PS3 and PSVita Cross Functions

Description

Ps3 firmware added support to PSVita in firmware 4.00

This page pretends to document all the functions related in the PS3 side... for the PSVita side see http://www.vitadevwiki.com/

Main Functions

PSVita Remote play

A flag for ATTRIBUTE inside PARAM.SFO was added to enable remote play. See PARAM.SFO and Remote Play pages

PSVita Cross controller

PS VITA used as controller (PS3 FW min 4.20 with PS VITA FW min 1.80:)

PS3_GAME/CROSSDIR/DATA000.SIG
PS3_GAME/CROSSDIR/DATA000.PKG
PS3_GAME/CROSSDIR/DATA000.PNG

Game list:

• Guacamelee!
• Little Big Planet 2 (Requires purchase of Cross-Control DLC or extra edition)
• Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
• Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time

PSVita Cross buy (purchase)

Buy on PS Vita or PlayStation 3 and download the other version for free from PlayStation Store.

Disc benefit PS3 FW min 4.25?

• Cross-Buy content can be activated once only, via the first PS3 system to load the game disc.
• Cross-Buy content is available only for download from PlayStation Store.
• A Sony Entertainment Network account and access to the Internet is required.

Game list (not complete):

• Alien Breed
• Bentley's Hackpack
• Big Sky Infinity - Game & DLC
• Dead or Alive 5/5+ - All DLC
• Everybody’s Golf 6
• Foosball 2012 - Game & DLC
• Guacamelee
• Hustle Kings - Game & DLC
• Knytt Underground
• Little Big Planet 2 / Vita - Some DLC is cross purchase, details needed.
• MotorStorm RC - Game & DLC
• Pinball Arcade, The - Game & DLC
• PlayStation All Star Battle Royale - Cross-Buy limited to PS3 version
• Ratchet & Clank: Q-Force (Full Frontal Assault in USA) - Vita version not out yet
• Retro City Rampage
• Sound Shapes - Game & DLC
• StarDrone Extreme[/COLOR] - Bundle w/both platforms at discount
• Street Fighter X Tekken - DLC only + buying Vita version new gives a voucher for Alternative Costumes and the 12 DLC characters for PS3
• Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
• Top Darts - Game & DLC
• Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 - DLC only
• When Vikings Attack
• Wipeout HD+Fury / Wipeout 2048 DLC - Not 2048 game, only the DLC for it and whole PS3 bundle
• Zen Pinball 2 - Game & DLC, also includes previous ZP1 & Marvel Pinball tables

PSVita System Application Utility

Backups "some?" contents from PSVita memory into PS3 internall HDD, in path: dev_hdd0/home/0000000x/psp2_backup/

• Notes/Speculation:
  • psp2 is the codename of PSvita, this contents are "shared/exported/imported" between PS3 and PSvita
  • Can be also found without ps vita, generated folder and displayed :e.g. with PS vita pkg
  • "psp" folder display "psp/other", "system" folder don t seems to expect .pkg.
  • Trophy PS3-PS vita for possible similar user path.
  • icon added to display vita content in XMB

PSVita Contents in PS3 HDD

PSVita Backup Utility folders in PS3 HDD

FileSystem Path					Description	Notes
dev_hdd0					Internal HDD, GameOS partition
	home				Users folder (common)
		<user_id>			User folder	e.g: 00000001
			psp2_backup		PSvita Backup folder
				ps1	Playstation 1 folder
				psm	Playstation Mobile folder
				psp	Playstation Portable folder
				psp2	Playstation Vita folder	icon0 & param.sfo on PCSE000**/sce_sys/
				System	Full Playstation Vita Backup folder

PlayStation Mobile, asociated with a text string in explore_plugin_full\Text\English.xml (inside explore_plugin_full.rco).

<Text name="msg_applications_psm">Applications (PlayStation®Mobile)</Text>

Gamesaves

• Are stored as part of the backup utility ? (so no accesibles by ps3)
• Is posible to import export PS1 and PSP gamesaves back and forth ? (if so, is needed a short explain and a link to Game Saves page)