Firmware 5.0 Demo: PlayStation Store on PSP

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Hi everyone, as Eric mentioned in his post yesterday, we wanted to give you a live demo of the PSP’s direct access to PlayStation Store, which will be coming with the 5.00 firmware update. Now whenever your PSP is connected to the Internet over WiFi, you’ll be able to download and enjoy the latest games, demos and trailers on the go without needing to sync up to your PS3 or PC. Here’s a brief walk-through of what you’ll experience.

On a related note, the PS3 firmware update (2.50) will add Flash Player 9 support to the PS3 Web browser, so you’ll be able to actually watch this video (and all of our blog videos) on your PS3 once the firmware goes live!

In addition, I want to point out that the PlayStation Network is scheduled to be unavailable in North America today from 11AM to 4PM PST due to essential maintenance work.

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  • So when will this update be available. I just tried updating my PSP and it said I had the latest version installed.

  • thanks for the new firmwares. looks good. hopefully this means alot more demos wil be released on PSP. t

    and please in a future firmware allow us to see friends list or atleast read/reply to messages. h

  • @50

    You can already do this. Press triangle over the game, go to “Information” (I think) and change the category name

    You can then use square on the game list to organise your games/demos/Qore episodes by category

  • and for people who havent seen it aaround the web, it was announced that the firmwares will be available tomorrow the 15th. which probably means tonight after midnight

  • This is great nice and fast too! Also please for the love of god hold the release till later in the day around 4PM tomarrow! I got to get my new PSP-3000 before this goes live!

    Any chance the PSP will have flashplayer 9 support added in the future? We could use it vary badly! Last but not least many people like to watch Yue-Tube videos and can’t on their PSP. Please get in touch with Tue-Tubes admins too see about PSP support!

    As always these updates rock! I look forward to the new XMB, and PSN store on the PSP, as well as all the PSP updates are vary welcome!

    last but not least:

    @Shaneosan:

    I could not agree more give both the PSP, and PS3 the ability to group and have custom lables for groups of files! Also how about some better support for documants added to the PSP? Say support for PDF files? Not just text?

  • I’ve got a idea.. Why not put the user level next to every user in the the freinds list! It would be cool to see there level while i go down my freind list. Let me know what you think?

  • Nice update. flash 9 ftw!

  • BRAVO, this is good for me when i’m feeling to lazy to go get my laptop i can just use my ps3…thanks sony. PSN ID: LINAC or GamerMoney

  • OMG FLASH 9 SUPPORT!!! Thank you soooo much for this! Finally an update to the browser. And although I don’t have a psp, that store looks fantastic! :)

  • I like how the LittleBigPlanet news site makes the PS3 browser run out of memory. Especially since it is linked off the main page the browser shows. ;)

  • It is all supposed to hit tomorrow, Oct. 15. :)

  • Screen shot feature for the PSP? I know it can be done what are you guys waiting for?

    Please implement it.

  • According to threespeech, the PS3 update comes out tomorrow.

    Also, what the HECK are you all talking about with the battery indicator thing? It dims the clock and shows the battery and tehn goes back. What’s wrong with that? I mean, you just got two awesome updates, including two features (Flash 9 and PSN on PSP) that you’ve been begging for for nearly two YEARS and all you can do is complain about a minor UI feature that YOU don’t like for whatever reason even though 99% of PS3 owners don’t give a [DELETED] about it? What the [DELETED] is wrong with you people?

    OT: Awesome job guys. Especially the Flash 9 support.

