PSP Minis

1. 

   onmode-ky
   Member

   I was just synching Minis save files from my PS3 to my PSP when I noticed something odd, and new. The Minis save file management utility on the PS3, when reading my PSP's Memory Stick, was able to see and manage (i.e., I did a copy to the PS3 successfully) non-Minis PSP save files! When did this happen? It must be from a recent firmware update; a short time ago, I wondered if the PS3's Minis save file manager had always said "Minis/PSP" as it does now. I checked my old-firmware PS3 and confirmed that it had not; the utility used to say only "Minis," and the icon was a folder with a hole in the shape of a DualShock silhouette in it on top of the word "Minis," instead of the current icon's folder with a hole in the shape of a PSPgo silhouette, with no text under it. And, the old firmware's utility only sees Minis save files, not those of any non-Minis PSP games.

   Two questions, then:

   1. When did that change happen?

   2. Is this a sign that non-Minis PSP games will soon be playable on the PS3 (and I don't mean the enhanced, PS3-native HD rebuilds)?

   I guess no one but Sony really knows the answer to the second question, and they're unlikely to comment. But, it's an intriguing change. Unfortunately, a USB UMD reader for the PS3 doesn't seem like something Sony will ever make.

   Posted 10 months ago #
2. 

   DarthDanMan
   Member

   Thanks for the heads up. I'll try this on my slim tommorow.

   Posted 10 months ago #
3. 

   Ofaliss
   Member

   I kind of wondered since reading that Vita will not only be compatible with PSP games from PSN, but will also let you map controls to the second stick, if Sony will release a firmware update for the PS3 that allows the same thing, shortly after Vita's release.

   No reason not to to be honest. That way dumba**es can stop complaining about PSP games not being good, because it's not on the PS3. Prime example being...

   Posted 10 months ago #
4. 

   chapnis
   Member

   Wow, what a jackass.

   Posted 10 months ago #
5. 

   Takao
   Member

   It's probably to help with all the "transfaring" and PSP HD collection bullcrap they're pushing this year.

   It might be foreshadowing PSP emulation, but I kind of doubt it.

   Posted 10 months ago #
6. 

   confuletlyf
   Member

   if it would that could be sweet, but the only psp titles I have that I would want to play via PS3 would be for the multiplayer. Doubt they'd let you play split screen. (On that note, does anyone know if you can play PS1 classics multiplayer on PS3?)

   Ofaliss: Is the guy in that review complaining that a game is a handheld title?.. is that not the point of the psp? More importantly, both Dissidia and Crisis Core looked very good, imo.

   Posted 10 months ago #
7. 

   Ofaliss
   Member

   He tries to claim he played 012, but he never gives reason why he would rate the game so low just solely on the game itself. His whole "review" was just a rant on how it, and essentially all handheld titles, would be better on a home console.

   Sad thing is, it's not the first time I've heard such stupidity.

   Posted 10 months ago #
8. 

   onmode-ky
   Member

   Takao, I don't think it has to do with Kojima's "transfarring" thing, nor with the PSP HD collections. In both cases, there is no need to transfer save files via a game-external utility between the PS3 and PSP. In transfarring, all that's happening is that the save file on device X gets locked and copied to device Y, within the interface of the game, not through the XMB's save data utility. The HD collections, even if they used PSP save data, would not need to go through the XMB save data utility either; as demonstrated by the Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Dreamy Theater PS3 application (which has been out for about a year), connecting the PSP to the PS3 via USB is all you need for the PS3 program to see and interact with the PSP save data.

   Also, if this were for the transfarring thing, the utility would need to handle both PS3 and PSP save files, since one file would need to be locked while the other were marked active. The XMB Minis/PSP save data utility is still separate from the PS3 save data utility, so it wouldn't be able to do this.

   conf, you can play multiplayer PS1 games on the PS3, assuming you mean offline multiplayer. Well, I don't know for sure, but I assume there is a reason the PS1 emulator in the PS3 allows you to assign your controller to different PS1 virtual controller ports.

   Posted 10 months ago #
9. 

   Ofaliss
   Member

   but I assume there is a reason the PS1 emulator in the PS3 allows you to assign your controller to different PS1 virtual controller ports

   You can do the same thing on the PSP. You can with Metal Gear Solid anyways.

   Posted 10 months ago #
10. 

    confuletlyf
    Member

    I noticed that when playing FFVII on psp. I have to wonder if it isn't just to let you play from then opposite side of the screen in fighters. I think there were a couple of racing games and fighting games that you only got to use the alternate colours if you played as P2 as well. Has anyone played a multiplayer PS1 game via the emulator to confirm this (I know one of the FF titles let you have player 2 control certain party members, if no one has a real multiplayer title)

    Posted 10 months ago #

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