Post by: Xbox-Scene on January 16, 2006, 09:46:00 PM
XLink Kai Founders To Produce Commercial Online Service for Sony PSP?-- Posted by XanTium on January 16 23:10 EST
It's not really Xbox related, but we've always been following up on XLink Kai(info) stuff so I thought it'd be interesting to mention we got some leaked information from sources close to the people behind the XLink Kai tunneling software claiming that they are about to announce a new commercial PSP online gaming network - possibly as soon as Q2 this year.
Will this be a tunneling service - or something more unified - like Xbox Live!? Is it officially supported by Sony (unlikely)? Why is it a commercial product from a crew which have always contributed free services to the community? Will it get support from game developers? How is it different from the existing Kai PSP support (that will not cease to exist of course and development will continue) - justifying a price tag?
Notable members of Kai's technical crew have either resigned or gone missing over the last few months - so this story could have some weight.
Looking over XLink's site gives nothing away, and attempts to contact the resigned members have gone unanswered.
Post by: JoBlo69 on January 16, 2006, 09:23:00 PM
I thought M$ would have tried this before anyone, especially with kia-xlink.
Post by: uberx on January 16, 2006, 11:55:00 PM
Post by: HypoLuxa on January 17, 2006, 01:46:00 AM
Post by: xXSanjuroXx on January 17, 2006, 08:30:00 AM
http://us.codejunkie...p=18&i=8912&s=8
either way good work Xkai team keep up the good work
Post by: adeon on January 17, 2006, 08:37:00 AM
THe psp is the 2nd biggest room on kai.. next to xbox....
the reason M$ didnt buy them was because they got live...
KAI is a great group.. I just hope it dosent corrupt..
I dont think Sony will buy them..... Sony has Infra mode on their new games.... but who knows...
Long live these great consoles... XBOX & PSP.. Kai is ther to make them even better
Post by: mlapaglia on January 17, 2006, 10:43:00 AM
Post by: ksteiner on January 17, 2006, 10:53:00 AM
Post by: JoBlo69 on January 17, 2006, 03:48:00 PM
This post has been edited by JoBlo69: Jan 17 2006, 11:49 PM
Post by: trejkaz on January 17, 2006, 04:17:00 PM
But for PSP... the service is already there, so I don't see a point unless games start integrating it into their UIs.
Post by: bigduke on January 17, 2006, 07:04:00 PM
Post by: tizmagik on January 17, 2006, 10:13:00 PM
QUOTE(ksteiner @ Jan 17 2006, 01:00 PM) 
Why would sony buy them if they can easily create their own?
Because it would be much cheapter to just buy them instead of paying engineers/programmers.
Post by: tater on January 18, 2006, 08:55:00 PM
Post by: OrangeJuice on January 20, 2006, 02:45:00 PM
...if sony buys kai, kai would have to shut down all other consoles, which i doubt seeing happen because xbox is waaaaay more populated than PS or PSP. The media usually twists these stories around to make u guys wanna keep coming back for more. How much money is xbox-scene making everytime one of you click on an AD? This story is probably 95% BS and 5% fact.
Long live kai
Post by: Arvarden on January 20, 2006, 03:04:00 PM
But if Kai can some how pull off a online service compatable with most if not all wireless routers and access points they could be onto a winner.
Post by: Juniorman030790 on January 24, 2006, 03:18:00 PM