Well, the article is pretty shitty and really badly researched. Abandoning PSP is obviously the wrong course of action, but there are pretty huge problems with the platform and I do think Sony needs to respond quickly before the rest of the industry sinks it. The "PSP revival" this past 2nd half went disasterously for them, I don't think PSP can survive another year like 2009 and I doubt most publishers and retailers will stick around if it does.
| Burning Typhoon said: So.. the Wii has the same problem.. It sells well, but, software is another story... Maybe Nintendo should take this advice too.... for the long run... Holy crap.. I just noticed this came from IGN... Wow... I don't like those guys anymore, that did it... They re-designed their site to look like crap, and now they post ignorant articles. I'd noticed it a few times before, but, this is enough... There's no reason to cancel the PSP when it's making PROFIT. Sony just better make the next PSP(2) as hard to hack as a PS3, and give it mini blu-ray discs with no plastic casing around it. Also, the N2000 series should be slightly redesigned, and have a larger screen, smaller screens are never better. PSP did well against Nintendo, it didn't fail like all of SEGA's tries.. Next generation, PSP will do the Nintendo like 360 did to PS3. Big corporations learn from their mistakes, that's how they survive. |
Wii software sales are amazing, especially considering it's bundled with a pack in in almost all markets. It's moved more software than any other console this generation, and what, like four times as much as PSP has... it's a laughably incomparable situation.
Also, Game Gear (Sega's one legitimate attempt at Nintendo's handheld crown) managed 20-25% marketshare during it's active lifespan. Not quite up there with PSP's 30-35%, but not all that far behind and certainly not a "failure" historically. This revisionist history of PSP being the only decent handheld competitor has to stop, they weren't the first and they won't be the last. If anything, the media seems to be lending more credence to iPhone/iPod touch as the strongest handheld Nintendo competitor.
| nitekrawler1285 said: The one region where their development studios focus on the system it is a success. They also advertise games there. Paying studios to make PSP games would also be cheaper as well. |
I'd have to disagree. The vast bulk of Sony's interesting PSP content seems to be coming from America and Europe, if anything it's their Japanese studios that are overlooking it. Patapon and Loco Roco were awesome, but besides that it's been pretty dry.
Also, PSP saw a pretty massive tumble in Japan this year, the worst decline of any platform. It basically went from nearly selling on par with DS in 2008 to nearly selling on par with Wii in 2009 (which itself had a huge drop). And in software sales, it's well behind Wii even in Japan.
