Pachter: "I Feel Bad For Sony On The PSP," "Apple Ate Their Lunch"

[Mr Puggsly]

Squilliam said:
Its just being outcompeted by specialist devices/other companies doing it better.

1. Gaming it gets crushed by the DS.
2. Music it gets crushed by iPhone, iTouch, iPod + other similar.
3. Movies is sort of half dead/half alive but I doubt it'll survive the launch of the iPad/Courier + others.

I don't really think piracy comes into it, the DS is infact even easier to pirate and the PC is easier again to pirate and yet games still sell.

1. For games it has a different appeal and capabilities. Games that sell well on the PSP might be ignored on the DS, and vice versa.

2. Its not a convenient device for music. You don't need a giant screen if you just want to listen to music.

3. There are lots of cheap devices that play movies now, but iPad is not the device that will crush the PSP. The iPad is still far more expensive than a PSP and too big for convenience.

I think people underestimate the PSP. It currently doesn't sell a ton of software, but its a very popular device.