Ain't No Party Like An Adhoc Party 'Cause An Adhoc Party Don't Stop

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That sounds really backwards. Why don't they just support online right out of the box instead of going through all these hassles. This would have made sense if it wasn't an official Sony product.

I first read that and thought, "Well, leave it to the Japanese to make a CRAZY PARTY GAME about ad hoc databases"...

It's about time they took the steps to support other multiplayer options for the PSP.  I wonder how easy it will be to connect the PSP to the PS3.

Infrasturcture party would mean that either Capcom or  Sony has to set up servers, which costs money.  The adhoc mode allows your PS3 to act as said server instead of Capcom and Sony having to fork over money to put those servers up, set aside bandwidth, and do maintence.  It also means when a game becomes obsolete, you'll at least have a chance of still playing it against people rather watch a server go down with no way to get back online.  This is similar to how most PC games release dedicated server tools.

What about infrastucture party? T~T

This is great! If only there was a way to do this for the DS too. I want to play Contra Co-Op with my far away friends!

I don't have wifi at home to use my with my psp, but I also have a ps3, so I wonder if this will fill that hole adequately

@Rowr: Not really, it's obvious Sony is turning the PSP into an accessory for the PS3, and some people will even consider buying a PS3 just to have some extra functions

Is it bad that i only want a ps3 so i can do more with my psp?

classic.

Reply to Redeye1984:

Making exciting games for the PSP...oh wait...

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adhoc Party? What's Next?!?

Sony's been watching you sit there and use cool and crazy tunneling software like XLink Kai: Evo VII to play your offline multiplayer PSP games over the Internet. Actually, they probably haven't been watching you. But they've probably been watching as XLink-compatible wireless networking hardware has started appearing in Japanese shops with handy instructions on how to play those Monster Hunter PSP games over the Internet. Recently, the company announced that it was going to get into the act itself with a bit of PlayStation 3 software designed to do the same thing. Here at Tokyo Game Show 2008, the company gave a quick update on where it's at.

The software, called adhoc Party for PSP, will appear as a free beta in the Japanese PlayStation Store on October 30. This will run on the PlayStation 3 and connect you with other players via a set of lobbies and chat rooms. It will also serve as the tunnel that connects you to other players and fools your PSP into thinking that the players are within standard Wi-Fi range, not sitting on the other end of the Internet.

The catch is that the beta will only work with Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G. Sega's Phantasy Star Portable is also scheduled to be supported, but the key fact is that unlike the free-to-use XLink Kai service, Sony's service will only work with supported games.

When XLink Kai first added support for PSP games, I gave it a shot and, after many extreme hassles, occasionally managed to connect to a couple of other players for some Ridge Racers multiplayer. Though it was a mess of network configuration and blind luck, it worked surprisingly well once I got it up and running. I'll go out on a limb here and guess that Sony's service will be a lot easier to use... but then I haven't tried Kai in quite some time, either, so that's probably become much easier to use, as well.

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