Sony Gamers’ Day 2006 | PSP-PSOne Emulation Revisited

Sony Computer Entertainment America’s senior vice president of marketing, Peter Dille had confirmed during a one-on-one interview with GameDaily BIZ that the much anticipated PSP emulation scheme is still on the table and PSP users will not need a PS3 to download PSOne games onto the PSP.

The following is an excerpt from GameDaily BIZ’s “SCEA Details Launch Window Titles, Online & Peripherals” article which highlights the aforementioned news.

[UPDATE 4] Following today’s Sony event GameDaily BIZ tracked down SCEA senior vice president of marketing Peter Dille to talk about some of today’s announcements.
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BIZ: I know you guys have previously talked about a PSP emulation service where PS1 titles would be downloaded directly to the PSP (for example, if someone didn’t own a PS3). This new PS3 download service of PS1 titles, which involves transferring to the PSP, is not going to replace the previous PSP emulation plan is it?

PD: You are correct. We’ll still have that. We have the PSP downloads site now, and you’re right; these PS1 games will be available either from the PSP downloads site directly, so you don’t need a PS3 to get them or if you do happen to be one of the lucky guys that gets a PS3, you can download the games to your PS3 hard drive and then slide it over to your PSP. Both services will be up and running.
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(via GameDaily BIZ)