  • Very cool. Thanks for the info

  • chriscowboyd | October 14th, 2008 at 10:34 am

    Mine biggest question is why 360 fans comment on the playstion blog? But that can be answer at a later date. But to all you xbox360 fan writing on this blog about the things you can do on xbox that you cant do on ps3 , like playing music while playing games or in game chat those are ok things to have but really don’t make or break a game system. If you don’t know by now it’s the games, no one pay over 300 dollars on a game system to just play music or chat with someone, its good to have but really not a big deal. If I want to listen to music so bad I can listening to it on mine mp4, psp, computer, TV, or mine entertain center or ps3. I don’t know about you xbox fan but when I paid 60 dollar in a game i want to play the game not listen to music some of you I can tell really don’t buy your games and have someone else buying them for you because if you did you would see how important 60 dollar is. The second thing I want to address that xbox fan always over look is the games name me 5 big games on xbox that are must have that you can not get on any other systems in the next six months? Don’t worry I can wait for your answer. Ps3 must have that you cant get on any others systems are LBP,R2,SOCOM,KILLZONE,HOME,and infamous and by the way you couldn’t play these games on the xbox360 so please keep trying to sell us the ideal on why you got your xbox360 and comment on all the bells it have but still to this day none of you hard core 360 fan can name me five games and you will never will. Please if you hit me back with a reply please put my name on top of it am still waiting to here from xbox fan and oh yeah please don’t talk about down loadable content because that not what real people use in there thoughts when it come to buying a game.real people buy games to injoy when they put the game in there system by the way how that going with gta? you guys still waiting for that and that realy sad.

  • sorry guys but i know there are going to be 360 fans bring this up today just watch .

  • flash 9 yes this update gets better and better im happy camper cant wait 4 both update 2.5 and 5.0 sony rocks peace out

  • @chriscowboyd

    THANK YOU!!! Finally someone I can agree with

  • yessssssssssssssssssssss thank uuuuuuuuuuuu

  • About time the psp gets its own store…

  • ANy chance the fallowing things could come to the PSP:

    PlayStation HOME?

    Friends list?

    PSN enabled games for DLC? WipEout: Pulse has this but for some reason the US PSP owners have never gotten the DLC for it! Please make it so we can download more content for our PSP games!

    PSP Account lock out functions?

    Auto off feature? In case we watch a good movie and fall asleep it will turn off after a few minutes if a movie is not playing.

    Full enforcement of the PSN rules of online Conduct?

    Blocking and forceing of downloading PSP updates: To lock out hackers or you can’t get into the PSP Store?

    More games that support VOIP? SWBF:3 PSP exclusive game with 16 players online and VOIP support?

    New Exclusive PSP games from other companies other then Square Enix? We got 2 lined up right now we just need some exclusives for the PSP like some exclusive Sports games, more Japanese Anime games, and best of all more games that make full use of Sony Bends new PSP engine!

  • thanks alot i will downloading like crazy now, btw will the psp have a backgroud download function like the ps3, or will it be one download at a time?

    thanks!

  • You know, actually while this post is still fresh, it may be quite awhile before there’s another post under which this would be appropriate so…

    PSP Firmware Ideas:
    MP4 Video Support. This is what the PS3 exports video as, and so I can’t get any of the videos to play on my PSP. It just shows up as video that’s not supported. (I’d really love to take around some of those sizzler videos from E3.)

    The ability to edit song, photo and video information. As it stands, the PSP is incredibly reliant on the PC and PS3. I have nine or ten Final Fantasy X songs that are “[Untitled]” that I’d like to be able to change without hooking up to another system.

    One last problem that I’m not sure whether or not you’d be able to solve: my university uses something called “Bluesocket” where I have to input my ID in the internet browser before I can use wireless internet access. So, Remote Play and now PSN aren’t accessible from my university since the PSP browser doesn’t maintain that connection. This may not be resolvable, but I wanted to bring it to your attention just in case.

    Thanks again. :D

  • Yay Flash, FINALLY, I love Sony

  • sweet can’t wait

  • Flash 9 FTW!!!
    Thanks guys, awesome news as usual.

  • Does North America include Canada? I’m just asking because our local Playstation Store doesn’t seem to be offline during the announced maintenance schedule, and considering we don’t have access to movies yet, I’m not sure when this update will reach us.

