After only a year in service, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is pulling the plug on its Go!Messenger service, which brought video and voice chat to PSP owners throughout Europe.
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All the David Reeves you could ever want! The Sony address footage just won’t stop. Here, he talks about GO!Messenger for the PSP. And when he doesn’t talk, there’s a pretty slick CG video and hipster music. Go ahead, watch. Do it.
While the PSP might not be everyone’s favourite gaming platform, it certainly is becoming a highly versatile little piece of technology. Even more so now that Sony has revealed aat their Games Convention press conference Go!Messenger, a wireless communications package that will bring text, voice, and video chat to the plucky handheld across Europe this January. Being delivered as a free firmware upgrade (along with a small application that needs to be downloaded to your memory stick), Go!Messenger will allow PSP owners to text chat via on screen keyboard right from the get go. Add a microphone and VOIP tech allows you to voice chat. Ad the Go!Cam to the mix and you’ll be able to make video calls and record and send dirty fun video messages. The PSP just completely surpassed its price tag in terms of value as far as I am concerned. Let’s hope Sony doesn’t make us non-Euros wait too long for this nifty feature!