GDC: PSP News and Official Updates Revealed
During their keynote Address Sony has confirmed several new PSP features and their projected release dates.
During Phil Harisson's keynote address for the Game Developers
Conference today, the Sony executive has revealed a number of release
dates for upcoming additions to the Playstation Portable.
Harisson began his presentation by describing how the company's
portable is the fastest growing platform in Sony's history. He then
went on to confirm that RSS feeds will be available for the device
during the next automatic update. While a solid release date has yet to
emerge for the patch, it is expected to arrive in the coming weeks.
In regards to the system's current level of development cost,
Harisson has stated that the cost of acquiring PSP development tools
has fallen to the $5,000 mark. By easing the costs of developing games
for the handheld device Sony hopes to increase the overall level of
games produced for it.
During the keynote today the company has also touched on the
forthcoming PSP camera, Eye Toy peripheral, and GPS system. The camera
accessory is currently slated to arrive during the Fall of 2006 with
GPS functionality made available later, during the Winter of 2007.
Sony has stressed today that they will heavily emphasize both Eye
Toy and GPS functionality within the Playstation Portable, as the
company hopes the device can attract considerably more users due to its
unprecedented level of features.
In terms of online play for the portable gaming system, it is now
known that an update to the existing network infrastructure is in the
works and will be available during the Summer months as will the
anticipated release of
Loco Roco for the system.
Source:
PSP Advanced