Speaking to a Japanese paper, Sony's marketing CEO, Fumiya Takeno, has revealed some connectivity details about the company's PSP handheld gaming device and has reassured gamers that the console will have plenty of original titles.
The main connectivity feature of the PSP will, of course, be the ability to connect it to the PS2 and PSX consoles. The features Mr. Takeno mentioned include the ability to transfer save games played on the home consoles to the PSP and the use of those saves on the PSP and vice-versa.
All this is fairly straightforward for developers since PSP and PS2 are very similar and the porting of games to the new handheld has proved to be a simple process. What may prove a little more challenging will be to decide whether the PS2 and PSP games will be sold separately or as a package.
Mr. Takeno was also adamant that PSP developers will focus on new content for the console and that Sony will make sure its product is not flooded by ports of existing PS2 games. He did not however, mention whether that meant that the original 6 months of policing by Sony, announced last month, will be extended.
Sony are definitely serious about protecting the PSP, a job which will become harder as developers of PS2 titles are bound to get itchy fingers when considering the ease with which they could bring some new life to the profits of some of their more mature titles.
