PaRappa the Rapper was one of the more interesting games on the original PlayStation platform that took a much different turn from standard genres on Sony’s blockbuster console. It took many years for PaRappa to make a return to Sony’s fold, but as the age-old adage goes, “Good things come to those who wait.”
Sony recently announced that PaRappa the Rapper will be making its way to the PSP. Longtime fans of this quirky game can rejoice, and there will be some new additions to the beloved original.
Sony mentioned that the PSP version will come with a 4-player AdHoc multiplayer function as well as Game Sharing support. It does lead one to think - if Sony has already planned to introduce PSOne emulation on the PSP, why would they bother to port the game over to the PSP platform instead of introducing it as an emulated game?
One thing I can think of would be the profit margin - an emulated game would definitely retail much less than a fully-fledged release on the platform. Take a look at Nintendo’s strategy when it comes to the Wii’s pricing structure for virtual console games.
The end result of having PaRappa the Rapper on the PSP doesn’t really matter how the question is answered though.
