A set of Playstation Portable rumors rumbled our way this week. Both of them sound very possible and, if true, could give PSP owners a bit of a light at the end of the tunnel.

Rumor #1: God of War developer and hellofaniceguy David Jaffe's secret Playstation Portable project will feature episodic content and require a hard drive to play. (Some put each episode at close to 700 Megs)

I ran this by some of my inside sources and true or not, the rumor is certainly making the rounds. Several developer pals have heard about this and the possibility of a fabled hard drive for the PSP, but Sony won't comment either way.

If Jaffe has his heart set on getting his PSP game to make people cry, I think episodic content could certainly be the way to go. Using smaller episodes instead to deliver a game could allow you to structure it more like a book and slowly build up a gamer's emotional connection with the characters. It would also allow you to react to gamers' reaction to your game and thus make it more evocative.

Of course, you really wouldn't need a hard drive to do any of that, just a sizeable memory stick.

Brian's Guess: Yes on episodic content, no on hard drive, at least not as an add-on.

Rumor #2: The Playstation 3 will allow you to stream music and video to your Playstation Portable via a WiFi connection.

This one comes via an insider. The story goes that Sony executives held secret behind closed door meetings with developers to tell them about all of the cool things that the Playstation Portable and PS3 will be able to do together.
In one of the meetings execs said that Playstation 3 would let you placeshift your video and music to your Playstation Portable anywhere you had a WiFi connection.

I asked around and while everyone seems to think that it makes sense, no one has heard official word. Sony declined to comment.

This one is weird. Back at last year's E3 Sony announced that the PS3 would be able to stream multimedia content. Then the PSP got a patch with LocationFree TV support. In December the PSM folks said they talked to developers who said that streaming to a PSP would be done through LocationFree TV. Makes all kinds of sense. But then E3 rolls around this year and despite having very little to announce at their press conference to make people happy, the execs don't say a word about free video and music streaming to your PSP. What gives?

I suspect that this is going to be the big news hitting sometime between now and the Tokyo Game Show.

Brian's Guess: Yes, eventually.

Here's the very interesting thing. If both sets of rumors are true, it could point to a new Playstation Portable. If Sony really were going to announce a hard drive for the PSP wouldn't they just put it in the new model and if a new model is coming out, why not just announce the video and music streaming then. Brian Crecente

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