Should HOME come to the PSP?

[Fraser]

Would it be a better fit than on the PS3?

Would you use it?

Would it help prolong the life of the PSP

Is it even possible?

Over to you...

[HiddenAway]

Every single question on the list, I answered a resounding No. I can't see it working on the PSP, what with the current memory constraints on the console and things like that. It's certainly not something I'd use though I can see the angle that this is coming from. Namely social networking and having an avatar represent you whenever you're around and maybe get straight into a game from the UMD.

I don't think the PSP's life will be extended by something like this. It'll be similar to what's happening with HOME on the PS3.

[danskmacabre]

This would not make me more tempted to get a PSP.

If I have access to the Internet, I am probably at home, and therefore will use my PC for social networking stuff.

If I am not at home, and I have portable access to the internet (say via a hotspot) I would just use it for email and general browsing.

What WOULD tempt me to buy a PSP (and I AM tempted) would be a really good Fantasy RPG, done in the style of Bioware's Baldur's gate or something like that.

It's about having really good games , not novelties and stuff like that.

[Accelorata Jengold]

I don't want to sound all holier than thou, but I am so over social networking. It's become the lowest common denominator for internet culture. A recent episode of the American Office where Brian tries to drum up business by tacking on a social networking aspect to the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company website crystallized it for me.

Social networking is to the internet now, what reality TV was to the box ten years ago and though it admittedly has its uses (I do use Linked-in and teenagers would be lost without Bebo/facebook), I don't think I am the only one starting to feel jaded about the whole concept.

In fact, the analogy in the Office makes quite an apt comparison for HOME on the PSP. It would be a tacked on, unnecessary extra, a shallow exercise in bandwagon jumping that few people would use.

How about some online games that people play for more than one month before moving on to the next title instead? The servers for most titles are deathly silent most of the time when I try to play.

[SetsFireToPoshHammer]

If there was a way of integrating some interesting games into it, it could be good. Like an arcade room where you can play the best PSP flash games that have been handpicked by Sony and tailored to the PSP's controls.

Mind you, you don't really need all of the other aspects of HOME for something like that and I have to agree with everyone else in here that it wouldn't be used much, or at least, I certainly wouldn't use it much.

I have to say, though it isn't coming to the PSP anyway, I really do feel like the whole HOME concept may have missed the boat somewhat. I really don't think it would help or is even needed to prolong the PSP's life. Games like God of War and Wipeout Pulse are doing a good enough job of that already.