As you know, Sony announced that the Skype IP phone service will be joining the growing list of PSP features.

Skype will be added soon to your PSP following a firmware update.

Unfortunately for most PSP owners, this ad has no meaning, since this functionality will only work in the new PSP model slim&light.

Last year, Sony as also launch the 1seg TV Tuner in Japan that also only works with the new PSP Slim. Now is Skype, tomorrow what will be?

What Sony is trying to do with this restriction we do not know for sure. What we know is that over 80% of the PSP userbase has the original PSP Model. Is this a new strategy by Sony in order to encourage the purchase of the new model by the old owners?

This petition is addressed to all PSP Owners, which invested much money in the purchase of the machine and its games, and we now feel disappointed with this discrimination. Through this petition we want Skype and any functionality in the future to be launched for all PSP Models.

We therefore to all PSP owners to sign this petition and make themselves heard. We are many and our protest will be heard.

Sign is free and no registration needed:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/pspskype/index.html

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Common ... do you actually think Sony will do anithing about this ... they want to push as many Slims as they can , and a petition wont change their minds ...

On topic : Im actually loosing a bit interest in this game , Im not shure that it suits the PSPs style at its best , like Patapon or Burnout ...

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To jack, Sony acctually attempted to put skype onto the psp fhat, but failed. its not like they did it on purpose. i admit that i also thought the same thing, and the idea of a technical error had never occurred 2 me.

please dont think that im bitchin at you, just want you 2 no

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sony actualy tried to put skype on the original psp, but failed, itss not their fault, they tried.

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The reason is the slim has 64 K of memory and the original has 32K. Its nothing more than that I'm afraid.

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