First PSP/Home Connectivity Details Revealed
02/10/2009 Written by Anthony Severino
Written by Anthony 
According to this poorly translated web page, it has been announced that Namco Bandai’s PSP sim game The Idol Master SP, will offer some kind of connectivity with PlayStation Home.
From what we can make out from the article it seems that during your play-through of Idol Master SP, you unlock “rewards” for use in Home. It also looks as though Home will import avatars from Idol Master judging from the picture after the jump…
Japanese School Girls FTW!
This is a step in the right direction, and hopefully we will see a lot more PSP/Home integration in the future.
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February 10th, 2009 at 12:30 PM
That is very interesting.. I mean if they can do that, they can enable trophies on PSP games as well.. I’m surprised the later hasn’t been done yet..
February 10th, 2009 at 12:32 PM
This is actually a very neat idea from Namco.
However I would really love Sony to add HOME to the PSP.
Not everyone who has a PS3 has a PSP and vive versa… this would actually add more ppl to what is a social networking tool.
February 10th, 2009 at 12:38 PM
@ Cruiz Dwyer
Home on the PSP? Ouch… I mean, do you really think something like that would even be possible? Home already has enough slowdown, bugs and issues as is on the PS3. Even when factoring in an extremely scaled down version of Home, I still don’t believe the PSP (or its wireless) could handle Home.
Keep those hopes for the PSP2 however.
February 10th, 2009 at 2:24 PM
[...] Thanks for visiting…Our friends over at PlayStation LifeStyle did the world a great favor, by reporting that Namco Bandai’s upcoming PSP title, The Idol Master SP, will support Home [...]
February 10th, 2009 at 2:34 PM
[...] Still, precisely how this unlocking will occur is unclear. It could involve a PSP to PS3 sync, an online server or just a redeemable code. That said, this is certainly a much-needed step in connecting these various PlayStation properties to form a cohesive network. [Gpara via PlayStation Lifestyle] [...]
February 10th, 2009 at 2:35 PM
I’d like to see SOME kind of use of the PSP with home. Maybe as a virtual *cough* PDA?
February 10th, 2009 at 2:55 PM
This means there is some kind of PSP PSN ID login that runs DURING gameplay. Currently, I was only aware of the login that occurs when going to PSP Store or Account Management. This seems like a persistent login connection or at least something that is triggered from within the game.
On a related note,
Maybe the removal of the virtual PSP from within Home and move to a strict menu system was to prepare for future Home access from the PSP. Imagine using Home from PSP and the menus were… another PSP? Just a thought.
February 10th, 2009 at 3:13 PM
This. Is. Awesome.
Thanks Gizmodo for the source link:
http://i.gizmodo.com/5150677/a-first-glimpse-of-how-the-psp-will-integrate-to-ps-home
February 10th, 2009 at 3:17 PM
[...] Still, precisely how this unlocking will occur is unclear. It could involve a PSP to PS3 sync, an online server or just a redeemable code. That said, this is certainly a much-needed step in connecting these various PlayStation properties to form a cohesive network. [Gpara via PlayStation Lifestyle] [...]
February 10th, 2009 at 4:32 PM
[...] Still, precisely how this unlocking will occur is unclear. It could involve a PSP to PS3 sync, an online server or just a redeemable code. That said, this is certainly a much-needed step in connecting these various PlayStation properties to form a cohesive network. [Gpara via PlayStation Lifestyle] [...]
February 10th, 2009 at 4:58 PM
[...] to Home connectivity was hinted at with The Idol Master SP, unlocking rewards for Home in the game and even transporting characters [...]
February 10th, 2009 at 6:42 PM
HAHAHAHA,
I was planning on buying Idol M@ster a while ago. HAHAHAHA
February 10th, 2009 at 10:41 PM
[...] PlayStation Lifestyle; [...]
February 11th, 2009 at 3:50 AM
It could be a simple code to redeem in order to download some kind of skin for your avatar… Nothing special I suppose…
February 15th, 2009 at 6:29 AM
I already got the Idolmaster rewards in Home.
That translation is off. You don’t need a PSP to get the rewards pictured. The game is just advertised within Playstation Home Japan. And the rewards are from a group of Idolmaster-themed soda can dispensers within Playstation Home Japan.
In Home Japan, in the namco-bandai arcade area, there is a small area for Idolmaster. A video advertising the game is on the wall. And along a wall are Idolmaster soda machines. Each machines gives out one of four items that you see in the picture. A pair of boots, skirt, jacketandtop (one item), and a halloween-style mask you wear over your face. You go up to a machine, a roulette wheel spins, and usually you get…NOTHING. But a few times you get a big Idolmaster soda can for your apartment in Home. Sometimes you get a 3-pack of small idolmaster soda cans. And very very rarely, you will get one of the clothing items from that picture above.
No purchase required except of course the PS3.
February 18th, 2009 at 2:22 PM
[...] just got an anonymous tip saying that their copy of Idol Master SP on UMD has firmware 5.05 on it. This actually makes sense, as it most likely, allows the PSP to [...]
October 28th, 2009 at 1:47 PM
[...] step in connecting these various PlayStation properties to form a cohesive network. [Gpara via PlayStation Lifestyle] Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 Portable [...]