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grimygunz on 27 February 2008

how the hell could anyone keep a straight face and say the psp is dead. did you see the holiday sales. it sold out everywhere. to date the PSP is the most successful hand held not made by nintendo and there are no plans for a successor in sight. I honestly don't see sony making a new one till nintendo does and that could be years from now.



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akuma587 on 27 February 2008
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The PSP had the Playstation name, it had hype, it had strong financial support, and superior tech... and it still failed miserably as a gaming device.

 So if the PSP is a failure at 31 million, then the GC must have been a really big failure at 21-25 million.



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FishyJoe on 27 February 2008

As a multimedia device, it does ok but pales to the success of the iPod. The hardware margins are probably 10x larger on iPods. Also, the PSP doesn't sell much music and video, whereas lots of music and video is sold through the iTunes store.



Girl Gamer Elite on 27 February 2008

PSP is dead as a gaming device.

Stop trying to use its success as a cheap Blackberry to kid yourself its laying the ground work for a future in portable gaming.



weezy on 27 February 2008

PSP isnt dead..but the DS is kicking its ass really really bad.



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patjuan32 on 27 February 2008
grimygunz said:
how the hell could anyone keep a straight face and say the psp is dead. did you see the holiday sales. it sold out everywhere. to date the PSP is the most successful media player not made by Apple and there are no plans for a successor in sight. I honestly don't see sony making a new one till Apple does and that could be years from now.

 Fixed for Accuracy.



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ZenfoldorVGI on 27 February 2008
Girl Gamer Elite said:
PSP is dead as a gaming device.

Stop trying to use its success as a cheap Blackberry to kid yourself its laying the ground work for a future in portable gaming.

That's the harsh reality, lol. I don't think those few who own one for gaming are getting a bad deal though. It still gets decent support, despite its inability to sell anything that isn't skype.



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DaSimkin on 27 February 2008

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damkira on 27 February 2008

The PSP isn't really dead.. Sony has created the most successful nin-Nintendo handheld and its actually doing quite well. Its just that it wasn't this generation's walkman like Sony had hoped and nobody really took to the UMD format.

PSP is doing ok, its just that Nintendo has created a more fun system and the market reflects that.

 



Riot Of The Blood on 27 February 2008
Girl Gamer Elite said:
PSP is dead as a gaming device.

Stop trying to use its success as a cheap Blackberry to kid yourself its laying the ground work for a future in portable gaming.

 It can still move some software. I don't think it's dead yet. If you want dead, just look at the PS3 in Japan. Now that's dead, lol!



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