Sensationalistic headline from Crunchgear, but here's what Reeves actually said about PSP in the original Eurogamer interview:
"David Reeves: The competition has been such that publishers have had four consoles, plus PC, to publish for. They did not put their chips on PSP, certainly in the US and Europe.
In Japan, a lot of publishers put their chips on PSP. So games like Monster Hunter, Phantasy Star Portable and Dissidia have caused enormous spikes for PSP in Japan. But there haven't been big platform drivers in Europe.
Now I can look you in the face and say, the line-up for PSP in 2009 is two or three times stronger than it was last year. We ran out of steam on games around August, September last year. We didn't have a Monster Hunter or a Dissidia. But probably from March to July, you're going to see that type of thing starting to kick in. '
Also, something else PSP related that Crunch Gear article completely missed:
Eurogamer: Back in 2007, you said it was "definitely possible later" that we could see a PSP with a built-in hard drive. Now it's 2009, are we talking sooner rather than later?
David Reeves: It's still possible, but it's going to be later rather than sooner.
Eurogamer: Not this year, then?
David Reeves: No, I'm not saying that. You didn't give me your timeline - whether it's minutes, weeks, months or years...
Eurogamer: Is it minutes, weeks, months or years?
David Reeves: There is no timeframe. I stand by what I said. It is possible, yes, to have a fixed hard drive or flash memory. But what's happened is, the rate at which memory stick prices have come down have surprised everyone.
