Rating the Legacy of the PSP.

[Egann]

I3LuEI3omI3eR said:

Egann said:
The sad thing with the Vita was Sony made it entirely too pretty and powerful. You don't actually want production values on a handheld to climb too high; most devs for them work on AA budgets at best. This is a magnificent example of know thy business partners. I really hope Sony tries the handheld thing one more time. A smartphone with button inputs and an SD card slot would be fantastic, especially if Sony doesn't try to murder the bankers again.

Totally agree with everything you said on the Vita. Instead of wasting on the best tech available, they should have spend that money on making it backwards compatible! I swear I feel it would have sold at least 20m if it was backwards compatible. The PSP library warrents it! The reason why the PSP had so many games is because production was so low! IMO they completely tried to throw a Strong Haymaker punch to the 3DS by making it so beefy, but it COMPELETY missed it's mark.

Funny that you mention BC. Sony has always marketed their handhelds as "the power of a console in your pocket." I understand why they did that, but I always felt they did it the wrong way.

See, I personally would have made the PSP to be a pocket-sized PSOne emulator with a big power boost. Turn in your old PSOne games for a portable version. That would simultaneously turn PSOne piracy into glorified demoing and give developers a ton of tools to work for the new handheld.