PSP gets PlayStation Store access with firmware 5.00

Mike Bantick
Tuesday, 14 October 2008 03:40

Your IT - Entertainment

Just in time for the release of the PSP-3000 comes the announcement of the latest firmware for the Sony hand-held device.

Sony have announced the feature set for V5.00 of the PlayStation Portable firmware.  No release date has been forthcoming yet.

In V5.00, the PSP will get full access to the online PlayStation Network Store.

Over at Joystiq they had a look “With the exception of a separate video storefront, it is functionally identical to the PS3's PS store, including the option to enter PSN Card numbers and voucher codes from within it. The final content categories are still being finalized, but the build we tried featured sections for downloadable games, UMD Legacy games, themes, video, and music. SCEA isn't saying whether it plans to offer digital releases all future UMD-based games day-and-date via the service like SCE Japan is.”

A new “sleep timer” mode has been introduced with this firmware version,  along with a full screen keyboard enhancement.

Listed as “coming soon” , given the PSP-3000 is being released just around the corner (16th of October in Australia) that looks like a likely timeframe.