What should Sony do with the PSP?

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Machina-AX said:

I don't really know much about the PSP but I have a question:


Why is the PSP plagued by poor software sales caused by hacking, whereas the DS is not?

It looks much easier to download and play free/pirated games for the DS (this + torrent site = game) than it is for the PSP (which, as I said above, I don't know much about but don't you have to download a custom firmware or something? Which sounds a lot riskier than the DS method).

Could someone explain the whole hacking with the PSP and why its so much more widespread?

Take a look at the sale numbers of recently released third party "core" DS games.  Yes, gamers also pirate DS games just like PSP games.

The difference is that DS has more variety of softwares been released.  They can be learning/training tools, casual games, classic-game remakes.....  These softwares happen to target consumers that are unlikely to pirate games.  They may only buy few softwares for their DS, unlike a lot of "core" gamers who wants to play everything but cannot afford to do so.