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Sony whacks Go!Messenger service for PSP

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Sony's confirmed it's to can PSP's Go!Messenger service.

"The Go!Messenger service will be withdrawn by BT and Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEE) from 31 March 2009," said a SCEE staffer in a post on the EU boards.

Why? Not many people used it.

"Although it proved a popular concept, achieving a significant number of registrations, it didn’t gain the number of regular users that BT and SCEE were aiming for," said the announcement.

More through there.

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