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DVDBack23 @ Apr 17, 2010 06:46 | 8 comments

Sony Japan has canceled all plans and development for their previously announced PlayStation Room PSP service, the virtual world social network that would have been like the handheld version of the PlayStation Home world currently popular on the PS3.

The company announced the new move on their Japanese language site, saying that following a beta testing period, they have decided to cancel development.

They did not give any particular reason for the cancellation, but poor user feedback may be to blame.

Beta testers of the service owned and customized their own virtual rooms, including 3D avatars, says GI.biz. You could then invite other users to chat rooms, as well as share images.

PlayStation Room would have been free, with some content (like dressing the avatar, and furnishing the room) costing some money.

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Comment by: KillerBug (Apr 17, 2010 07:49)

Sony removing a feature? Is this news?

Comment by: tobi2yul (Apr 17, 2010 12:15)

Originally posted by KillerBug:
Sony removing a feature? Is this news?

lol Good one, didnt even hear about this till now. Not a big suprise though my psp hasnt been on for a few months. And I have custom firmware.......

Comment by: bam431 (Apr 18, 2010 04:57)

"like the handheld version of the PlayStation Home world currently popular on the PS3. " I wouldn't really consider home popular.

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Comment by: shaffaaf (Apr 18, 2010 07:14)

Originally posted by KillerBug:
Sony removing a feature? Is this news?

its not a feature, it would have been an add on.

Comment by: NHS2008 (Apr 18, 2010 09:25)

Good thing. Now people will actually go and meet each other.

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Comment by: KillerBug (Apr 20, 2010 03:25)

Originally posted by NHS2008:
Good thing. Now people will actually go and meet each other.

LOL...I doubt it.

If sony wants to do things right, they would just bring PS3 home to the PSP at a lower resolution...that way everyone is in the same place...even if it looks kinda crummy on the PSP.

Comment by: exTaich0u (Apr 22, 2010 14:25)

It's a fact that most PSP users aren't..up-to-date firmware-wise, and this will probably need the latest one at the very least. So even if it does exist, my guess it that there will be zero people using it. <__<

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Comment by: Anonymous User (Apr 23, 2012 21:57)

Originally posted by KillerBug:

Originally posted by NHS2008:
Good thing. Now people will actually go and meet each other.
LOL...I doubt it.

If sony wants to do things right, they would just bring PS3 home to the PSP at a lower resolution...that way everyone is in the same place...even if it looks kinda crummy on the PSP.

Yeah, I agree. The PSP doesn't have bad graphics anyway, it just isn't as clear as the PS3. I am going to get a PSP, and the video walkthroughs have pretty good graphics.