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Played_Out on 08 January 2008
Girl Gamer Elite said:
kirby007 said:
well the way the xbox made the way ready for the 360 so does the psp for the psp2

Considering the PSP is doing far worse now than when it launched, I would have to say no. The Xbox built up its game library and software sales over the course of its life. The PSP has not only gone on to lose the battle for UMD's place in the market but has lost virtually all third party support which was more than abundant when it launched and has had progressively declining software sales ever since.

The Xbox built up an empire from nothing, the PSP was a handheld with perhaps the most promise and anticipation of any handheld ever seen with full third party support and threw it all away becoming a novelty media device at rave parties and night club scenes.


What battle for a place in the market??? UMD was just another of Sony's failed DRM attempts.

And PSP has one significant advantage over the original Xbox: it is profitable.



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MrMafoo on 08 January 2008
Onimusha12 said:

You can't blame this on Nintendo as if they've raised the bar when the PSP fails to meet even the lowest of standards in software sales. And if your argument is indeed that the DS is preventing the PSP from being a true success then how in God's name do you plan on the PSP2 rectifying that situation?

I'm sorry the DS is not to your liking, I guess you, like many others will just end up a lapsed gamer at the end of this generation. You have my sympathy.


I don't blame anyone. I am not calling it a failure.

Also, I don't need your sympathy. I have a gamming system I use and enjoy on a daily basis, and if nothing ever were to come out for the PSP after today, I have gotten an outstanding return on my investment. I am sorry you have trouble understanding how people can enjoy a product you don't like. You have my sympathy.



Girl Gamer Elite on 08 January 2008
Played_Out said:
Girl Gamer Elite said:
kirby007 said:
well the way the xbox made the way ready for the 360 so does the psp for the psp2

Considering the PSP is doing far worse now than when it launched, I would have to say no. The Xbox built up its game library and software sales over the course of its life. The PSP has not only gone on to lose the battle for UMD's place in the market but has lost virtually all third party support which was more than abundant when it launched and has had progressively declining software sales ever since.

The Xbox built up an empire from nothing, the PSP was a handheld with perhaps the most promise and anticipation of any handheld ever seen with full third party support and threw it all away becoming a novelty media device at rave parties and night club scenes.


What battle for a place in the market??? UMD was just another of Sony's failed DRM attempts.

And PSP has one significant advantage over the original Xbox: it is profitable.


Yes and Sony hoped the PSP would make the UMD a success.

True, the PSP is profitable, but by how much? Enough to warrent the resources devoted to it? The Xbox's purpose was primarily to get a foot in the door for the 360, not make millions, they said that themselves. The PSP's purpose was to sell UMD and usurp Nintendo from the handhelds. Of the Xbox and PSP, which do you think did a better job of achieving what their company wanted?



Famine on 08 January 2008
Onimusha12 said:

The PSP is doing poorly in software sales no matter how you slice it. Its attach rate is attrocious. DS or not, it would most likely still be facing this similar problem. You can't blame this on Nintendo as if they've raised the bar when the PSP fails to meet even the lowest of standards in software sales. And if your argument is indeed that the DS is preventing the PSP from being a true success then how in God's name do you plan on the PSP2 rectifying that situation?


A lot of things, such as making it out more along the lines of a gaming peripheral, rather than this jack of all trades, master of none. While there are more unique games out right now, that wasn't the case for the most part early on as most games were very similar to the PS2 counterpart.

Again, push it as a gaming peripheral and not as a UMD player, or whatever they have in store with the PSP2.

Your post also makes the DS seem irrelevant in this matter, which it shouldn't. The DS is about to become the best selling gaming hardware in history, yet you make it seem as an afterthought, as if it has no direct affect on the PSP.



hunter_alien on 08 January 2008
Girl Gamer Elite said:
Played_Out said:
Girl Gamer Elite said:
kirby007 said:
well the way the xbox made the way ready for the 360 so does the psp for the psp2

Considering the PSP is doing far worse now than when it launched, I would have to say no. The Xbox built up its game library and software sales over the course of its life. The PSP has not only gone on to lose the battle for UMD's place in the market but has lost virtually all third party support which was more than abundant when it launched and has had progressively declining software sales ever since.

The Xbox built up an empire from nothing, the PSP was a handheld with perhaps the most promise and anticipation of any handheld ever seen with full third party support and threw it all away becoming a novelty media device at rave parties and night club scenes.


What battle for a place in the market??? UMD was just another of Sony's failed DRM attempts.

And PSP has one significant advantage over the original Xbox: it is profitable.


Yes and Sony hoped the PSP would make the UMD a success.

True, the PSP is profitable, but by how much? Enough to warrent the resources devoted to it? The Xbox's purpose was primarily to get a foot in the door for the 360, not make millions, they said that themselves. The PSP's purpose was to sell UMD and usurp Nintendo from the handhelds. Of the Xbox and PSP, which do you think did a better job of achieving what their company wanted?


 If MS is still not making money from the 360 , and they push it , I dont nsee why Sony shouldent make a successor , especially because they started making money afther a couple of years ... software sales or not ( and they are not even far as bad as many people bealive ) the handheld is making money , and untill they dont start loosing money , I dont see Sony leaving ha market anytime soon ...



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Girl Gamer Elite on 08 January 2008

It's not a simple matter of making money, its a matter of seeing any sign of possibly getting better. Things have only gotten worse for the PSP while things have only gotten better for the xbox and 360. There is incetive to push the Xbox line further.



darthdevidem01 on 08 January 2008

there is absolutely no doubt the sales are enough to warrant for another one...

There WILL be another one but SONY please do something about the software....



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Lord N on 08 January 2008
Famine said:

A lot of things, such as making it out more along the lines of a gaming peripheral, rather than this jack of all trades, master of none. While there are more unique games out right now, that wasn't the case for the most part early on as most games were very similar to the PS2 counterpart.

Again, push it as a gaming peripheral and not as a UMD player, or whatever they have in store with the PSP2.

Your post also makes the DS seem irrelevant in this matter, which it shouldn't. The DS is about to become the best selling gaming hardware in history, yet you make it seem as an afterthought, as if it has no direct affect on the PSP.


 I meant to bring this up in my previous post, but the PSP needs more pick-up-and-play games. A lot of its titles, especially at first, are much better suited for a home console. It would also help if Sony would advertise the games every once in a while add some more features that aid in gaming.

 

The PSP's purpose was to sell UMD and usurp Nintendo from the handhelds. Of the Xbox and PSP, which do you think did a better job of achieving what their company wanted?

 Sony never stated that the PSP's purpose was to dethrone Nintendo or kick them out of the market. It was the supporters of the systems and analysts who predicted that it would do so.

Considering that the PSP has sold well everywhere and is making money whereas the Xbox 360 is only popular in one market with poor sales overall and has done nothing but create billions of dollars of red ink, I'd go with the PSP. 

 



 

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kirby007 on 08 January 2008
Girl Gamer Elite said:
It's not a simple matter of making money, its a matter of seeing any sign of possibly getting better. Things have only gotten worse for the PSP while things have only gotten better for the xbox and 360. There is incetive to push the Xbox line further.

HOLD IT

where does the psp worse?

hardware is going up



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Million on 08 January 2008

I think Sony should make a PSP 2 with more emphasis on digital downloads,online subscriptions (for mmorpg's or other online services) they could make it profitable even w/o selling games for it.