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Ljink96 on 27 December 2016
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naruball said:
Ljink96 said:
Not only would this be too expensive, nobody would buy it. If it isn't easily hackable, PSP2 or Vita 2 will fail just like Vita failed. The only thing that really sold the PSP was how easy it was to pirate it. If it (PSP) really was a huge success based off of how loyal the fanbase was, we'd see much higher numbers for Vita. I didn't know anybody who didn't have a hacked PSP. People that I thought would never hack a device in their life, hacked a PSP...by themselves. It did have a great selection of JRPGS though.

I just don't think it's needed for PSP2 to come out. You want it to be more powerful than the switch but you don't understand that it would also cost more than the switch. People are already complaining that the Switch should cost no more than $300. This device that you've proposed will be well over $300. And that's too much for a handheld... Prices would hardly ever fall without sony taking a loss on it, it'd be a disaster. 3DS had a difficult time garnering the success that it did make. And it had the most popular handheld franchises on it. A PSP2 without Pokemon, Mario, Zelda, etc. wouldn't fly.

Nice assertion there. Completely ignoring the fact that back then what the psp could do was a novelty. There were no iphones or tablets and the device was unique in terms of watching movies/tv shows, music, and playing games.It even had skype which people could use to call their friends. You know what's also hackable? ouya. How much did that sell?

It's like saying that the only reason the wii was a success was because it was hacked. I mean why didn't the Wiiu sell well it was such a success? In other words, your argument is extremely weak. Especially claiming that it was the only thing that made it sell. The psvita didn't sell well for a number of reasons just like the psp sold well for a number of reasons, including how easy it was to hack it.

As for your second paragraph, you don't seem to understand the concept. It's supposed to be a phone. People are willing to spend up to $600 or more, unless they get a plan, which they could also do with what the OP described. The comparison with the Switch is completely invalid. The switch is a console. Not a phone.

No, the Wii Sold because it was novel. And again, people didn' have to pay for movies on PSP either, they could get pirated copies of films too. Wii was easily hackable towards the end of its life cycle. Before then it was still selling very well while PSP was hackable really early. Ouya wasn't anything new or exciting, it didn't have exclusives, it's an android TV device and they came a dime a dozen. Why buy an Ouya when your phone could essentially do better? There's tons of Android TV devices with emulators, why would anybody buy an Ouya? Not really a thoughtful comparison.

The MAIN thing that I think sold the PSP was how easy it was to pirate games on it. Sure, you could play videos but the music tech industry had something called iPod. It was also cheap, and like I said, had a fair number of great games. I didn't make the comparison to the switch, the switch was mentioned in the OP to go against this "new phone".  "BETTER HARDWARE THAN NINTENDO SWITCH(#sony phones are always up there on the top with mobile specs)".   And the switch is a hybrid, not a console. The only thing that differentiates a phone from a mobile game device is a phone service and a OS that runs apps. The Switch is rumored to run apps like Netflix, Grubhub, Crunchy Roll, etc. and have a service of some sort as you'll be playing games on the go. The Switch OS is also heavily rumored to be a heavily modified android fork. Where'd we stand if all this is true? Switch would be a handheld, console, and a phone... but I doubt it'll have calling capability.