Rejoice initially, fiddle with it, then figure out how you like it over the next few days. At least, that has been my experience so far with the rereleased PlayStation Store for PC, which has been offline for some overhaul work. The result is a new store interface that looks a lot more like the stores found on the PS3 and PSP. Not only that, the store on PC is now integrated into Sony’s Media Manager for PSP 3.0 software. Don’t worry, Media Manager 3.0 is free to download (http://store.playstation.com), unlike previous versions in the US. The main draw of this software for me is the advertised ability to transfer bought videos for storage onto my PC when my MemoryStick is running low. Sadly, I’m not yet sure if that’s something I’ll be doing yet.
I immediately met problems. My first install failed for some reason, but no biggie. I finally got the program running after a couple tries and synced up my PSP, only to find that the program couldn’t locate most of my PSP’s files, not game saves, not videos I have bought, not music. The only thing I could access were my PSP’s bookmarks. Not very useful. The Store, on the other hand, appears to work just fine. The layout is almost identical to the most recent version of the PS3 Store, except that the icons for items appear low-res and somewhat pixilated.
With the release of PSP v5.00 and direct PS Store access, the only reason I can see for using the PC PS Store is to rent or buy videos, a function unavailable to the PS Store on PSP. Or, perhaps if one were in a Wi-Fi-less area, the PC store would be the only option, and I guess that really is the point, to provide options. Hopefully they’re able to work out the kinks in the software with future updates, that are, hopefully, free as well.
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