  • what great UPDATES!,so the firmware update will go live TONIGHT?

  • @56

    Thanks! I will give that a shot tonight… it seems a bit …umm… user unfriendly, but if it works, then great.

  • A great idea to have the Playstation store on PSP. Feel free to put more PS1 games on it.

  • will it stop saying not enough memory with flash 9

  • Where is the Resistance 2 beta?????? Anyone??????

  • Thanks for the update Grace.

    This way there won’t be as many rumors on this blog, especially about the Flash player.

  • @68

    Right on! F the 360…

  • @ 84 LOL I bet not!

    Please get the fallowing firmware features on the PSP:

    Flash player 9 support
    Support for PDF Files
    Support for MP4 files as listed by some one else here.

    Add the fallowing functions to the music player:

    PlayLists: We still can’t make play lists for the PSP! This is nuts the PS3 can do it why not the PSP?

    Add the fallowing functions to the movies section:

    PlayLists: Agian another feature that would not only be great for PSP lovers on the go but also for store clerks to show off the best that the PSP has to offer via downloaded and instaled trailers?

    Add a PSP frendly blog to the PSP official site so we can get our info right from Sony, and not just from our PCs! The PS3 can read the PSBlog, and so can PCs, now we need flash player9, and PS Blog support. Then we will be able to get all the PSP store news, and info we need right there from our PSP!

    BTW: On a side note can you do a rebuild of the PSP site on the PSP? Just make it a bit more like this site is with good use of flash pages, and other stuff. It would help PSP owners know you care.

  • Flash player 9 YAY! that’s awesome!!! cant wait!

  • Shouldn’t you guys have a blog post reminding everyone that PSP 3000 is out today? :P

  • all we need now is zoom for life with playstation i would like to use the app

  • I would love the ability to send and read messages using the psp wifi with users using their ps3s…also with the new psp3000 how cool would it be to put the built in mic to good use and be able to join video chats on the ps3 with ur buddies while you are using the psp! Now that’s PSP Mobile!!! Add the hopefully soon to be released psp camera, and be able to join your ps3 buddies in the video chat thru your psp!Just an idea! Play B3yond!

  • Hi Grace, finally an update to be real proud of but I have a question about the whole PSP PSN link up. If I sign into my psn on my psp, will it boot me out of my PS3’s PSN? You see I use both of them in my house at the same time, or when I’m out and about. So will it boot me or are you now allowing multiple instances of sign in’s of the same psn on two or three devices? Thanks for ANY reply.
    Also flash 9 support. Thanks because I know a few people whose only connection to the internets is through their PS3. They will be very happy to hear/read this.

    Cheer to Beers for PS3 and Me!

  • Flash 9 is great news, well done. I wonder if the downtime of the network today is in preparation for anything launching oh say ten days from now?? :D I hope so!

  • @6 I could not agree more. Such a small request why so tricky!?

    DTS MAN

  • Oh and just for Eric….Lets have some cross game chat please. This needs sorting.

    DTS MAN

  • Very nice, now when will it hit? I did not see a date anywhere. I assume prior to the release of Socom as the headset is part of this.

  • disgusting! cannot wait to try out this much anticipated feature. bring it on guys, bring it on

    peace,
    Lh

  • COOL! I have a feeling this is just the start of a bunch of cool things to come to the PSP and PS3. It would be cool to have other PS3 abilities like trophies, friends with messaging and video store for the PSP.

    Weird when I check my PS3 at 02:00 pm eastern the PSN was still up.

    Any word on Blu-Ray content for the PSP?

    Thanks for the great update once again.

  • When is Resistance 2 beta coming out The actual game is supsoe to ship in 3 weeks?? And I allready heard about flash 9 on N4G.com this moring….

  • This is going to be a great update. I liked the video as well, Ive never thought of being able to get the PSP games onto the PSP (may need to invest in larger memory card).

    I cant wait for the Flash support!

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