According to a Sony Web page dedicated to news to be announced at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show the latest software upgrade to the PlayStation Portable platform will be Skype support.
Sony has never been one to let any official CES news out prior to a press event, but perhaps the company is changing its tune. According to Sony's own CES preview page, one of the PSP's to-be-announced features will allow you to "Call friends, talk trash to fellow gamers or catch up with acquaintances via Skype for PSP system."
It's been a long and rocky road for the PSP since it's release more than three years ago, but the latest round of updates may be what the struggling handheld needs to succeed.
Over the past year Sony released a slimmer version of the PSP with a more reasonable price tag of $169. This, along with the other slated PSP updates which include steaming music and the ability to connect to the PlayStation 3, has accomplished much for the PSP's popularity since November price cuts. Now with Skype support this portable may have a chance to finally make it in 2008.
