superchunk said:
nitekrawler1285 said:
Why does everyone assume we are going to see PSP2? I honestly think that PSP is fine as a platform and that we will simply see a rebranding. PSP games playable on non PSP devices such as phones and tablets. There is no need for new actual PSP hardware. Sony can continue it's regular profitable PSP business maybe with a pricecut to help spur hardware sales and have their games on the android marketplace as well. This means no costly new hardware launch as well as re invigoration of the platform for Sony and Android Marketplace gets very high quality games to match Apple's third party app support.
PSP is still a very powerful handheld and games like MGS:PW and new GoW make me question the need for upgraded hardware. Sorry for those of you hoping for 2 analog sticks.
This idea also vibes with the recent pricing changes on PSN as well.
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Maybe because PSPGo failed, PSP3000 is trending downward, and Nintendo is confirmed to be released a sequal to the DS line. I don't see how you can deny the obvious.
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Hardware has for a while been profitable for the PSP. They haven't gotten anywhere near the 149 or 99 price point yet. I think that would do a lot to drive PSP sales. Not to mention that they might be putting their software on one of the largest up and coming digital marketplaces extending their userbase for software which is what the psp needs. Just because it isn't doing DS like numbers doesn't mean it isn't profitable or a bad idea. God forbid they try to leverage their content over an up coming darling of a digital network as opposed to go into a hardware race they can't afford.
