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Star Scream on 05 May 2009
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MontanaHatchet said:
ssj12 said:
MontanaHatchet said:
You know it's getting bad when Sony is putting their hope in the PSP. I'm not trying to troll or anything, but they should be focusing on the PS3 as much as possible.

Not really.

1. PSP is profitable. With the PS2's price cut they need the PSP to sell even more to make up for lost revenue from the PS2.

2. The PS3 has remote play which could push PS3 sales.

3. The PSN titles available for the PSP will grow meaniing more revenue from there.

4. More software revenue from a profitable system equals more profit.

5. PS3 game videos available on the PSP PSN Store could push PS3 sales.

 

@above post on Japanese market from you

The Japanese market is turning into a dominate handheld market with a minor console market. It is smarter to push handhelds in Japan and when you have less expensive console push it then. The PS3 sells well considering but its still expensive, push it after a price cut in Japan.

Is the PSP actually profitable? I'd believe it, but I'd like some sources to confirm it. As for the Japan bit, I consider handhelds to be consoles. Always have, always will. Japan has always been a handheld market anyways. The Gameboy is the highest selling console of all time there, and Pokemon the highest selling game. It's just during the PS2 era where the Gameboy Advance was fairly westernized and didn't have as much Japanese appeal (although it still sold almost as much as the PS2).

 

 

 GS: So is the PSP's increasing market share one of the reasons behind last month's flurry of PSP software announcements? 

JK: Well, it's certainly related to this announcement. Corporately from a financial standpoint, the PSP has been a high-growth, high-margin product for us. It has, as I mentioned, allowed the PS2 price to drop, and we've had some flexibility.

There's a lot of announcements coming up to E3 and particularly at E3. [Emphasis added.] There's probably 50-60 percent of the lineup for the year that has not been announced and there's some big titles coming. So there's a lot of excitement on PSP

 

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6207289.html