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.
|
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.
Yep, PSP will be able to access the PSN store this Fall (this was announced for NA)
There's a free music and music video streaming through vidzone on PSN and downloadable music (presumably Music tab on PSN) coming Q1 and Q3 09 (this was announced for Europe)
|
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.
Sony fucked up because of proprietary things on PSP and Walkman and their Atrac, walkman is now behind zune, creative labs, philips, samsung and of course ipod in MP3 players market share. The PSP, while being the most succesful non nintendo handheld ever, could've been a lot more had Sony given it access to PSN a lot earlier and given it Flash Memory like the Itouch or a HDD. I also feel it would've benefitted from a 2nd analog.
|
