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routsounmanman on 07 January 2008

If there is a PSP2 I think it will seriously fail. PSP got off to a great start (both 3rd party support and sales) due to the (at the time) almighty Playstation brand that was invincible till then. Especially after the storming success DS is, every other portable is quite doomed, literally. IMO Sony should just focus in the home console business, regain the top spot (although pretty unlikely - Nintendo has changed the market) and keep away from portables. They will seriously fail if they ever release a successor to PSP.



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supermario128 on 07 January 2008

They will make a PSP2, 30 million sold already and it will problably be 50 when its all said and done. Sony would be stupid not to, of course the new DS will beat it like crazy anyways.




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FJ-Warez on 07 January 2008

Sony is not going to left the market, but the 3rd partys will leave the DS and the DS succesor??



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cool48 on 07 January 2008

Yeah for sure the system is amazing! Seriously it would be stupid of them not too.



NJ5 on 07 January 2008

It seems that its good hardware sales are either due to its non-gaming functions, or due to the fact that it's extremely easy to pirate PSP games. Something has to explain such low software sales.

The way I see it, this means that the viability of a PSP2 is not a given.



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solinox on 07 January 2008

The PSP2 WILL have the following:

Touch screen, built-in hdd, built-in wifi (like the DS), two joysticks, smaller screen.

The built-in connectivity is for access to the PSN where game downloads and movie streaming will become a standard. Sony needs to merge high-tech with the need of the average consumer. It'll also cost less initially too.



cool48 on 07 January 2008

^^PSP does have built-in wifi.



routsounmanman on 07 January 2008
RolStoppable said:
Only Sony themselves know how much money the PSP had made for them so far and if it's worth to release a successor. Marketshare means nothing, if you can't make money or only have tiny profits.

That's true (think Gamecube, guys).



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redspear on 07 January 2008
NJ5 said:
It seems that its good hardware sales are either due to its non-gaming functions, or due to the fact that it's extremely easy to pirate PSP games. Something has to explain such low software sales.

The way I see it, this means that the viability of a PSP2 is not a given.

It was extremely easy to pirate PS2 games as well as XBOX games(which had the best attach ratio last gen). Of course it was extremely easy to pirate Dreamcast games and that did kill it for Sega. However with the PSP I think it is selling because of its multimedia capabilites as evidence by the very early sales of UMD movies which dropped once programs made it easier to copy your DVD to the PSP. The ability to play games is a nice bonus.



Onimusha12 on 07 January 2008

Since Sony is looking to drop UMD like a brick ASAP and a successor to the PSP would have to offer even more of the same secondary options that makes it more appealing than a gaming device a PSP2 poses a number of problems. Their primary concern will be that of earning back the trust of third party developers which at this point is virtually impossible.