European PlayStation website adds PSN integration

by Jem Alexander { Nov 29th 2008 at 5:45PM }

Our assumption was that while SCEA was steaming ahead with some sort of web-integration for the PSN, SCEE has been sitting back. Indifferent and ignorant of any and all improvements. We were wrong, of course, SCEE has now implemented their own PSN integration with eu.playstation.com and, dare we say it, it's actually better than the US version.

"My PlayStation Network" allows PS3 owners to login with their PSN ID and create a basic "Portable ID". While this is pretty bare right now, with only the ability to set your current mood, favourite game and change your background theme, the site promises that more features will be coming. This includes online Trophy comparisons, a much-requested feature ever since they were first announced during the Summer. My PlayStation Network also lets you check your friends list and is much more user friendly that the US version, which splits your friends list into pages.

We look forward to more online PSN integration features for both regions which should be coming soon. Hopefully.

Tags: europe, playstation.com, web-integration

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Khaled @ Nov 29th 2008 5:51PM

I wish we had this!! SCEE is starting to get better.

"more user friendly that the US version"
- Don't you mean than?

aaronp @ Nov 29th 2008 6:01PM

U.S. gets the shaft again :(

Rowdehaj @ Nov 29th 2008 6:30PM

TELL me you're joking.

Ty @ Nov 29th 2008 6:59PM

@ aaronp,

LOL ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Josh @ Nov 29th 2008 6:18PM

Does Japan have anything like this?

TheBaByBLuEdeViL @ Nov 29th 2008 6:27PM

aaronp - please tell me that's sarcasm?

bvhj @ Nov 29th 2008 6:37PM

Finally! Goddamn!

helghast102 @ Nov 29th 2008 6:49PM

@ aaronpyou KIDDING me??????

The_Icon @ Nov 29th 2008 7:14PM

This is the thing i hate about sony, why dont we have a unified PSN, or atleast a website.

Albanian_Killa @ Nov 29th 2008 7:42PM

Because if they advertise a game on the main page that comes in 2009 in Europe, it won't be much useful to European customers. I think the web sites can be separated, no issue there. PSN features on the sites need to be unified.

linebeginstoblur @ Nov 30th 2008 2:04AM

This is an idea I have wanted for a while. We need a unified website and unified PSN Store. However, Albanian_Killa has a good point, so hear me out on this...

Let's take the PSN Store for example. You go and it looks the same, but somewhere on the store (maybe Settings) and you say what region you want to access. You're given a warning saying that content from another region may possibly not work (Ex: EU LBP DLC won't work with NA LBP disc, vice versa, etc.), but then, you can access that store. No need for fake accounts just for free demos. Same with the website. Everyone has the same PSN ID cards for websites, but the site's homepage and other non-PSN features could be region-specific, though that could be switched too (by, for example, simply switching us.play... to eu.play..., etc.).

What do you think? Possible? Likely?

linebeginstoblur @ Nov 30th 2008 2:19AM

Edit: I guess it's not just wishful thinking. Thanks to the fact that the EU PS site now requires you to login only through your PSN username, that IS true. Already finished up my new icon. :)

=Curve= @ Nov 29th 2008 9:45PM

Why the hell are they different?

Sony is really, really, really beginning to annoy me.

I have no problems waiting, trophys, in-game xmb, Home etc. but why can't they at least UNIFY ANYTHING?

Christ, they don't seem to get it sometimes. Though I will forgive them when Killzone 2 is in my hands.

And why do the SCEA ones look like ass?

Ty @ Nov 29th 2008 9:47PM

american gamers are so stupid... they're wailing over this.

an official, autogenerated signature for the web WOW..........
Is not getting that REALLY a shaft to you? Maybe you should go ask the europeans what THEY'RE missing... and once you see what they're missing, try to guess what this NEAR useless piece of crap really is!

The fact that North American gamers (I can say this because I'm Canadian) seem to care SOOO much about this kind of unimportant crap is the reason why they shovel money into services like XboX Live and are fooled into buying a 360 in the first place. I mean, unless you never had a PS2 (Who didn't!) I can see why you might want to go to a store and throw away money at an endless supply of video games. But this is the NEXT Generation. Shouldn't the games be SPECIAL now? (
Halo 3????????????? no
Gears of War 2????????????????????? i said SPECIAL....
MGS4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MMMMMMFYES!!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!
)

Most North Americans LOVE garbage. Thats why they have 360s, play Halo, and pay for internet access (lol not even) on their console.... TWICE (once to get the internet, and again, to get the internet by microsoft... that would turn most sane people away... not idiotic americans and their mimic style teenage Canadian friends. That is XboX Live...)

but really stop whining north americans... gee oh dee...

this reply is based on aaronp's reply on page 1. and is to anyone else who really generally says the SAME thing as him.

-slycooper_rocker- (lorddshadow the amazing) psn: shahanasalam) @ Nov 29th 2008 10:14PM

you forgot /rant

Flame @ Nov 30th 2008 12:09AM

Um... there are about half of the amount of 360s in EU as the ps3 there and in Canada the 360 is winning. So your statement "North American gamers are stupid" doesn't really make sense unless you say that Canadian and EU gamers are stupid too. People have prefrences and most people follow under peer pressure ex. "I'm gonna get an Xbox because i can play with my friends." Some people just like the community features of Live. We all know its better. Some people like a more reliable console, but making a complete generalization that NA gamers are stupid is absolutely false.

Ty @ Nov 30th 2008 2:00AM

@ Flame,

Allow me to simplify;

North Americans are whining of the LACK of PS3 Gamer Tags.
They're idiots! XBoX Live using idiots. Peer pressure? Sounds like an idiot's reasoning.

