PlayStation Network in 2009!

[browinie]

I would like to see more content coming from SCEJ, available for PAL/US stores, simultaneously that is. Echochrome and The Last Guy are pretty rad, I'd like to see them continue developing games of this level.

I'm not sure what and how cross-game invites work, if someone wouldn't mind explaining to me what this is, I wouldn't mind.

I'd love to just have one user account to access any regional store, rather than having to sign out of an account into another one, just to check out some content that isn't available in my region. The likely hood of this happening is slim to none tho'.

[Elandyll]

More PS1/Ps2 (playable without having a built in compatibility) games.
Having a ball right now with Suikoden.

More original games like Flower.

I'd specially like some kind of large catalog subsciption based video streaming/ download possibiliy, akin to Netflix or Blockbuster.
The PSN videostore is nice, but it kinda pales in comparison of a sub based system at $16 a month where you have unlimited DLs

It really doesn't replace Blu Rays to me, it's more of an impulse thing like "hey, let's watch something we've never seen tonight".
And it would really complete the system I think.
An audio store would be cool to have as well.

An improved and integrated (in games) invite/ comm system with other players across games would probably be nice (although I'm not much of an online multiplayer person past MMORPGs).
Oh, I was thinking that an online database maybe PSN based keeping track of your DVDs, games and Blu Rays would be nice.

Oh, Divx 7 compatibility with mkv playback, but that's more of a PS3 thing, not really PSN directly.

My 2cps

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by androvsky

I'm sure it is tough, but I do recall Sony announcing they were working on it last fall. Pretty sure MS does it already.

It's a different system for MS, they have one standard review body which will delay the release WW if it isn't ready in a region.

Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it) SCEE have got much higher standards for PSN releases than SCEA, so SOCOM and SSFTHDR were delayed because they weren't up to SCEE standards.

[Scooby Blu]

I know this is a noob question but real quick, are there any free games on the playstation store for my PS3 ??? (Don't hit me)

[alphapyro]

Originally Posted by Scooby Blu

I know this is a noob question but real quick, are there any free games on the playstation store for my PS3 ??? (Don't hit me)

Yes, they are called demos!

[fsavoie]

Originally Posted by AranhaHunter

What I do want is PS2 BC so I can buy a new PS3 when the 45nm RSX and Cell comes out, my PS3 right now is too loud and gets hot after a couple of hours of play, and I'm sure I could sell it because it has partial HW BC on it.

I also wanna see background downloading while watching blu ray movies, in game XMB while playing PS2/PS1 games, x-game invites and chat, PS2 games selling on the PS Store, DRM free music store, less ridiculous DRM on the Video Store, being able to play my PSP games on my big TV through the PS3, I'm sure I'm forgetting a couple of things.

Also on the games front, more PS1 games please, and Fat Princess is looking like a must have for me, more demos too, I would've bought echochrome when it was $5 dollars if it had a demo, but since it didn't have it, I didn't buy it but then I played it on PS Home and really enjoyed it...:/

There was a demo of echochrome way before the 5$ tag price

[Scooby Blu]

Originally Posted by alphapyro

Yes, they are called demos!

OK I knew about demos my bad. Let me try this again. Any free games that are not demos of games that have not come out yet? I don't know, like Pac Man. I saw on another post about logging in as a Hong Kong user name and there were free games. Did not know if we had anything like that in the States?

[Scooby Blu]

Originally Posted by fsavoie

There was a demo of echochrome way before the 5$ tag price

Thanks I just don't want to waste money. Any games that are a must have ??

[fsavoie]

Originally Posted by Scooby Blu

Thanks I just don't want to waste money. Any games that are a must have ??

It depend of your taste, but you should try those demo : Eden, Burnout paradise, echochrome, monster, and a lot of other game, but Eden is my favorite PSN game up to date.

[Scooby Blu]

Originally Posted by fsavoie

It depend of your taste, but you should try those demo : Eden, Burnout paradise, echochrome, monster, and a lot of other game, but Eden is my favorite PSN game up to date.

That is what I was looking for! Thanks will do !

[DonRSD]

i want to be able to join a friends game thru the xmb

like rainbow six it shows you the person is in a game yet you cant join the game.....even if there is a spot open

this is the one feature i miss from 360

[Toxa]

[Marine Mike]

PSN On eu.playstation.com - New Features Coming Soon

Hi everyone. My name is Emmanuel (or “Manu” as everybody calls me) and I’m the Portal Manager here at SCEE, which means that I look after eu.playstation.com.

Back in March this year we released new PSN functionality on eu.playstation.com, in particular the ability to directly check your Trophies and the status’ of your friends on the website, plus a new Trophy-friendly version of the Portable ID.

Already more than half a million of you have enjoyed these new features and continued to update your Portable ID on a regular basis, so thank you very much for your support.

Since the launch of the PSN channel, we’ve been listening to the community in order to plan further enhancements to the section and I’m happy to say that from mid-July you’ll be able to enjoy two great new and much-requested features on eu.playstation.com…

First up is the new “My Trophies – Compare with your friends” page, which is fairly self-explanatory but will enable you to line up your Trophy collection alongside that of your PSN Friends.

