That's what I'd like to find out.  Sony most certainly was taking a loss on the PSP initially; I think the original reports said they were losing around $50 or $100 per system sold, though I can't recall exactly where those reports came from now (it was a good 3 or so years ago, after all).  If anybody finds the reports on the initial losses of the PSP, as well as any reports on how the PSP's been doing lately on cost vs. revenue, it'd be very much appreciated if you'd post it here.

I think the PSP isn't doing as succesful as Sony would have hoped, but considering the behemoth that is DS, the PSP is doing great. No other handheld has ever done so well against Nintendo's.

That being said, a lot of things have to change for the PSP2 for it to be succesful. Most third parties will not develop for the PSP2 if things will go as they are going now.

You're like the Sony version of sc94579, not something you should strive for.

In response to the original post, yes it has been and is a success, Sony makes money off of it, and moves 150,000 a week, why would it not be considered a success?

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what is up with you calling me a troll on sony?

i have a friken ps3/ps2 and i love them!

I'm not calling you a troll.... Just asking why the PSP wouldn't be considered a success.

That is an interesting theory. Completely innaccurate gibberish but interesting none the less. The Wii was announced in 2004, and planning of it started in 2001. Your theory is hurt further by the fact that Miyamoto has gone on record as saying if the DS had flopper the Wii would have needed a redesign.

i dont considrr the psp a success because of the crappy software and its easy hackable firmware, but mainly software.

most peopel i see use it as a music player

Well its not meant to be a gameboy, its multimedia on the go, the freedom to do what you want when you want, and its good at that.

How is having hackable Firmware make it a failure, it gives you even more freedom to do what you want with it, it has its games, it has movies, it has music, it has internet capabilities.

But hey, some people are just biased.

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Hackable firmware makes it good for the consumers. Consumers!=Sony. You think that Sony considers it successful because it's hacked all over the place and people are downloading millions of illegal games instead of buying them legitimately? We have a word for that: fanboy.

If it was meant to be multimedia on the go, why would it appear at E3 and be called Playstation, which is a videogame brand?

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hackable firmware = very poor software sales.

thats where the psp phails epically