PSP×FON was announced last month, the portable equivalent of the PlayStation Network, and on the heels of that news, Sony says they're considering MMOs for the system. Certainly seems like it could be a better (meaning more powerful, in this case) environment than on the DS, but what do you think?

“I think PSP is something that we’re definitely looking at; 34 million [sold] worldwide really opens your eyes, and they’re all connected,” [Sony Online Entertainment president John] Smedley told me in an interview following his keynote and panel appearance about the future of MMOGs at the New York Games Conference on Friday.

“We started to get very interested in [the PSP] when we switched over from Sony Pictures to Sony Computer Entertainment back in April,” he explained. “And as we’ve kind of got our heads up looking around the world within Sony Computer Entertainment, we’re really starting to see a big push for PSP. We think it’s a world-class device… In the future, we see full MMOs that are designed for the PSP.”

However, before full-fledged MMOs, Smedley sees integration of existing online games with the handheld device, though the company hasn’t finalized any decisions.

chautemoc via multiplayerblog.mtv.com »