Sony Pulls The Plug On PSP Social Network Service

When Sony introduced the PSPgo in Japan they showed off Room. The service was supposed to be in the spirit of a PlayStation Home away from your home. Room is a community based platform with 3D avatars. A closed beta went live last year and now… Room is locked away in some abandoned IP closet at Sony.

[Devil MAY KILL]

WHY ??????

[fox02]

Probably because they couldn't handle the huge success it was.

[dragonelite]

Im sure that's it.

[ReBurn]

I never even knew this network existed. Interesting.

[sinncross]

It debuted at TGS 2009 if I am not mistaken.

Sony should rather just make Home available for PSP users and allow PSP users to interact with PS3 users (thus possibly increasing the usage of the app).

But, keep the animation feel for the PSP version (easier to process the graphics I assume)

[Kwertie]

Wow, this doesn't look anything like the Wii's avatar creation does it?

[champ21]

Its the inevitable fate for any console based network.

Its why i love PC.

A dacade later both the games i love CS1.6 & Warcraft 3 still going strong. With no threat of anyone taking them down.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

True, but that was the PC games of yesterday. New games seems to use proprietary networks like Battle .Net, so if Blizzard decides to pull the plug that is it....

Good news is Blizzard is good to their customers, bad thing is Activision is in the mix.

[nepeon]

Wow this looks a lot like wii avatars?...Damn right it does! Fuak I wonder if Nintendo had stayed out of this gen with out releasing the wii, would Sony have the had the wand looking the way it is now and this copy crap avatar thing. Well I think not! I've been a gamer on all early platforms and to this day Sony remains the kind of copying. Hope they fuaking burn in hell!

[bakaPX]

And Sony remains the copycat? Its called taking an idea, and making it BETTER. Its also known as TECHNOLOGY. Sony created the Analog Stick. Other companies copied it. Shouldn't they be the copycats? If any company takes ONE idea from another company and the original company sues them everytime they copy, GAMING WOULD BE OUT FOR LIFE! They learn from each other to improve their products. And if all you do is complain about companies copying other companies, then go get a F*CKEN LIFE!

[jay2]

You should burn in hell, if you don't like it, don't buy it.

[karl]

they took it away...

[karl]

so exciting

[jay2]

Oh well dosen't matter to me, if it was bad it was bad (which it must have bein).