The fate of the PSP

[KBG29]

If Sony is serious about the PSN getting Music, Movies, TV, and more next year, I think the PSP could start to be seen as the device it is. I have always been of the opinion that if Sony had not been dicking around the last five years and had a PSN type of service ready for the PSP's launch, they would not be so far nehind the DS. In fact I think if they had exicuted the way they are finally trying to now, they could have put the DS on the mat in the first round.

At CES Sony has to back up what Stringer claimed at CES Japan. Show everyone the service, make it real, give a launch date and stick to it. They need to have 16GB and 32GB Memory Sticks in the works for next year. If the PSP is to compete with the DS on the games side and the iPod on the multifunction side, it needs more room to store content. People love options, so Jack Trenton needs to get the gears moving on new colors. Twleve months, twelve new colors would be something that could really spark consumer intrest. The system needs another price cut in March, their is no getting around it, the PSP should have been $149 coming into this holiday, but they missed the boat. If they really want to compete they have got to get it to $149, and bundling in at least a 4GB MS would be a great start.

Games have got to get their own identity. I hardly ever play my PSP anymore. Everything on the system, I look at it, and go I will just wait tell I get home. Then I have a PS3 version of that game at 1080p, and on a 60in screen. I know that Sony often gets crap for copying Nintendo, but they really need games similar to Brain Traing, and Cooking Mama. Start taking full advantage of PSN, put all of the greatest hits on it, get small quick to play games that are exclusive to PSN. Sony first party needs to support this system, were is a naughty dog game? what about Gran Turismo? Get these games on the system, give it some unique titles, and it will start to gain more momentum.

I believe that the PSP still has a chance to take off and start outselling the DS. It will likly never catch the DS, I mean a 30M+ lead is no large obstical to overcome, its bigger than large. IMO the PSP has years of life left in it. If it were announced at E3 this year for an october 08 launch, with a 40GB HDD instead of UMD, it would still be an awsome device, for years after that. I still have not lost faith in this lil guy, and even though we have had a lot of fun in the past, and are going through some roughf times now, I think our best years are still to come.