PSP to have online gaming at launch

As you'll see on gi today Sony will have online gaming available using the PSP at launch in the US. The device will connect to any WiFi network that's handy and use it for internet access and online game play.

This sounds fantastic right?

Wrong. This is a nightmare in the making. If Sony don't support the newer encryption standards of WPA and WPA2 then they are going to be slapped by everyone technical on the planet.

Promoting new devices that don't support the latest security is a bad move. Particularly when it forces users to lower their network's security to make the PSP's online gaming feature work.

The war drivers of this world would have a field day and so that's where the real crux of this story is, will Sony support WPA and WPA2?

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I'mafeelin: like the world is stupid
I'malistinto: dumb Sony press