axumblade said:
labrats5 said:
axumblade said:
labrats5 said:
@mike_intellivision
What are you smoking? The PSone and PS2 were billed as multifunctional CD and DVD players respectively. They were huge selling points early in their lives, particularly for the PS2. It was one of the big things that killed the Dreamcast actually: the PS2's DVD player was the reason a lot of people waited for it.
The reason this didn't work for the PSP was that it wasn't a particularly good multifuctional device. UMD was a terrible idea from the beginning. Being able to play digital media was aslo bsically useles without either an online store or any built in storage (particularly that last bit). On launch, 2gb memory sticks cost upward of $50; another proprietary format that bit Sony in the ass.
The point is that it is rediculously stupid to say that being multi-functional is somehow a handicap. As long as all those functions work well and work well together, it is a huge boon. Many times they can actually be synergetic, as in the case of Monster Rancher, or the location-based functionality of many iphone games, or simply the abilty to play your own music on the same device when the soundtrack sucks. What killed the PSP was poor execution of its non-gaming functionality (especially UMD), as well as rampant piracy.
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I'm not sure if it's confirmed but I've heard they are going to make the Playstation Network accessible through the PSP and they are going to start doing more releases via the PSN then. Also, you'll be able to download movies (and if Sony are smart, put access to digital music). It will also cut down on piracy supposedly because it would be a direct download from the PSN. This could be wrong information that I was given though.
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It is very probable. But it is not enough. With no onboard storage, as well as the expensive proprietary memory stick, the PSP has no good storage solution. No matter how good their online store is, it is only as good as their storage allows it to be.
What a lot of people don't understand is that if Sony had released the exact same PSP except with no media functionality at all, it would have sold better. While well executed media functionalty can help sell a platform, bad functionality can stop it from selling, even if it doesn't hurt the gaming aspect of it. It hurts the reputation of the platform when a function that was billed as system selling ends up beinga dud. And that failure takes the focus away from what really matters: the games.
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One fortunate thing is that the cost of the memory sticks are dropping. Unfortunately there aren't like "100 gb" ones out yet but then again, I still haven't filled up my 1 gb. X_x
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Here's the problem; pirating movies/music is tons easier than buying some and converting it, or buying CD's or DVDs and converting them. And if you are going to pirate those media, why not games? (though you do have to crack firmware to do that, something I have not and will not do- I was going to in order to play BK again, but since its coming to Xbox live I wont)
