Sony and BT plan to launch software that will enable Playstation Portable users to make telephone and video calls, and send text messages from their handheld consoles, in a move that will be a first for the gaming industry.
The launch of GoMessenger!, developed by BT, will kick off in the UK in January 2008, and be rolled out to Germany, Spain and Italy, with plans to target Sony Playstation's 8.5 million European users.
Playstation gamers with broadband internet will be able to download the 'BT broadband talk softphone package' for free, from the internet onto their consoles.
It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.
Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
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They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.
They're scum.
"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."
Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.
Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.
But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?
Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.
Acquire, famous for games like Tenchu and Octopath Traveler, becomes KADOKAWA subsidiary. Can this mean a revival for beloved series?
I would kill to have a Way of the Samurai game with a huge budget and modern tech... The first game was one of my greatest joys on PS2 back in the day. And I really hope From Software will do something with Tenchu... I hate that they're just sitting on the IP like it doesn't even exist.
Tenchu would be superb in this day and age. Ninja and samurai games are hot right now and more is better.
Final Fantasy 7 has come back under the spotlight thanks to the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but is it worth replaying the original?
Very much so. Graphically it's dated but the story and the gameplay haven't aged a day. It's still one of my all time favourite RPGs and for me is better than Remake in some ways.
I might have to buy a PSP again. I hate cell phones but they come in handy.
make phone calls? IF its like skype (30 bucks a year unlimited calls) well count me on board!!!
I'm always with Sony PSP Slim all long. Can't wait to get my hands on those new special features. Future Technologies. Future is changing evolving so fast. Just blink of eyes then everything is different.
WOW!! way to come
wow, the ps3 and psp are becoming like a multitool pack.. awesome.. it's funny that when i got my ps3 i had no idea all the things that were gonna come along with it.
I think this is the downfall of Sony, they are loosing whats at hand here, and especially with the PSP. Some of these things are cool but hte PSP needs to do better at what it is suppose to do. Notice Nintendo doesnt have all this extra crap.