According to the BBC website, the Sony PSP will soon be able to make voice and video calls over a wireless connection.

Using a soon-to be-released camera and microphone, gamers will be able to call other PSP owners and some BT phones.

The software has been developed by BT and will eventually allow PSP users to call PCs, fixed lines and mobiles.

Initially the service will only be available in the UK and will only work on home or BT wireless hotspots.

Currently, there are around 2,000 of these situated in airports, railway stations, hotels and fast food restaurants.

The new PSP service takes advantage of BT’s 21 Century Network (21CN), which is specifically designed to use Internet Protocol (IP) technology.

Eventually, 21CN will replace all the existing networks.

More details of the BT service will be released at the Leipzig Games Convention in August, whilst Sony’s add-on camera and microphone for the PSP, known as the Go camera, will hit shelves in the UK on 25 May.

So, maybe there will be a point to buying the PSP Camera after all!