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nitekrawler1285 on 25 September 2008
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FilaBrasileiro said:
nitekrawler1285 said:
This is not the end of the PSP because Sony won't release another until the cell is inexpensive to manufacture at the 32 or 22nm size. This will make it easy to port legacy PS3 engines (giving everyone a headstart on development)to the console while having it use the least amount of power possible. That will be about 2010 2011, making the console about 6 or 7 years old. Very similar to the PS2 lifecycle.

Who cares if the PSP western developer support dries up. I've always loved companies like Capcom, Konami far more than most western developers with the exception of Naughty dog. It's not like other consoles(N64, GC) didn't have worthwhile libraries even though their consoles were not market leaders. Quantity does not always mean quality and everyone has different tastes.

 

Good points, PSP2 with the 22nm Cell and Flash Memory, along with touchscreen would be sweet. That would only be feasible in 2011, most likely in 2012, the PSP would then be 6, 7 years old. Can Sony keep the PSP alive until then?

 

More likely built in camera, mic, accelorometer, and Flash Memory(don't wanna be seen as copying).  We are  2 months from '09 and it has a decent list of titles to look forward to through out that year already.  Only 1 or 2 years past that doesn't seem like much.  Especially if they can get another team to dedicate to getting it some decent 1st party software. GT comes out in '10 or '11 as a swan song once they are done with GT5. Shouldn't take long just take the last ps2 game optimize and add a few new features.  I wouldn't be surprised if Olympic Team has something to grace it in the next year or two either.

PSP is profitable hardware(if they did launch at a loss i coudln't see it beeing more than $20 to $30 a console given that it's mostly PS2 leftovers as is).  This is the arena Sony should have been in from the get go with PS3.  Having any software sales just helps.  Not to mention the new focus on downloadable software which is an even higher profit margin and is more difficult to pirate which is why we will see PSN integration on this and the next iteration.

Hopefully Cell will make the next a multimedia beast.  This ones multimedia features weren't too hot (No on the fly playlist editing and far too limited video playback).  For the love of god please contract out the web browser.

Homebrew rules.  Not only did it give me a better browser, it made my psp with an 8GB stick the best portable emulator around(just about any system up to saturn and 64).  Still not good enough with MP3's and video though.