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Comic-Con: new firmware, new demo and new connectivity [Update 1]

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Andrew Yoon

07.21.2006

Comic-Con shouldn't be such a hotbed of video game news, but this year, it's proven otherwise. Sony revealed some crucial new features of the PSP today: PSP will work as a remote for the PS3. Advertisements for the budget Greatest Hits collection will be released on July 25. PSP's firmware update next Thursday will offer RSS Video feed support for its web browser. Thursday's firmware update will also have a demo of World Tour Soccer 2. There are no plans to improve text entry on the PSP and no plans for a first-party keyboard. Sony's in talks with wi-fi providers to make it easier for PSP owners to connect. (Similar to Nintendo's deal with Wayport?) Video-out (to connect to a TV/computer) is a feature that they're working on. Connect wants to provide video content to the PSP, but can't seem to find the right way to implement DRM. (But doesn't firmware 2.6+ offer DRM video support?) [Via IGN][Update 1: Removed bit about UMD movie support.]