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Killiana1a on 08 December 2010
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snfr said:
Killiana1a said:

Graphics don't sell a system; software sells a system.

If Sony was in the auto dealing business, here is what they would sound like: "This car is so cool! The engine has so many cylinders, it can go from 0 to 60 in 5 seconds, it has so much torque, and did I mention what it's top speed is?"

There would be no mention of safety features, cup holders, gas mileage and on. All the talk would be about how powerful the car is. Problem is, unless you are selling a muscle car, truck to a blue collar guy, or a lamborghini, the average customer could give a damn about how much torque the engine has.

Sony with the PSP2 is going the same route as the PS3 where the focus is almost entirely on the graphics processing power before we hear about the software. I heard about the software of the 3DS before I learned how powerful the 3DS is.

PSP2 is dead on arrival. I can't wait to be confirmed and feel smug when they announce the entry price point, which if over $250, then well...Anyone want to put a 40th stake through a dead vampire?

I'm not saying that you will definitely be wrong, but you sound like it's already announced, but it isn't. Of course we hear about the hardware first (although just rumours). If they announce it with only crappy software and a price of 349 or 399, then you can start to claim that it will be dead on arrival.

And a price of 299 wouldn't be bad actually. The 3DS will very likely be 249, so if the PSP2 is a bit more expensive doesn't mean that it's doomed.

If it is going to "rival PS3 in graphics," then the price point will most likely point higher to $349 knowing what Sony did with the PS3 when it was first released.

As for it being "doomed," I believe the market has changed from when the DS and PSP were first released. During that time, the mid-2000s, gaming on cell phones was in it's infancy and not as prevalent as it is nowadays. Thusforth, the DS/PSP generation of handhelds benefitted from not having that asymmetrical competition the 3DS and PSP2 will have to contend with.

This is why I said "dead on arrival," but I could be wrong as I have been before many times in the past.