The USB ports on the PS2 have been designed to interact with software that uses them. So developers program them to do anything they want. Someone thought a headset would be good for a PS2, so they made one and developers programmed that into their games to use. Who would have thought you can save pics to a USB drive from a video game? A developer did, and programed it to make it happen. Madden 2006 PS2 will be able to sync with Madden 2006 for PSP through the USB port or by network. So youre wrong, it can be done with programming.