While this sounds like a welcoming invitation to users who want to hack their game data, Kawanishi mentioned that SCE will be taking steps to prevent such occurrences.
PSP GAME DOWNLOADS FOR PSP PC
And since data on the Memory stick can be accessed by connecting the PSP to a PC via USB ports, you'll be able to copy your saved data to your PC and can retrieve it whenever you want. He went on to confirm that saved gameplay data for PSP games will also be recorded on the Memory Stick. Kawanishi noted the UMD, as used in the PSP, is a read-only medium, meaning any data recording will have to involve the use of a Memory Stick. "But we want to push the Universal Media Disc (UMD) in the beginning, so we will start off with the release of games on disc." "It is technically possible" for the PSP to download games and save them on the Memory Stick," said Kawanishi. Whether Sony will take advantage of the functionality in the early period after the handheld's release is another issue entirely, but the capability can allow the company to distribute game demos in a similar fashion to what Nintendo announced at the Nintendo DS press event last week. TOKYO-In an interview with Impress Game Watch, Sony Computer Entertainment's chief of network system department Izumi Kawanishi confirmed that the PSP will be capable of both downloading games via wireless LAN and playing them off a Memory Stick.