PSP goes MySpace? PS3-PSP Friends List integration?

During Sony Computer Entertainment’s Gamers Day, lots of stuff about the PS3 menu were dished out. One of which was the Remote Play demo, another would be of how the PSone would end up on the PSP’s memory stick. While the XMB menu of the PS3 has all these features, where does this leave the PSP?

Sony announced that we should expect a new update for the PSP very soon – maybe even released simultaneously with the PS3 launch. But what will the update’s features be? Sony’s keeping mum about it. Details are scarce, and once again, we are left to assume for ourselves. (It’s times like this that we feel like The Question from “Justice League Unlimited” – seeing connections everywhere)

Now, speaking of connections, one of the features that’s going to be in the PS3 is the ability to create a Friends List. It’s going to be something similar to AIM, and you’d have to register for the PlayStation Network. Go online, and you see players that you’ve already come across in other games and those that you’ve added.

Put two and two together, and you’d be led to think “Oh golly, Miss Molly, they’re going to incorporate that feature into the new PSP update!” Or will they? Whether or not they will, it’s still going to be a big benefit for the PSP owners.

Think about it… All those friends you’d be able to play games with online, in one simple menu in the PSP. Annoying gamers that you want to ban, or new friends that you’d want to add. If Sony’s trying to milk their PlayStation line-up, they’d have to increase functionality once the next PSP update comes out.

If they do integrate the feature into the PSP, then owners of both PSP and PS3 would be having a ball with being able to contact their Friends List whether on the next-gen or on the portable. It’s going to be another great feature of interconnectivity of both Sony consoles.

During Sony Computer Entertainment’s Gamers Day, lots of stuff about the PS3 menu were dished out. One of which was the Remote Play demo, another would be of how the PSone would end up on the PSP’s memory stick. While the XMB menu of the PS3 has all these features, where does this leave the PSP?

Sony announced that we should expect a new update for the PSP very soon – maybe even released simultaneously with the PS3 launch. But what will the update’s features be? Sony’s keeping mum about it. Details are scarce, and once again, we are left to assume for ourselves. (It’s times like this that we feel like The Question from “Justice League Unlimited” – seeing connections everywhere)

Now, speaking of connections, one of the features that’s going to be in the PS3 is the ability to create a Friends List. It’s going to be something similar to AIM, and you’d have to register for the PlayStation Network. Go online, and you see players that you’ve already come across in other games and those that you’ve added.

Put two and two together, and you’d be led to think “Oh golly, Miss Molly, they’re going to incorporate that feature into the new PSP update!” Or will they? Whether or not they will, it’s still going to be a big benefit for the PSP owners.

Think about it… All those friends you’d be able to play games with online, in one simple menu in the PSP. Annoying gamers that you want to ban, or new friends that you’d want to add. If Sony’s trying to milk their PlayStation line-up, they’d have to increase functionality once the next PSP update comes out.

If they do integrate the feature into the PSP, then owners of both PSP and PS3 would be having a ball with being able to contact their Friends List whether on the next-gen or on the portable. It’s going to be another great feature of interconnectivity of both Sony consoles.