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nitekrawler1285 on 07 January 2010
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NoCtiS_NoX said:
nitekrawler1285 said:
NoCtiS_NoX said:
3 reasons

1. Lack of support by Sony especially on 2008.
2. Lot of ports. PS2 to PSP? Wii to PSP? DS to PSP?
3. Piracy ( everyone who denies that are only fooling themselves ) It sure helps sell a lot of hardware but it became a double edge sword and really hurt Sony in the long run.

It's the mixture of those 3.

PS. PSP is not a failure selling 55 million ( still selling ) is not a failure. I really hope Metal gear and KH will invigorate it sale for one last push and PSP is still far from dead yet thanks to Japan.

What evidence do you have that it is a major cause?  Even the Ipod one of the most popular Personal media players on the market only made 48 million from gaming even though i believe it's growing faster than the PSP.   You don't need all the games in the world when you can search the internet, listen to music, watch videos etc.  

I used to have a link the site traffic of the site that people used to network update their psp with custom firmware and their traffic was nothing amazing.  

I am really confused on what were you trying to say here?

 

Since you ask for one.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/21/sonys-peter-dille-thinks-psp-piracy-is-sickening/

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/10/19/piracy-discourages-future-pixeljunk-psp-port-plans/

http://playstation.joystiq.com/2008/03/09/ridiculous-psp-piracy-numbers/

 

I am saying that Personal Media Devices would have a far lower software attach ratio than purely gaming machines because they offer far more entertainment options than just games(music, movies, internet, internet radio etc). 

Even though Nintendo makes tons of cash they complain about piracy too.  That doesn't seem to affect their sales very much. Same with the 360(although with Live it makes it a slightly easier problem as they frequently drop the ban hammer).  Same with the PC.  I think Sony might be a little more vocal but i see no reason to believe that they suffer from piracy any greater than any other system.  As a matter of fact those numbers you have are smaller than any of the ones listed in the most pirated games in 09 as that honor belongs to 360 and Wii.

I don't have the link anymore but when i did the math based on the hits to the custom firmware update site i believe it was less than half a percent of the current install base at that time.  Even 10 times that wouldn't even be 5% of the install base.  

Sony especially with the PSP needs to get awareness out there of games and stop thinking that they can place product in the market without advertising and it will sell.  And not just video game websites.  The people that see the game there are more likely to pirate as the average individual doesn't go to game sites to figure our and anticipate the latest titles. They ask the clerks at Games Stop.  They watch tv etc.  

I am saying Sony sucks at letting consumers know what they have to purchase and that is probably a much bigger issue.  They advertise the hardware itself heavily and it sells. They don't advertise the games much and they don't sell...Hmmm i wonder why that is.