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mysticwolf said:
Well, the PSP is the least successful 7th gen console...

But you are correct... more people have phones than gaming consoles...

 

 

Software sales wise? Yes it is. Profit, install base wise? Well I doubt that the 360 is ahead my friend If its so, then the first Xbox was dead last last gen...



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jarrod said:
V-r0cK said:

I've heard talks of Iphone being more powerful than PSP but until it can deliver amazing games such as these PSP titles I wont be replacing my PSP for an Iphone anytime soon.

Uh, I don't actually disagree with you on point, but... couldn't you have brought some better videos?  I mean only one of those is actual unedited gameplay. :/

lol im at work so i didnt have alot of time to find better videos.  but at least you got my point so it was good enough for me =D



hunter_alien said:
mysticwolf said:
Well, the PSP is the least successful 7th gen console...

But you are correct... more people have phones than gaming consoles...

 

 

Software sales wise? Yes it is. Profit, install base wise? Well I doubt that the 360 is ahead my friend If its so, then the first Xbox was dead last last gen...

Well, if we're going for profit and install base then the PS3 is the worse, not the 360.

 

 



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Its completely irrelivant that the games aren't as good.

If more money is being spent on them then psp games then its a bigger market and thus arguable more important a market aswell.

The fact that many games are cheapers or make money from microtransactions and of course the fact that the iphone isn't a dedicated games machine only makes it look more impressive.



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V-r0cK said:

I've heard talks of Iphone being more powerful than PSP but until it can deliver amazing games such as these PSP titles I wont be replacing my PSP for an Iphone anytime soon.

well for those that do not know the Iphone in CPU power is, as for graphic's chip the edge goes to the PSP those Mip's chip's in the PSP are pretty good. but the PSPPhone will be quite more robust than the PSP so right now Cell phone's with chip's like the PowerVR chip's has very robust graphic's capabilities unheard of for handheld's other than UMPC's. and even they did not have chip's as these PowerVR chip's handheld smart Cellphone's are getting enough power in CPU , ram and Dedicated GPU's that it's going to be pretty moot. what you can call a handheld game system. with what's in Iphone's and Android phone's right now, it's getting to be viable platform for hardcore game's from 3rd party publisher's, its only going to increase.

just like the PDA pretty much fell to the Smart phone, didicated handheld game system's day's for market dominance is pretty much their day's are numbered. with so many Smartphone's thing's are changing.



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I hate Apple with a passion. It breaks my heart that the iPhone is beating the PSP software revenue wise now. I don't own a PSP but the PSP has a vastly superior library compared to the iPhone (which I don't own either. I don't believe I own anything from Apple). How many worthwhile retail-sized videogames do they have on the iPhone really? They have that Square-Enix rpg coming out. But stuff like the SF4 port and Mirror's Edge. Those are just watered down ports from the consoles. I have zero interest in an iPhone or iPod Touch. An unlocked iPhone (or Blackberry for that matter) costs a fortune and there's no way I'd sign a contract with a cell company. I already have a landline and I spend about $7/month for pre-paid (and that's more than enough for me!) and I'd like to keep my cellphone expenses that low thank you very much (unless I absolutely need a Blackberry for work or something some day). And the iPod Touch would be completely useless to me except for the iPhone games (it can play the same iPhone games right?). Because if I want to listen to music, I have my Sansa Clip. And I have no interest in watching video on the go. If I had to choose between a iPod Touch or a PSP, I'd clearly go with the PSP.

That all said, I understand why the iPhone is beating the PSP. Carrying a cell phone and a dedicated gaming handheld with you is a hassle. It's much more convenient to just bring your cell phone (iPhone) and play the games they have for it. So even though the PSP is a superior gaming device, it gets lost in the shuffle because of this. And then there's the whole piracy issue. lol.



like for example back in 2007 Sony stated this :


there just might be No ....PSP 2!

but yes... to playstation Phone!


Not only did SCE UK managing director Ray Maguire confirm that the handheld is going to be lighter, but he also said the current PSP is a mere "first iteration." Of course, it has also been confirmed that changes occurring to the PSP system will not affect in any way the screen's size, as it is the handheld's most valuable feature. Rumors of an improved PSP had been around for months already, yet the 14th of March 2007 was the first time it had been officially confirmed by a company spokesman. However, Maguire didn't say anything other than a size and weight reduction to the system (such as a release date for it, or which development stages they'd completed).

So I guess we've missed our window of opportunity again, to find out more on what's cooking in Sony's labs. For all we know, they could have stalled the PSP 2 project. Sure, the PSP Phone is Sony Ericsson's, but it doesn't leave much room for the PSP 2 that's for sure.

 

http://news.softpedia.com/news/PSP-Phone-Yes-PSP2-NO-Are-They-Dropping-It-56507.shtml

 

with the way thing's are going a smartphone PSP would be a very viable choice.



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100% lover "nothing else matter's" after that...

ps:

Proud psOne/2/3/p owner.  I survived Aplcalyps3 and all I got was this lousy Signature.

If they really go the PSP Smartphone route, hopefully they make a Phone-less SKU (ala iPod Touch). Because I have no interest in signing a cell contract when I only spend $7/month on my cell phone (prepaid) and an unlocked PSP Smartphone would probably cost a fortune like an unlocked iPhone (not to mention that there are lots of scams online related to unlocked iPhones).



i got the two of them and for gamming a prefere my psp for the control. the touch system is so hard on game like resident evil, brother in arm or racing game with the tilt system. the iphone is ok for game like tap tap revenge but only for killing time. for me the iphone is a phone and a camera for taking picture a my little girl and a good device to go on the internet but for gaming, nothing better the a good game of gran turismo with a control stick and the touch of a X button.