Eric Lempel said that Uncharted: Drake's Fortune will also include trophy support. Hurray!

Thanks Sony! NOT!

GameSpy: It's been mentioned that currently existing save data won't be eligible for trophies, due to concerns about someone taking a game save from a friend and cheating to level up. What about currently available games with award systems, like Burnout Paradise or Devil May Cry 4, that have save data that's locked to a single PSN ID?

Lempel: We're currently not allowing that data to roll over into the trophy system.

This completely contradicts what Criterion has said about their retroactive trophies for Burnout. WTF is going on?

What was that game in the picture about Stars and space stuff it's on the 2nd page.

I hope we get more avatars added to the selection. The ones we have now are pretty lame.

Criterion just posted on the official playstation blog that burnout is getting trophies as well.

GameSpy: We saw in the video that you pulled up messages in-game. Will gamers also be able to initiate voice chat with buddies as they play?

Eric Lempel, Director of Operations, PSN: No, they won't be able to yet. This is phase one of our project, and we'll be rolling out even bigger plans for the future.

GameSpy: Will in-game XMB be compatible with PS2 and PS1 games?

Lempel: Not yet. Gamers wanted it for PS3 first, so we want to ensure that we cover PS3 titles first and foremost.

GameSpy: Are custom soundtracks restricted to music on the hard drive, or can players stream music from their PCs?

Lempel: It's only music stored on the console's hard drive.

GameSpy: Are there future plans to implement an automated pause in the game to access the XMB?

Lempel: Some games will do that, but others won't. It's not really our decision to make, as much as it's a developer's choice.

GameSpy: Would developers be able to incorporate such a thing into a patch down the line?

Lempel: It's definitely possible.

the 1st question was a very good question and one i hope gets brought up more than none, this way we can get this feature rather sooner than later.

should include the following features.

1.Voice/Video mail
2. in-game cross chat_ imagine browsing the web on your ps3 while chatting with a buddy who by the way is playing a game? thats insane and its something that needs to be added.

3. 4/6 way voice/video chat sessions.
4.Sent Message to all feature/option-sent the same voice/video/text massage\mail to all friends.
5. video store of course.

these set of features here will further enhance the psn experience, so if your eager for these set of features go spam the playstation blog trust me this is for the better. lol just kidding but yeah im confident these features will eventually come hopefully sooner than later though.

Now that Jim Ryan is gone just need to remove Herman Hulst from his position! And maybe give Shuhei the position he deserved.

This gen hasn't been the best for games, last gen consoles are still out there and now there's been talk of the PS6 and Xbox Two for a year or so. Many games this gen will be ported to next gen and the cycle will continue. The re-release of the Neo Geo AES+, games on cartridge for £70 ($95), gaming is going back in time. Gaming has gone pricing mad with the high cost of games, consoles and controllers. The men and women at the top are clueless.

It’s always interesting to hear behind-the-scenes stories like this, especially involving veterans like Shuhei Yoshida and leadership figures like Jim Ryan. That said, there are usually multiple sides to decisions at that level. It could be less about not “listening” and more about differences in long-term vision for PlayStation. Yoshida played a huge role in shaping the brand, so whatever the reason, his impact is undeniable.

If true, and I'm inclined to believe it is, it goes to show that Sony lost their way when they became more western/didn't respect the PlayStation origin story. Andrew House and Jack Tretton did great work, but they also didn't try to fundamentally change the PlayStation DNA. Ryan oversaw the death of Japan Studio and a live service direction.

I already figured this, good lord imagine if Shuhei took over instead, would've been a platinum era 😩

I miss the first three generations of PlayStation. The way they turned PS3 around, we knew they meant business. We were all worried for a bit there around launch. Eventually from 2008 they started shifting slowly. But since Yoshida was fired, it's never been the same. Still enjoy my PS5 daily. I got a backlog dating back to PS2 lol So I'm fine but new games aren't as appealing anymore.

It seems like we were thrown on to the worst timeline possible where everything is too expensive and the wrong people were put in positions that makes the world a shitty place. We could have had Shu as the head of PS but we got the shitty alternative. Same goes for everyone in power around the world. Doesn’t matter the company or country the majority of us got the shitty picks and the world is declining like never before. I do think PS can come out of this because of their studios, talent and IP but they need someone more in touch with gamers leading things like Shu was. They’re still the best place for console gaming imo but it could be much better than it is especially without the massive live service failures. The rest of the world I have a lot less hope for right now. Hopefully the pendulum swings back towards the good ole days but I’m preparing for the worst.

There goes illuminati distraction story

So now there's certifiable proof that Ryan was in fact "fired", as opposed to when it was first announced that he "retired", in order to save face.

There's another guy who recently "retired" as CEO of another large gaming company, after doing a dismantling job as lead for well over a decade.

seems legit, the business man, fires the one who has ideas to move the business forward.

Jim Ryan is the reason why we are entering year 6 since the PS5 launch and many of us don't feel like the PS5 has gotten started as yet.

I hope going forward, we will see a return to form.