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Tridrakious on 30 August 2012
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Mr Puggsly said:
Kinneas14 said:
Mr Puggsly said:
kupomogli said:

I'm a Sony fanboy and I've never liked God of War.  Not even when it was first released on the PS2.  To me it's pretty garbage, but the reason why the second God of War game on the PSP didn't sell well isn't because people didn't want to play another God of War.  It's because everyone and their grandmother had a CFW PSP.  If  given the chance to pirate, the thieving 75-80% of the gaming community will do so.

I may not have liked it, but it didn't sell as well as it should have thanks to how bad the piracy has got before the release of the game.

No, people just didn't want the game. PSP software sales dwindled because people lost interest in PSP.

PS3, 360, and Wii games are pirated much more than PSP games. Yet they maintain stronger sales than PSP ever had.

Yes, it's true that people didn't want that game on PSP, but it's also true that PSP is one of the most pirated console right now.

I don't know anyone who don't have their PSP pirated.

But PSP is not the most pirated system. Anecdotal evidence you gave isn't convincing me either.

I have a PSP, I think its great, and its a shame it died off like it did. But I don't feel piracy is to blame to software sales plummeting.

My guess is the west has lost interest in dedicated handheld game consoles for core gaming. What has convinced me of this is the poor sales of Vita hardware and core games are doing poorly on the 3DS as well.

Sony didn't know how to manage two concurrent systems at the same time and mostly it was Sony marketing that failed the PSP and almost sank the PS3.

Looking at it, the PSP had a great launch line-up (same with the Vita), then about six months of almost nothing (same as the Vita), then a game called Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories came out and launched the system back into the positive mindset of people (Sony better hope games like Assassin's Creed III: Liberation and PlayStation All-Stars does the same)

However, once GTA: LCS released, there was nothing major for almost an entire year afterwards. (A mistake Sony better not make this time around or they will most likely have the worst performing modern gaming platform within the last 12 years)