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jarrod said:
gamings_best said:
jarrod said:
gamings_best said:
jarrod said:
Solid_Snake4RD said:
jarrod said:

Competitive games and a competitive pricepoint.  That's going to be a tall order given what we know of 3DS and what we've heard of PSP2...


how is it a tall order when we already know 3DS is going to be expensive and all the games on 3DS are the typical for a Playstation platform and would be easily ported and plus new games

and we haven't heard anything about the price and game about the PSP2


It's going to be difficult for PSP to compete on price based on the rumors we've heard (HD screen, 360 spec, etc)... we're also at a stage where the razor/blades model has proven itself pretty ineffectual long term, and for a PSP platform, recent precedent makes not making profit on hardware even a less attractive proposition.  I think we'll see a $50 difference (in favor of Nintendo) probably, which was exactly the price difference between DS and PSP at launch.

For games, I doubt we'll see many 3DS ports.  I do expect some 360/PS3 ports though, which is probably a better way for Sony to go, as challenging Nintendo on their own turf is practically suicide these days.  But again, I'm not sure that's exactly competitive... 3DS is amassing a lineup already that's like the best of DS and PSP on one machine, that doesn't leave a lot of room for PSP2.

Why? is the question I think most people that are optimistic about psp2 are asking. The VAST majority of 3ds games announced are games that are always on a playstation paltforms, why would that suddenly change for the psp????

Because those games generally floundered on PSP1.  And the reason PSP1 got those sorts of games was due to the PlayStation brand, which 5-6 years ago was considered infallible, plus it was generally assumed that PSP was set to take over the handheld market by literally everyone in the industry.  Things worked out differently and today Sony finds themselves in a much weaker position than they were back then... it's fine with being optimistic, but I'd rather be realistic.  Gamesbeing on PSP2 due to those brands "are always on a PlayStation" is dated thinking at best... it's not the mid 2000s anymore.

but some of those games came recently in the psp life, and piracy murdered psp software sales, what's to say the psp2 won't be as protected as the ps3 is.

it's just the cock sure attitude that psp2 will with out a doubt have a harder time that's the problem, I mean this gen more than ever should have taught people to be more optimistic because anything can happen.

Cock sure or not, PSP2 WILL have a harder time than PSP1 in garnering industry support (developers, publishers, press, retailers, analysts, etc).  And the reason for that is how PSP1 performed, versus how it was assumed it'd perform.  Again, realism trumps optimism.

The other thing is, that 3DS already getting the sorts of games usually reserved for PS systems from the Japanese studios casts some serious doubt on PSP2 then also garnering those same brands from those same teams, due to the traditional nature of Japan's development culture.  Sure, they're getting more crossplatform and multiplatform as time goes on, but they generally don't port afterwards (at least from the market leader) and they generally try to converge around one system.  And from the looks of it so far, 3DS is what they've chosen... as soon as MH gets announced, it's over completely.

PSP2's best chance lies in the west imo...


PSP2 will have a harder time but not majorly because how PSP performed but because Playstation brand is not the biggest thing in gaming as it was when PSP released.PSP performed very well and sold comfortable the first two year both HW and SW the first two years and then it went downhill because of piracy,if they can solve that and they surely will then it won't be much different

3DS is getting games that are usually bold and on Playstation system doesn't mean PSP2 can't get the same franshise and a few ninty third party games

and even if MH is announced for 3DS,nothing will happen as PSP2 will still have the big games.

"as soon as MH gets announced, it's over completely".......................lmao

 

how is 3DS what japanese devs have chosen when its not even launched and we haven't even heard the PSP2 lineup,man tone down your comments,you are gonna fall hard