Joystiq interview confirms Home amibitions for PSP

by Andrew Yoon { Jul 23rd 2007 at 1:01PM }

At E3, we had a chance to talk to SCEA Senior Vice President Philip Rosenberg and John Koller, Senior Marketing Manager of the PSP. We talked to these two Sony executives to find out more about Home, possible PSP integration with Home, the redesign, and more.

When John was asked why PSP integration with Home wasn't on display at Sony's press conference, he noted that "It's absolutely roadmapped. It's certainly on the agenda. I think the point of the cell phone was just to show you can bring other products into play. But the PSP is certainly roadmapped at this point. Like Phil was saying, it's all about bringing together the PlayStation portfolio of products together and using them the right way with Home."

Thankfully, Philip Rosenberg was able to give us a few hints at things to come. "But being able to access leaderboards, or community, or find out which of your friends are in Home, or in-game via hotspot, I think is realistic. As far as timing? I think that there's more to come."

To read the complete interview, visit Joystiq.

Tags: home, interview, johnkoller, joystiq, philiprosenberg, psplite, scea

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

mike @ Jul 23rd 2007 1:07PM

what is HOME?

required @ Jul 23rd 2007 1:29PM

mike, see Sony's PS3

bronxdutch @ Jul 23rd 2007 2:21PM

i hope ''home'' means being able 2 hook our old psps into our tv. cause im scared they r gonna neglect the old psp now that the new one is comin out. and i dont know about about u guys, but i bout mine when it first came out. im gona be mad if they forget it now.

required @ Jul 23rd 2007 3:22PM

bronxdutch, my first ipod had a monochrome display yet when ipods with color displays came out I didn't expect mine to become colorized by apple. funny thing about my first ipod is that it still works even though its screen is monochrome. what I'm getting at bronxdutch is that your psp will continue to work even though it doesn't have the video out that the new ones have.