danielhiru said:
Gamerace said:
RPG said:
Your being paranoid then Gamerace, PS3 already has huge support for the PS3 from first and 3rd parties so a few big PSP games simply means they want the console to sell. I see nothing wrong with that especially since the development of a PSP game must be a fraction of a PS3 game so Sony can throw money at the big franchises.
Gran Turismo on PSP would do 2 million easily even after piracy, one would think that would be a nice profit for Sony. |
That's exactly the thing. GT on PSP would sell 2m and make a nice profit. With PS3 in last place and GT5 having a 5 year development cycle it's profit margin will be very limited - especially from what the initial expectations would have been when they began.
Sony exists for one thing - profit. If they can make more profit off of selling PSP and PSP games than PS3s (which lose them money) and PS3 games (which are tremendously expensive compared to PSP) then business wise it makes more sense to shift the majority of their resources that way.
With Sony merging SCE in with other divisions it's like saying the PS brand is no longer the dominate focus just one of many Sony brands in a field. And right now, above all else, Sony needs to achieve profitability. And it's starting to look like Sony is seeing the PSP as being able to deliver that - but not necessarily the PS3. We'll see at E3. If 90% of new games announced are PSP then you know the PS3 is being unofficially retired.
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GT5 already paid itself, the GT5:P already covered the devs cost easily, PS3 looks to have its best year in so far game wise i dont see it slowing down at all.
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You're not considering development time. PS3 games take 3-4 years to develop. Killzone was already in development long before launch. Same with GT5. So this years line up was committed to when Sony (and others) expected great things of the PS3. PSP development time is about 18 months. So about 12 - 18 months ago Sony decided to invest heavily in PSP. But is it instead of the PS3 or as well? Either way this surprisingly large commitment to PSP must come at the expense of PS3 development.
You just won't notice any drop in the number of PS3 games for another 1-2 years because of it's longer development time.
Good point about: GT5P
