Should the PSP be viewed as a succes or a failure?

[Biggerboat]

vizunary said:

Biggerboat said:

If the video output was for all models then I'd think it would have a bigger impact but as far as I'm aware it's just the Lite. Also whilst a nice feature I don't think it'll be a system seller and would again possibly have little effect on game sales. The thing I don't get about Sony making a more efficient model is that the've put in a less powerful battery meaning that even though it eats less power the new PSP will have just as short a play length per charge as before! Incredible decision! Maybe Sony will make some dough on media downloads but if that scene is anything like the gaming one on the system then most PSP owners will be getting their fix illegally.

Who said that the battery wasn't gonna last longer or even as long in the new PSP? Please provide a link if you wish to talk straight from your ass, thanks.

 

It's not a failure if that's your argument. From the data that can be gathered on this website(I'm not gonna dig around, this topic is OLD and rehashed a few times over) the PSP, h/w wise, has outsold the following:

Xbox

GC

N64(not sure, the number here is REAL low, is it right, anyone?)

SNES(???)

PS1

Saturn

DC

WS

WSC

GB(this can't be right, are some numbers missing or what???)

Ngage

Xbox360

and finally.....

the Wii

 

I just got the numbers off the charts here, I'm sure some of them are wrong or whatever but you get the point. Also, with the "surge" of new wiiboys here, take a f&cking joke when you see one and don't bother flaming me.

If anyone can clarify on a few of those numbers I'd appreciate it. The SNES, GB, and N64 numbers seem off, anyone know what's up?

oh, and what's a WS and WSC? I can't think of it right now. dee dee dee

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/16/manual-reveals-some-details-on-newly-redesigned-psp-lite/ is where I read the battery info.

"The 1200mAh battery is rated at 3-6 hours, the same as the original PSP's 1800mAh battery (good news: more efficient, bad news: same overall runtime)"

If this article is proved inaccurate I'll concede the point. You must also remember that with the full speed of the CPU now being available to devs, gams taking advantage will eat through battery life so new games on the PSP Lite may have less play time than before!

Also why must you go by harware sales to determine success when the most important part of the games industry is, well, games, that's where the money is made and that's what keeps developers interested. Come back when PSP has outsold the software of those platforms, well the respectable ones anyway,  then we'll talk. By the way the Wii already has the PSP beat on million+ sellers totals even though it has less than half the install base and a fraction of time on the market!

I have yet to see any evidence that Sony has made money on PSP.