GDC 07: Virtual PSP debuts in Playstation Home

by Andrew Yoon { Mar 7th 2007 at 1:31PM }

At last night's Sony media briefing, Sony unveiled a plethora of new games and features for their next-gen home console, the PS3. Suspiciously absent was the PSP. Well, almost. Playstation Home, the PS3's upcoming social networking service, has a "Virtual PSP" that allows you to customize your virtual avatar. Sony states that "Your Virtual PSP gives you access to all the navigation, features and options of Home." Although this product placement is a cute way of promoting the platform, there's one thing that will work even better: more games on the system. Hopefully, the Phil Harrison keynote (happening now) will reveal some interesting non-PS3 tidbits for handheld gamers to enjoy.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

geowarrior @ Mar 7th 2007 6:36PM

Could it be that Sony hope to replace the virtual psp with a linkup between the PS3 and your real PSP?

Saigon @ Mar 7th 2007 6:41PM

Seem kind of strange to me. The first thing I thought when I saw that was the ps3 was going to emulate psp. Which we know it could and shouldn't do.

KirbyMeister @ Mar 7th 2007 7:15PM

Can you install hacks on your virtual PSP for custom avatar models? What happens if it bricks your virtual PSP? If Sony releases new firmware for it, and you install it by accident, does your custom avatar disappear?

And can you hack your character to get golden pants? ;)