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PlayStation Store coming directly to PSP

Posted on February 20th, 2008 at 21:15 EDT

The PSP has grown up quite nicely in its four years of existence, going from an all-in-one, not too good at anything experiment to a highly technical, yet extremely entertaining, handheld product. Sony has realized that their "baby is all grown up" and is looking to give the handheld system its own version of the PlayStation Store to add to the already robust feature set the system is capable of handling.

Today at GDC, Chris Eden from Sony Computer Entertainment made mention of the PLAYSTATION Store on PSP in his Game Developer's Conference session. Currently the only way PSP owners can access downloadable content for their handhelds is via the PS3's PlayStation store or the PC's Store. Eden's announcement now gives hope that PSP owners will be able to have downloadable content available at their fingertips without having to plug their PSP into anything, but rather just by logging onto the internet.

The PlayStation Store for the PSP is said to allows users to "access native PLAYSTATION Store on PSP via wireless hotspot," and "Purchase and download content direct to PSP (no USB cable)." There is no release date announced or speculated but we sure hope that Sony releases this feature sooner than later.



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posted 9:22pm EST - February 20th, 2008
1

first, buuyakatcha

posted 9:23pm EST - February 20th, 2008
2

Awesome. This could also spark PSP exclusive items from the store. I was wondering when this was going to happen. Excellent.

posted 9:23pm EST - February 20th, 2008
3

first

posted 9:24pm EST - February 20th, 2008
4

sounds like fun to me!

posted 9:35pm EST - February 20th, 2008
5

the psp just keeps getting better, this really makes me want to buy one

posted 9:40pm EST - February 20th, 2008
6

lol i love when people put first even though there not first

 

anyways, i cant wait for this to happen although this should of happened a long time ago, its better late then never

posted 10:13pm EST - February 20th, 2008
7

This is great news to me. I've been waiting for a feature like this, especially since I've lost the USB cable for my PSP/PS3 controllers in the past. No more having to be at home to download content for the PSP is great! Hopefully they will allow you to sign in using an existing PSN account (i.e. the one on your PS3), and hopefully they will integrate a friends list in the future also. If not, then the successor to the PSP definitely should. Maybe I should go trade my phat PSP for a slim & lite.....

posted 10:38pm EST - February 20th, 2008
8
yea
posted 11:43pm EST - February 20th, 2008
9
i wish we could use our ps3's as access points, that would be so much easier
posted 12:06am EST - February 21st, 2008
10

You can use your PS3 as an access point...

posted 2:11am EST - February 21st, 2008
11

Should have happened a long time ago, but better late than never.

posted 2:11am EST - February 21st, 2008
12
good, it felt stupid not to be able to access the psp store on your psp.
posted 3:32am EST - February 21st, 2008
13

this is cool and cant wait

posted 7:04am EST - February 21st, 2008
14

Really nice,i've been looking forward to this,it's gonna rock!!!!!

posted 9:23am EST - February 21st, 2008
15

@killabee, Your a fing idot. I really don't understand why you people think its so cool to say FIRST!. This is a forum site, not a game. So stop, cause all you are doing is making yourself look like a fool. I'm happy to hear the psp is getting its own store. I like my DS, but my slim psp pwns it in so many ways.

posted 11:25am EST - February 21st, 2008
16

psn id: gingo.... this was always going to come after they srated the psp store on PC glad they have finally announced it though

posted 3:24pm EST - February 21st, 2008
17

I need a better wifi connection

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