinds of things that make the PS3 a great system. Sony…not quick on the uptake with this. (They should’ve also introduced trophies to PSP games but WHATEVER.) I also have to wonder why this sort of thing isn’t also a function of PlayStation Home.
So much lost potential with the PSP. Sad.
$$$ony…assr*ping the user (loser?) while not giving a flying $h1t about usability & cool features. Remember the famous Kaz Hirai speech about “revolutionary online play mode”? Remember the Riiiiiiidge Racer cheer? Well howdy Kaz, you haven’t done JACK in 3 yrs with PS3 that Nintendo & Microsoft haven’t one-upped ya one. We got hosed. Wish Sega still have the Dreamcast, they had a good online system. One that P.S.P. would benefit from, too!