Will PSPs sales be enough to warrant a PSP2?

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redspear said:

NJ5 said:
It seems that its good hardware sales are either due to its non-gaming functions, or due to the fact that it's extremely easy to pirate PSP games. Something has to explain such low software sales.

The way I see it, this means that the viability of a PSP2 is not a given.

It was extremely easy to pirate PS2 games as well as XBOX games(which had the best attach ratio last gen). Of course it was extremely easy to pirate Dreamcast games and that did kill it for Sega. However with the PSP I think it is selling because of its multimedia capabilites as evidence by the very early sales of UMD movies which dropped once programs made it easier to copy your DVD to the PSP. The ability to play games is a nice bonus.

 

"Easy" to pirate is a very relative thing ...

• The PSP and Dreamcast required no hardware modifications, and everything you did need was available at most stores that sold the systems.
• The DS and Gameboy required people to buy products from somewhat untrustworthy websites
• The XBox, Playstation and PS2 required you to buy a product from a somewhat untrustworthy website and modify your hardware
• The Gamecube required you to buy a product from a somewhat untrustworthy website and either use a very expensive disc medium (8 cm DVD) or buy a case mod.
• The N64 required you to buy a very expensive add-on for your system.