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TGS 09: Home coming to PSP as 'PlayStation Room' photo

Yep, seriously.

Apparently this news was so mindblowing that nearly everybody in the world managed to miss it when it was announced during Sony's TGS keynote. Maybe it was so amazing and thrilling that everybody's brains imploded trying to comprehend such beauty and wonder. What I'm sarcastically trying to tell you is that a new form of PlayStation Home is coming to the PSP.

No more will you have to be thethered to your couch when enjoying the thrill of the poor man's Second Life. PlayStation Room is a new service coming to the PSP in a Winter firmware update, where players can communicate to each other and personalzie their own avatars. It's stylistically quite different from Home, with avatars no longer looking like creepy living mannequins and instead now resembling Bratz Dolls. 

I have no idea what to make of this. 

 


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PreacherMan89's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 16:42
PreacherMan89
Wow... Just wow...
PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 16:43
PappaDukes
jhitcher42's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 16:44
jhitcher42
Beat that, DS. Where's your land of shameless retards with no friends? Where?
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 16:45
Justice
What PreacherMan89 said.

Seriously, I only went in Home once to check it out, and that's not so bad since it's on a HOME console, but I wouldn't play my PSP just to live a second life. I'm guessing it's just Sony trying to connect with women and kids since the PSP is quite lacking in games targeted to women.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 16:47
Dexter345
Is it a mandatory firmware update? It seems like it would take up a fair amount of space.
Gestault's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 16:48
Gestault
W....wha...seriously? I'm uhh...surprised. I bet I'll play this as much as I play the existing Home. I'll give you one guess how much that is.
Black Nexus's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 16:49
Black Nexus
??????? Didn't see that coming.
Andrew001's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 16:51
Andrew001
Sucks balls.
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 17:05
Cowboy TTop
Nice but WTF? I don't give a stuff about this. What's more important to me, is them getting off their asses, and giving us PSP Trophy support, that can link to your PSN account.

If they don't get on it, I'm sure that MS are more likely to include achievement support, once games like Crackdown 2 and PGR start hitting Zune HD.
worm jerky's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 17:12
worm jerky
I'm just going to sit down now.
pascuz46's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 17:15
pascuz46
As retarded as this sounds, Sony would not be doing this if there was no or if they feel there would be not financial gain in giving the PSP and PS3 these features. What would be kool is if they link the 2 somehow. I really dont like home, but Im all for the idea of it, I think eventually it can help strengthen an online community.
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 17:26
CelicaCrazed
Ooooooh. I was reading this on IGN's liveblog (I was really bored today >_>) and I thought that it was going to be a new room in the current Home where users could go and mingle to find people to play online with. This could turn out to be interesting.

Still like my idea better though....
Magesx's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 17:28
Magesx
NO ONE WANTS THIS
milo128's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 17:32
milo128
Pretty cool. I wish it actually looked like a downgraded home though.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 17:56
Xzyliac
...why?
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 18:30
TheStripe
@jhitcher42: Its called Animal Crossing. And it's better than home. Somehow.
jhitcher42's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 18:40
jhitcher42
@TheStripe

But can you Quincy people in Animal Crossing?
hpv's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 19:18
hpv
This is already infinitely better than home. Those graphics (while stylistically questionable with that much Bratz influence) are multiple times better than Home's and because you can't go anywhere you won't have to put up with the worst run animation ever put on a console.
Steel Brotha's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 20:14
Steel Brotha
great girls who bought the Hannah Montana PSP bundle can get stalked as much as girls on Home. But seriously we can blame the Wii's Miis for this crap :)
Everyday Legend's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 23:18
Everyday Legend
Line up the executives, and get a truck-bed golf cart.
I feel the urge to drive-by dickslap some Sony employees.
atastysammich's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/25/2009 02:06
atastysammich
Uh huh. I admire Sony's fortitude, but I don't think I'll be trading my custom firmware in to stand in virtual lines for virtual bowling just yet.
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