EU has less 360: I know this yet it has nothing to do with anything.

Canada has MORE PS3. I'm pretty sure Canadians have more 360s but even to say there were more PS3's in Canada wouldn't matter.

In the end USA the far more populous nation is swimming in the XBoX 360. This is due to poor marketting on Sony's part and media/heresay making everyone's choices. The PS3 had a slow start. Gamers are stupid and live in the here and now. Oh look 360. End of story.

linebeginstoblur @ Nov 30th 2008 2:32AM

I live in America. I have a PS3. I love Sony products, and especially due to news reports of the 360 breaking down in various ways, I will not buy an Xbox 360.

But to say that all Americans are dumb because the Xbox 360 is popular here makes you look like a complete idiot. Though I don't like the quality of how the 360 is built, I can admit that the quality of the services and games are very good. I still have my bias that the PS3 exceeds in a few ways, yet I'm still realistic and can say that there are areas in which the 360 is better. I'm not a closed-minded Internet troll.

Also, just because someone makes a dumb comment on a blog entry doesn't make all Americans stupid. But if comments DID have that power, then your comment's display of ignorance actually makes aaronp's comment look sane. His comment COULD look like it was just satire or sarcasm, making fun of people who actually think that way, but your comment is nothing but rude in every way. Yes, he was wrong, but that's all you needed to say.

stargateheaven @ Nov 29th 2008 8:09PM

Do it for everyone or no one at all.
What about japan? :|

TinyTim121 @ Nov 29th 2008 8:00PM

YAY! :D

Although after looking at all the comments shouldn't we all be saying yay?

Although did laugh at aaronp's comment. Even if he is being serious - lol in another way :)

TinyTim121 @ Nov 29th 2008 9:48PM

On another note, i just want to test if these ID's work on PS3Fanboy.

Web based:

Forum Based:

[url=http://uk.playstation.com/psn/profile/TinyTim121/] [img]http://mypsn.eu.playstation.com/psn/profile/TinyTim121.jpg[/img] [/url]

If these don't work, maybe PS3F tech team cud perhaps implement a signature system?

LegendarySWE @ Nov 29th 2008 8:42PM

u cant post pics here

Fane @ Nov 29th 2008 9:59PM

Thank God. I for one am sick of scrolling past bloated, animated signatures attached to one line comments.

TinyTim121 @ Dec 1st 2008 12:40PM

Hmmm...Fair enough

CHICHO13_420 @ Nov 29th 2008 8:57PM

Ya what's the deal with this. There PSN Home is better plus they get to sip tea on Home now this. Are they selling more PS3's in Europe are something, cause i don't understand this.

lee @ Nov 29th 2008 9:29PM

*facepalm*

DeathroW @ Nov 29th 2008 9:29PM

Um, they've always sold more PS3's in europe.

mixelmagic @ Nov 29th 2008 10:08PM

hahahaaha we get to sip tea in Home?

I haven't found that feature yet, are you sure someone didn't make it up. XD

beebop @ Nov 30th 2008 4:55PM

Europe has always been left behind when it comes to everthin PS. Although this is a cool feature it really doesnt make much difference to me. I would rather be gettin the video service you guys are gettin the US.

@ aaronp, lmao. You cannot be serious. Try livin in europe

Andrew Swain @ Nov 29th 2008 9:42PM

tbh its bout time eu gt something back i mean we get delays on many games which we wait for, its a shame because if a console is multi regional it deserves the same release for all games.... but at the end of the day the europe side has generally got the short straw so they deserve this small victory for once

CHICHO13_420 @ Nov 29th 2008 11:04PM

How would i know if you could that's what those tea sipping ****** said i have US version so how am i suppose to know. I don't region jump don't see the point. But hears what the tea sippers said

http://www.community.eu.playstation.com/playstationeu/board/message?board.id=b_EN_PS3_Home&message.id=25490

benny boy @ Nov 30th 2008 8:02AM

lol. what a prick.

Brythefry @ Nov 30th 2008 11:49AM

I'm going to have to be with Ty, partly anyway, on this one. Ty's comment didn't target ALL Americans at all. That's like saying Girls wear pink. Of course not ALL girls wear pink but a lot of them do!

So I'm Canadian too (High five! Let's go play hockey huh huh) and while there may be more 360s than PS3 and probably more Wii's than there are children in the country is not the point either. It's all a matter of perspective and relative terms. If you think about it New York City and Los Angeles (Including the metro areas) have almost as much population as my beloved country. In general terms, the US population influences (drive even?) the consumer economy (to the ground now haha! - I kid, I kid) and consumer trends and whatever sales statistics, user rates will reflect back to the American people.

I don't think Ty was trying to be politically correct in the words that he chose and that is why I agree with his opinions.

microshocky @ Nov 29th 2008 11:25PM

You guys can just go to eu.playstation.com and sign in with your PSN ID there, you get the same portable id.

Muhammad-Oli @ Nov 30th 2008 12:30AM

@Jem Alexander...

AVATAR BUDDIES!

MR SMITH @ Nov 30th 2008 2:39PM

...Get a life

Muhammad-Oli @ Nov 30th 2008 10:23PM

Haha shut up dude. Learn to take a joke.

MR SMITH @ Dec 2nd 2008 12:44PM

Whats a joke???..

...lol just kidding!

Cigol @ Nov 30th 2008 8:04AM

This ID thing is pretty lame because it's far too obviously free advertising masquerading as user content. 'Favourite Game' is basically; select one of our small, select, PS3 titles, and we'll plaster it on your ID in a non-contextual manner which prompts further investigation and/or curiosity.

Uhh yeah.

Call me when it actually serves a purpose for moi.