The Playstation Store is expanding its reach onto the Playstation Portable. Players can now download games, trailers, demos, themes, and Playstation games to their PC for their PSP. The PSP game demos, trailers, and themes will all be free downloads, but people must pay to download PSP games and PS1 games. After paying and downloading the content to a computer, it can then be transferred over to the PSP via USB cable and enjoyed.
At the moment only a few items are available for the PSP in the store, but the number is sure to grow. Three PSP games are available for purchase at the moment, and they are Syphon Filter: Combat Ops ($9.99), WipEout Pure ($14.99) and Gangs of London ($19.99). There are more PSone downloadable titles available though, and they include Castlevania Symphony of the Night ($9.99), Crash Bandicoot ($5.99), Hot Shots Golf 2 ($5.99), Spyro the Dragon ($5.99), Tekken 2 ($5.99), Twisted Metal 2 ($5.99) and WipEout ($5.99).
There are quite a few freebies to be found there as well including free demos of Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow and SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Tactical Strike have just been added. PSPs with the 3.70 can have themes, which are customized icons and wallpapers, and the Playstation Store has three free themes up for download. One of them, “Cookies,” comes preinstalled on all new PSP slims. The other two are a “Classy Pink” theme and a ”Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow” theme. Free Parappa, WipEout Pure, SOCOM, and Syphon Filter wallpapers are also available to download.
Sure you can see why Sony might want to make everything downloadable through the store, but it can be a bit of a hassle just to download a demo or theme now. Even if its a free item, you have to make an account. If you’d just be doing it for the game demos, it might be a better idea to frequent the PSP Fanboy demo page. That way you get access to all PSP demos available, not just North American ones.
As for the downloadable games, they seem like a waste of space and money. A good memory card for the PSP can be upwards of $34.99. It seems like a waste to load it up with games, when you could find the same game at a store for about the same price. In fact, the games they have offered are probably cheaper if you go to Gamestop and just pick up a UMD version used.
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