[casual_games] Flash coming to the Sony PSP

[miikka.lyytikainen at aniway.fi]

Matthew,

a comment to your post. You say that:

"I think it's supporting Flash 6 with some AS2 extensions; this is similar
to the Flash version found on PocketPCs and other PDA devices. It is far
better than the "Flash Lite" version that is showing up on mobile phones."

In my opinion, I do not agree that it is far better than Flash Lite 2.0
(better than 1.1? Absolutely.). Flash Lite 2.0 is based on Flash 7,
supporting Actionscript 2 (meaning object oriented programming, news to
awful lot of people thinking flash is no good for game development). Those
who have worked longer with Flash will confirm that Flash player 6 is not
efficient to work with (due to various bugs and limitations etc.), 7 & 8
(and 8.5) are a whole different ball game.

Anyways, Flash for PSP is good news, whatever the version :)

Cheers,
Miikka

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> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:15:49 +1000
> From: "Matthew Ford" <matthew at fordfam.com>
> Subject: [casual_games] Flash coming to the Sony PSP
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> The PSP will be supporting the Flash format in the spring via download
> upgrade. I think it's supporting Flash 6 with some AS2 extensions; this is
> similar to the Flash version found on PocketPCs and other PDA devices. It
> is
> far better than the "Flash Lite" version that is showing up on mobile
> phones.
>
> http://girlstoys.co.nz/?p=135#comments
> It was announced at Playstation's Business Briefing in Tokyo that the PSP
> will have a spring upgrade to include Macromedia Flash - awesome! I know
> it
> is what lots of us have been waiting for
>
> Photo of presentation slide:
> http://www.psxextreme.com/screenshots/ps3_psbb/ps2_psbb_17.jpg
>
> Related: Sony to release "a new PSP" in October (though it looks like a
> repackage of the old one with some more build-in add-ins, including the
> Flash software upgrade):
> http://news.com.com/2061-10797_3-6050572.html?part=rss
> <http://news.com.com/2061-10797_3-6050572.html?part=rss&tag=6050572&subj=new
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