the psp is dead outside japan, and there's nothing that will help

I think one of Sony issues is having too many consoles in the market at once, before they launch the PSP2 they need to drop either the PSP or the PS2, otherwise they will spread themselves too thin.
To this day i believe that is the reason why the PS3 suffered so much in its early days, it was as if Sony neglected the console. 2 consoles at a time is all you need Sony, the PlayStation business did a hell of a lot better that way.

Maynard_Tool said: ultraslick said: I do think they should just drop the go. Its a great system, but doesn't add much other than a smaller form and it is wayyyy overpriced. I would say they should just lower the price but I think they should have just 1 portable out at a time, and that portable will most definitely launch alongside the 3DS, it will be the PSP2. and it needs to have so much that isnt there now. it needs a touch screen 3G/4G connectivity with a service plan a slide open system which has dual analogues and everything an iphone has including a huge hard drive, camera's, skype. a portable game system has to have everything the competition does, (unless your nintendo) We are talking about a videogame console, not an iphone. If you want all of that, you buy an iphone. If you want a videogame system... well, you look for a videogame system. That's what Nintendo taught us this gen. I can't believe people don't see it still. If sony wants the psp2 to be more successful than the psp, they should focus on the games part, instead of the Extras part

Sony will always make a multimedia gaming device, because at their core Sony is an Electronics entertainment company (Music, Home/Theater cinema, video games), so in a way their products should be some kind of Trojan horse for their other businesses. Take the PSN as an example and the video store, you think Sony Pictures or Columbia are not happy that their parent company owns a product that allows them to rent and sell their movies or TV series digitally? The only thing missing is music, and I'm pretty sure Sony BGM and their competitors cant wait for PlayStation to employ a music store on the PS3/PSN. Look at what the PS3 did for Bluray. Nintendo can be exclusive to just games, that's fine, because that is all they really do, but M$ and Sony are invested on a bigger spectrum of entertainment so they employ an all in one package.

SuperAdrianK said: Maynard_Tool said: Who wouldn't be? Sega

A brand new handheld, 5 years old, selling over 50 million? of course it's sales are dwindling down, nothing to dissapointed about though.

PSP2 will be a failure also. It just doesn't appeal to a wider market like a Nintendo Handheld does.