Published 6/9/2009
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Hacking issues will prevent a portable extension of Sony's achievement system; plan to offer early adopters downloadable versions of disc-based PSP games.
During last week's massive 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo data dump, several revelations that would have made front-page news during a normal week slipped through the cracks--revelations like the PlayStation 3's trophy achievement system won't be coming to the PSP, as
had been indicated during GameSpot's E3 2008 stage show .
Looks like no virtual glory for PSP owners.
Speaking to gaming blog
Joystiq , director of PlayStation Network operations Eric Lempel-- who first demonstrated trophies on the PS3 last summer --said they were no longer in the works for the portable. "You're not going to see trophies on the PSP," he reportedly said, before outlining the reasoning behind the decision.
"If people can artificially inflate their rankings and amounts of ...
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