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Forums - Sony Discussion - So will the NGP have at least some kind of PSP backwards compatibility?

Damnyouall on 01 February 2011
Squilliam said:

If/when the pirates hack the NGP all the PSP pirates will be able to transfer their games to the NGP. It's a pity for the legitimate customers that the pirates often get a better deal on things like this.

And you'd think this would make them think for a minute and give consumers what they want (eg, legal backwards compatibility, some (limited) homebrew). But no; what they do instead is steal Linux, and next we need to call the Waaaaaambulance because their totally unhackable system gets totally hacked.



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Squilliam on 01 February 2011
Damnyouall said:
Squilliam said:

If/when the pirates hack the NGP all the PSP pirates will be able to transfer their games to the NGP. It's a pity for the legitimate customers that the pirates often get a better deal on things like this.

And you'd think this would make them think for a minute and give consumers what they want (eg, legal backwards compatibility, some (limited) homebrew). But no; what they do instead is steal Linux, and next we need to call the Waaaaaambulance because their totally unhackable system gets totally hacked.

I for one am looking forward to the massive attention the hacking community will give to the NGP given its' interesting capabilities.

Step 1: Buy NGP

Step 2: Install Android 3.0

Step 3: Fun

I personally wouldn't care if all Sony proprietary software is deleted off the NGP so long as I can have a handheld which I control.



Tease.

scottie on 01 February 2011
radiantshadow92 said:

Nope, no way. If you want to play those games, you can just use your PSP if you still have it. Backwards compatibility is a waste in my opinion for any new console/handheld. 

It is possible though, for a third party to create a UMD ripper. But i don't see this happening any time soon since almost no one actually buys UMD's *looks at piracy*.


1) That kinda takes away the point of portability. Carrying round a PSP and an NGP is gonna be annoying

 

2) That only applies to people who already own a working PSP

 

Adding in backwards compatability is a major convenience for current PSP owners, and for non-PSP owners it changes the launch lineup from about a dozen games to several hundred.

 

Anyway, it'd be fairly interesting if all digital games you'd purchased could be transfered but all retail games could not. That is often one of the complaints about DD.



Ajescent on 02 February 2011

Am I the only who doesn't have to travel to a different country every morning that I need to carry a stupidly large list of games with me?



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LordTheNightKnight on 02 February 2011
Ajescent said:

Am I the only who doesn't have to travel to a different country every morning that I need to carry a stupidly large list of games with me?


That's crossing the line from opinion to making a strawman of the other side.



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Ajescent on 02 February 2011
LordTheNightKnight said:
Ajescent said:

Am I the only who doesn't have to travel to a different country every morning that I need to carry a  stupidly large amount of games with me?


That's crossing the line from opinion to making a strawman of the other side.

Not really, considering people seem to be making it seem as if the need to change what you are playing every second is important. When for the most part, one game is enough to last you on your day to day journey.



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LordTheNightKnight on 02 February 2011
Ajescent said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
Ajescent said:

Am I the only who doesn't have to travel to a different country every morning that I need to carry a  stupidly large amount of games with me?


That's crossing the line from opinion to making a strawman of the other side.

Not really, considering people seem to be making it seem as if the need to change what you are playing every second is important. When for the most part, one game is enough to last you on your day to day journey.


No, just because you find one game at a time sufficient doesn't mean everyone does.



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