Is the PSP dying?

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Lord N said:

"Piracy" has nothing to do with the PSP's software sales, nor does it have the effect that the industry would have you believe. If it did, then all of the major record labels and movie studios would be out of business. I mean, for years now it's been ridiculously easy to download artists' entire discographies or a bunch of movies within hours at the most.

The problem with the PSP's software sales is the way that it was marketed from the beginning. Sony marketed it as a PMP first and a gaming device second, and that's how people used it. There are many people out there who only own/play one or two games for it and use it mostly as a portable MP3/video player.

I'll also say that as someone who's been hacking/modifying consoles and electronics for years that it's far easier, cheaper, and more convenient to mod and play downloaded games on a DS than it is on a PSP. With a DS, one needs only a USB device and knowledge of "copy & paste" whereas hacking a PSP requires modding hardware + installing and configuring software.

There are two flaws in what you say.

 

1. It's pretty mainstream and socially acceptable to have stacks of movies and music cds while in many instances the same doesn't really apply (depending on the circomstances) for games.

 

2. Artists also make money from live performances and royalties from radio stations, night clubs etc. Meanwhile movie theaters provide for a lot of the income movie studios get from their movies.