PSP will get direct access to the PSN Store this fiscal year
by Jem Alexander 
{ Jun 26th 2008 at 11:00AM }
There's no real release date, other than "this fiscal year," which could mean anything up to next April. The service was announced at GDC earlier this year, but no timeframe was announced. There's a chance we'll be hearing more about this at E3 next month, so stay tuned for that.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
drdre74 @ Jun 26th 2008 11:04AM
Never gonna happen. I'm tired of Sony putting this stuff out and it never happens. it will be great since Im on a mac. But come on. Sony has been talking it up for along time and they havent done anything.
Brandon @ Jun 26th 2008 11:32AM
Oh really, the PC store was a step towards this, and that was something the delivered on pretty quickly after they announced they would be doing it. I expect it to be a 5.0 sort of release. With a psp accessible store. The only thing that keeps the psp from being the perfect digital device is the lack of a harddrive or onboard flash storage. The I believe will the biggest feature of perhaps the next system (whether it be a redesign or the psp2).
daniel-kun @ Jun 26th 2008 11:14AM
The content that would drive me to the PSN store is missing, anyways...
Duff_B @ Jun 26th 2008 11:20AM
This would be great news - if Sony ever put anything worth downloading onto the bl***y site. Sony (SCEE/SCEA) should start giving us that back catalogue of PS1 games we are all after and then I'll be happy with direct access.
Hashbrown Hunter @ Jun 26th 2008 5:45PM
Did you just censor 'bloody'?
Duff_B @ Jun 27th 2008 3:18AM
Yes... But thinking about it, it's not that bad. I tend to censor anything like that in case someone's offended.
Alien @ Jun 26th 2008 11:25AM
So we will get this on March 30 2009 ?
Jonathan @ Jun 26th 2008 11:49AM
they need to get some contracts signed with sqaure-enix to get some JRPG's up in the psn store.
WE NEED PS1 CLASSICS!!!
Jonathan @ Jun 26th 2008 11:47AM
SONY needs to sign some contracts to get some DECENT PS1 games for us!
WTF sony
theMediaman @ Jun 26th 2008 2:42PM
Everything Sony says is coming for the PSP or PS3 is "coming soon". They've said the camera, GPS and keyboard are "coming soon" for the last two years. I'm not holding my breath on this one either.
Phil @ Jun 26th 2008 4:34PM
Yay, now I'll be able to log onto the PSN Store and download the ABSOLUTELY NOTHING that Sony bothers posting there.
The sheer difference between the JPN and US PSN Stores is unbefreakinlievable.
SparkyJ23 @ Jun 26th 2008 5:11PM
What they^^ all said
Call this strange but wouldn't direct access from the PSP to the PSN Store be the FIRST thing you'd think of?
henry @ Jun 26th 2008 6:00PM
hopefully it doesn't take 30 mins to download something...
required @ Jun 27th 2008 1:14PM
I don't know, if it takes ~time I'm okay since I won't have to sit in traffic and dispose of shrink wrap.
Jacksons @ Jun 27th 2008 2:42AM
I suppose this might mean something to mac users, but it doesn't mean much to me. There's a lot of games on PS1 I'd love to have portable, but they're not in the US store. I'm not talking obscure stuff either, I'm talking first party.