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Joystiq [PlayStation]: PlayStation.com upgrade brings new community features
PS3 Blog and Community | PS3Blog.net: Playstation.com evolves, includes friends list
Kotaku: PlayStation.com Adding PSN Sign In, Killing Underground [R.i.p. Playstation Underground]
Evil Avatar - News Items: Playstation.com Update Brings Community
Ars Technica - Opposable Thumbs: PlayStation Underground closing, Sony teases "big change"
PlayStation.com upgrade brings new community features
Joystiq [PlayStation] —
... Not content with redesigning the PlayStation Blog, Sony has revealed further plans to develop the PlayStation web sites, starting with some added functionality coming soon. Both the PlayStation Blog and PlayStation.com will be updated on Monday to allow you ...
Playstation.com evolves, includes friends list
PS3 Blog and Community | PS3Blog.net —
... integrating it into the PSN to create a more streamlined experience. The update will also allow us to check out our friend’s lists on the site. Other features are rating and reviewing games but I’m not sure if you can build a collection to show what you own. These all seem like good additions to me and I really like the design in the screenshot above. I look forward to when it launches next week.
full details and links to creating an account can be found here;
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/11/19/playstationcom-continues-to-evolve/g
PlayStation.com Adding PSN Sign In, Killing Underground [R.i.p. Playstation Underground]
Kotaku —
... but you'll be able to keep an eye on your friends list via the official site and rate and review your games. We're getting there, I guess. These improvements come at a cost though, as the PlayStation Underground program, which has been in existence since the original PlayStation has been "dissolved." The snapshot of the new version of the site implies that the Gamer Advisory Panel hasn't gone by the wayside though, so freebies and early access may still be in the cards. PlayStation.com Continues to Evolve [PlayStation.blog] ...
Playstation.com Update Brings Community
Evil Avatar - News Items —
... Sony is taking a move towards unifying their community by rolling out a new Playstation.com update next week. Adding some very social networking-ish style features, you'll be able to keep an 'about me' section, display your profile and friends list. Additionally, you'll be able to review and rate games. ...
PlayStation Underground closing, Sony teases "big change"
Ars Technica - Opposable Thumbs —
... Underground is coming to an end, and we'll be bringing you PlayStation Network on PlayStation.com," the e-mail reads. Following the account-linking process, users are presented with a "PlayStation identity card" which bears a streaking resemblance to gamertags. From the looks of it, Sony may be shifting the way its online web presence works, perhaps trying to move towards a more online data-rich system as used by Microsoft. Sony has hinted that more changes are coming on the official PlayStation blog .
PlayStation Underground Dies So That PlayStation.com May Live
Kombo.com —
... . -- PlayStation.Blog Hard to imagine PlayStation Underground will be gone, that thing's been around since the original PlayStation.
PSN IDs on PlayStation.com, 'Underground' closes
Joystiq —
... Synergy. Can you dig it? Sony does, finally noticing those 14 million accounts stranded on the console-side of PlayStation Network. We imagine the meeting went a little something like this:
Exec One: You see, we've got 14 million people ...


