PSP Go!Messenger shutting down, new features planned for Go!Cam

After only a year of service, Europe’s Go!Messenger service will be shutting down. Bad news for gamers in Europe who liked the service, and bad news for other regions who were hoping to get it. On the brighter side of things, Sony says they have more services planned for the Go!Cam.

After only a year of service, Europe‘s Go!Messenger service will be shutting down. According to SCEE, it just wasn’t that popular:

Although Go!Messenger brought innovative communications features to the PSP community, the service has not developed the base of users that we were hoping for. WeÂ’d like to thank all fans of Go!Messenger and are sorry to have to make this announcement.

Bad news for gamers in Europe who liked the service, and bad news for other regions who were hoping to get it. If you had no idea what it was, Go!Messenger is a service that allowed you to send videos, voice recordings, and text messages. It also allowed video-chat using the Go!Cam. It will officially shut down on March 31.

On the brighter side of things, Sony says they have more services planned for the Go!Cam. What these were exactly, they didn’t say. I’m just hoping they’ll release it for other regions this time.

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Via EDGE