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darkknightkryta on 05 November 2010
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jarrod said:
darkknightkryta said:

Why is everyone making it sound like the PSP can't get some of those titles that the 3DS is getting?  Why can't the PSP 2 get Resident Evil, or even a better Resident Evil than what the 3DS is geting?  The 3DS is getting a port of Snake Eater, why can't the PSP 2 get an original Metal Gear title  like the PSP before it?  Same with Kingdom Hearts, the 3DS Kingdom Hearts looks like its running the game's PS2 engine, what if the PSP 2 gets a new Kingdom Hearts title with  360 looking graphics?  Like I'm not saying the PSP is but why is it everyone is like "PSP 2 will fail cause of the 3DS' lineup" which is mostly filled with third party titles that can be on the PSP and may actually be better on the PSP 2 (Minus the 3D)? 

No one's saying it's "impossible", just that it's going to be difficult, and more difficult than it was for PSP1 given where Sony is in the market today.  The disparity in system spec will probably mean we won't see many ports between 3DS and PSP2 though, just as we don't for Wii and PS3/360.  Some, but not many.

I do think we'll see a good amount of PS3/360 downports for PSP2 though (like PSP had plenty of GC/PS2/Xbox downports, especially upfront), and I think we're going to see Sony push more towards western support (partially because western developer ideologies favor what are going to be PSP2's spec/screen advantages, partially because Japan's already almost 100% behind 3DS).  I definitely think there's still a place for PSP2, it just seems to me that the platform has much more stacked against it then PSP1 did...


More difficult than the PSP 1?  And note I don't necessarily mean ports from the 3DS I mean the same franchise but different games.  Kingdom Hearts for instance, the DS got a Kingdom Hearts game and the PSP got a Kingdom Hearts game.  All these titles anounced on the 3DS could have a counter part on the PSP and it won't be a hard sell considering how many great games are coming to the PSP despite piracy and lack on interest.