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Before Christmas, sources reckon.

Sony's independently-developed PSP Minis may soon be playable on PS3.

Both Joystiq and Pocket Gamer have heard from a collection of separate sources that this will happen before Christmas. What's more, the transition to PS3 will supposedly bring a resolution bump for the bite-sized games.

PSP Minis - a platform for small, independently developed downloadable games - is Sony's attempt at recreating App Store fever. However, the SDK is more expensive (around €1200) and games are limited to 100MB size and cannot have wireless multiplayer nor DLC.

"We do not comment on rumour or speculation," a Sony representative told Eurogamer.

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YoungPayters #1 2 years ago

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€1200 is a bit steep, half that would be more acceptable to be honest
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mungolikebeans #2 2 years ago

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Bring it on. Minis are a great idea.
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altitude2k #3 2 years ago

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Will they be transferrable to the PSP from the PS3, though, and vice versa? Would be nice if you could buy it on your PSP, then plug it into your PS3 and play it on there too.
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Mkwone #4 2 years ago

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In other words PSP minis aren't selling as well as hoped and so need to open it up to a wider public.
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Zebula77 #5 2 years ago

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This is a good idea, tho. I downloaded Pinball Fantasies for my PSP. Would be nice to play that on my PS3 as well.
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Beano #6 2 years ago

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I don't buy it.

If PSP Mini's on PS3 will come soon (which I doubt) the resolution will simply be upscaled and not in native 720/1080 resolution since the assets in the PSP Minis are lo-res. This will look terrible!

My guess is that the source have been misinformed.

Edited by 2 at 07/12/09 @ 10:55
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canIdoyabombsforya #7 2 years ago

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"€1200 is a bit steep, half that would be more acceptable to be honest "

Sony could have done so much more for Amateur developers since the restricted and poorly supported Net Yaroze in 1997 @ $750. The Homebrew scene has got stronger due to the big corps greed.
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GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #8 2 years ago

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I can confirm sony are bringing minis to the PS3, if it will land before xmas i have no idea
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freakzilla #9 2 years ago

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they really need to offer a free sdk if they want to compete with iphone/ipod
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McBradders #10 2 years ago

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Does this mean, if true, that we might soon be playing full on PSP games on the PSP?

If so that would be awesome. I am so tired of trying to play PSP games and getting hand cramps
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SeesThroughAll #11 2 years ago

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If it's true, we'd get better value for money for the Minis. Would not mind at all...
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Beano #12 2 years ago

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"I can confirm sony are bringing minis to the PS3, if it will land before xmas i have no idea "

Are those PSP minis om PS3 or brand new PS3 minis ?

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GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #13 2 years ago

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@Beano

There the psp minis, there is effectivley a PSP emulator for PS3 but its being limited to just play minis for now,
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Beano #14 2 years ago

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Ok... but must look terrible then?

272p upscaled to 1080p ...

Edited by 2 at 07/12/09 @ 14:20
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GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #15 2 years ago

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well megadrive was 320*240 and we all use to play those games, and that was without a nice upscaler chip
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dubdivision #16 2 years ago

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Some good news from Sony for a change. (well related to downloads anyway)
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Les #17 2 years ago

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With the PS1 games we already have (low res) DLC that can be played on both systems so in that regard it's not so strange if they'd go this road. It can open up a revenue stream to the non-PSP PS3 owners, so if the investment isn't too big, it would be stupid not to do it.
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Beano #18 2 years ago

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"well megadrive was 320*240 and we all use to play those games, and that was without a nice upscaler chip "

True but on a much small TV and without today's expectations for visual quality.
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Gaol #19 2 years ago

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CRT tellys hide a multitude of sins. Low res stuff like shit on HD LCDs and Plasmas.

Anyway a bigger issue for these Minis is cost. They are too expensive. Especially if we start to compare them with PS3 downloads.
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des #20 2 years ago

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Yay,another way to make PSP even more insignificant...and if full PSP emulation rumor is true,what is the point of PSP?
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jambo74 #21 2 years ago

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We do not comment on rumour or speculation - that is a comment!!!
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