Most PlayStation Portable fans would like to see some changes to their handheld device; a second analog stick, a camera (for North American and European users), a phone, touchscreen controls, and a higher resolution screen. In all likelihood these upgrades won’t come out until the next-generation of PSPs. But one relatively simple upgrade many PSP fans want is Trophies. For now, that’s too bad.
Eric Lempel, director of PlayStation Network Operations, told the folks at Joystiq that the PSP will not get Trophies, largely because of unresolved piracy issues. Don’t expect the PSP Go to be any different. As you all know, and our user forums acknowledge, the PSP has been hacked. It’s far too simple to download games and movies illegally.
The same problem would occur if the PSP had Trophies, Lempel explains. If a user could artificially inflate their rankings and Trophies via their PSP, then the whole Trophy system would essentially be meaningless, including Trophies for the PlayStation 3.
It looks like we’ll have to wait until the PSP 2 (at least) before we’ll see Trophies on Sony handhelds.