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superchunk on 09 June 2010
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nitekrawler1285 said:
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.  

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.

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.

I didn't say they would stop selling the PSP3000. Therefore profitability is not the prime concern. Its marketshare and sales trends that dictate the release of a new console. They want to drive up business, not continue to watch it drop.

At this point the consumer market has declared the DS the handheld preferred choice and Sony knows Nintendo is putting out a completely different model with a big new feature (at least one). Therefore they will not sit on their assess and continue to lose more market share. There will be a PSP2 announced this year. May not be called 'PSP2' but there will be a dramatic hardware change that would be considered a new handheld console.