PlayStation Network in 2009!

[Maximus]

So let's do a recap first!

2006: Launch year, PSN was pretty bare, functional, but bare. Free though!

2007: Home announced games started to come but the weekly content updates were pretty bad, especially poor in SCEE regions.

2008: In-game XMB was added with firmware 2.40 along with trophies, in-game messaging and custom soundtracks where supported. PSN content really started to ramp up and we got some excellent DLC for a number of games and some very good first party downloadable games like WipEout HD and GT5: Prologue. By the end of the year the platform had grown into a wonderfully varied resource for gamers, with games like PixelJunk Eden and the esoteric Echochrome fulfilling the arty needs and more mainstream games such as SSFIITHDR and Ratchet and Clank Future: Quest for Booty giving the majority of gamers their thrills.

Looking ahead to 2009: Well what do we want to see? More integration within the PSN? Cross-game chat/invites are surely on the way, Sony wouldn't ignore us for this long... . It looks like another stellar year for gaming content with the likes of Fat Princess and Flower set to arrive early in the year, hopefully starting a trend for quality content in 2009!