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Sony considering MMOs on PSP

chautemoc | September 29, 2008 | Interview | Playstation Portable 
PSP×FON was announced last month, the portable equivalent of the PlayStation Network, and on the heels of that news, Sony says they're considering MMOs for the system. Certainly seems like it could be a better (meaning more powerful, in this case) environment than on the DS, but what do you think?
“I think PSP is something that we’re definitely looking at; 34 million [sold] worldwide really opens your eyes, and they’re all connected,” [Sony Online Entertainment president John] Smedley told me in an interview following his keynote and panel appearance about the future of MMOGs at the New York Games Conference on Friday.

“We started to get very interested in [the PSP] when we switched over from Sony Pictures to Sony Computer Entertainment back in April,” he explained. “And as we’ve kind of got our heads up looking around the world within Sony Computer Entertainment, we’re really starting to see a big push for PSP. We think it’s a world-class device… In the future, we see full MMOs that are designed for the PSP.”

However, before full-fledged MMOs, Smedley sees integration of existing online games with the handheld device, though the company hasn’t finalized any decisions.

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    Daigoji_Gai | September 29, 2008 | reply
    We've come close to this: e.g. the Monster Hunter games could evolve into a great persistant world type game... interesting....
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    Deathsythe | September 29, 2008 | reply
    Monster hunter would only be the beginning.

    I'm thinking The World ala .hack// eventually.

    It is about time they strongly considered handheld MMOs, it was only a matter of time.

    MaplestoryDS or Phantasy Star Zero anyone?

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      Daigoji_Gai | September 29, 2008 | reply
      Ooho Phantasy Star YES! A portable PSZ would make me lose it.
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    BANDITO ATTACK | September 29, 2008 | reply
    there would be considerable lag.
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    Final Blade | September 30, 2008 | reply
    Sounds awesome, now if Blizzard could make a WoW game for consoles, that'd be kickass.

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