From PSone to PSP, via PS3: a Sony love triangle

We logged in to the Japanese PlayStation Store this morning and found nine PSone games available for download to our dusty PSP -- and at only ¥525 (US$4.50) per title. The selection includes two volumes of Konami's MSX Collection, the Director's Cut of Biohazard, as well as "lost classics" Jumping Flash and Bishi Bashi Special (so that's where we left them!). The smallest file sizes among these nine launch titles, if we can call them that, are 40MB each for the Konami Antiques MSX Collections. The full list of games and their tuned-for-PSP file sizes:

• Arc the Lad (320MB)

• Biohazard Director's Cut (380MB)

• Bishi Bashi Special (160MB)

• Jumping Flash (280MB)

• Konami Antiques MSX Collection Vol. 1 (40MB)

• Konami Antiques MSX Collection Vol. 2 (40MB)

• Minna no Golf 2 (210MB)

• Silent Bomber (200MB)

• Tekken 2 (550MB)

We've heard from Japanese friends that these games look far more impressive on the PSP's small screen than they did back in The Day. And as the games are played from Memory Stick, loading times have been reduced to zero. But they would say that. They can download them. Unfortunately for little us, as we lack a Japanese credit card, we couldn't pay Sony for these games even if we wanted to. And listen to this, Sony: we actually do! Please, Sony, take our good money for your robotic rabbit. Please?