Many of you also requested a Leaderboard, so you can see how you rank against your PSN Friends, and whether you’ve moved up, down or stayed in the same spot. So here’s a look at the new Leaderboard:

This is still work in progress and the design of these pages might change slightly, but as we get closer to the launch of these new features we’ll let you know more details on how they’ll work and the exact release date.

Back in March I said this is just the start of new exciting ways of enjoying your PSN world and it still is: keep an eye on eu.playstation.com for even more new features coming soon. I’m also keen to get ideas and feedback from you, so don’t hesitate to post your comments here on the Blog or into the Forums.
On a final and separate note, I just wanted to remind you to keep your PSN sign in details safe: never tell anyone else your PSN Sign-In ID (email address) or password, and only use these details to log-in to official PlayStation websites.

See you soon on eu.playstation.com.

Manu

[Toxa]

Now you know

[fsavoie]

I would like to have those feature on PSN US

[Rike255]

Why don't they put that on the actual PS3 so we can check progress for games through their profile card instead of "Compare trophies"?
I like this a lot!

[Stephie_is_a_dork]

I would love to be able to search which of my friends have certain games via XMB.

Users should be able to make a list of games they own (a feature already on playstation.com) via the XMB. There could also be a temporary status for games that are rented or borrowed. It would be a lot easier than checking the trophies of 33 friends currently online to see who's played a certain game. Even then, sometimes I find out they've sold/traded it or only rented it once 3 months ago and wouldn't be able to play with me anyway!

This could work for disc and downloadable games, but the currently renting status would only apply to discs. Let's say I want to play (random online multiplayer game disc). From the XMB, I could insert the disc and select:
game > (random online multiplayer game disc) > triangle > search friends

Then a magical list of PSN friends would pop up saying something like:
PSNfriend83 ... owns ... 12% complete
SomeRandomChick ... owns ... 85 % complete
xAWESOMExDUDEx ... owns ...100% complete
whoISthisguy ... owns ... 38% complete
C00LPERS0N ... renting ... 53% complete

Then I could select their PSN names and send invites so PSNfriend83, SomeRandomChick, C00LPERS0N and I can play (random online multiplayer game disc) and live happily ever after!

[fsavoie]

Originally Posted by Stephie_is_a_dork

I would love to be able to search which of my friends have certain games via XMB.

Users should be able to make a list of games they own (a feature already on playstation.com) via the XMB. There could also be a temporary status for games that are rented or borrowed. It would be a lot easier than checking the trophies of 33 friends currently online to see who's played a certain game. Even then, sometimes I find out they've sold/traded it or only rented it once 3 months ago and wouldn't be able to play with me anyway!

This could work for disc and downloadable games, but the currently renting status would only apply to discs. Let's say I want to play (random online multiplayer game disc). From the XMB, I could insert the disc and select:
game > (random online multiplayer game disc) > triangle > search friends

Then a magical list of PSN friends would pop up saying something like:
PSNfriend83 ... owns ... 12% complete
SomeRandomChick ... owns ... 85 % complete
xAWESOMExDUDEx ... owns ...100% complete
whoISthisguy ... owns ... 38% complete
C00LPERS0N ... renting ... 53% complete

Then I could select their PSN names and send invites so PSNfriend83, SomeRandomChick, C00LPERS0N and I can play (random online multiplayer game disc) and live happily ever after!

This is a very cool idea!

[Rike255]

Originally Posted by Stephie_is_a_dork

I would love to be able to search which of my friends have certain games via XMB.

Users should be able to make a list of games they own (a feature already on playstation.com) via the XMB. There could also be a temporary status for games that are rented or borrowed. It would be a lot easier than checking the trophies of 33 friends currently online to see who's played a certain game. Even then, sometimes I find out they've sold/traded it or only rented it once 3 months ago and wouldn't be able to play with me anyway!

This could work for disc and downloadable games, but the currently renting status would only apply to discs. Let's say I want to play (random online multiplayer game disc). From the XMB, I could insert the disc and select:
game > (random online multiplayer game disc) > triangle > search friends

Then a magical list of PSN friends would pop up saying something like:
PSNfriend83 ... owns ... 12% complete
SomeRandomChick ... owns ... 85 % complete
xAWESOMExDUDEx ... owns ...100% complete
whoISthisguy ... owns ... 38% complete
C00LPERS0N ... renting ... 53% complete

Then I could select their PSN names and send invites so PSNfriend83, SomeRandomChick, C00LPERS0N and I can play (random online multiplayer game disc) and live happily ever after!

The list of games a person owns woudl be soo nice. this would help with the request I've had for a long time now: the ability to track game patches as they're released.
I have lots of games that I rarely play except when people come to my house, etc...I'd like to be able to list all the games I own, then when updates/DLC/whatever come out for those games, there will be a message on the XMB letting me know. That way I can not only stay up-to-date on new features for games, but not have to sit through a long patch with all my buddies wanting to play the game. There could even be an option to automatically download these patches (not paid DLC of course) in the background, effectively reducing wait times to zero!

[Shin-Ra]

Update: 20 July 2009
Hello! Great news - the new PSN Trophy features are now live! To compare your trophies with your Friends in the new leaderboard, go to eu.playstation.com, sign-in using your PSN Online ID then head over to My PlayStation Network / My Trophies. Enjoy