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vizunary on 24 September 2008
KillerMan said:
fkusumot said:

Well, PSP-3000 is still coming. If Sony is making money on the hardware I don't see why they would abandon it, because I don't see any other bandwagon to jump on.

 

This. Why would Sony abandon PSP if hardware makes profit. (and some games)

 

Sony supported Betamax for 27 yrs...

 

OT: I've got a PSP and I guess I average about 1 new game for it every other month.



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arsenal009 on 24 September 2008

Not sure about PSP ending. They are doing pretty decent in Japan recently.



woopah on 24 September 2008

i dont think he means no support just less support than before. ie a year ago



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waron on 24 September 2008

even with level 5, SE announcements we've got about 8 good exclusive games from japanease developers for the next 1.5 years and agito that won't be out before 2010(plus 4-5 sonys games). and almost none western games.

i like japanease oriented games, but still i'm not guy that play every game i see - i like to have an option.
with ds i see at least 3-4 games i want from every genre.
with psp right now i see only tactic rpgs and MH-type-o games - i'm a little tired with those kind games on psp.



HappySqurriel on 24 September 2008

The PSP is in a similar position to consoles like the N64 and Gamecube at a similar point in their life, it will still have a handful of good games released for it until it is replaced (or dies on its own) but its best days are behind it ...

Realistically, it doesn't make sense for any publisher to devote a lot of resources to the PSP being that they can develop several Nintendo DS titles for the same price (or a Wii or PS2 title for the same cost) and see higher sales from those games.



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Onyxmeth on 24 September 2008
konnichiwa said:
Onyxmeth said:

The poblem is that the PSP is losing western support. It's basically dropped off the map outside of a few multiplatform releases. Those are primarily sports games too. Japanese support I would say is a bit sickly in direct comparison to the DS, but not dead in the least, considering they have the backing of Konami, Capcom, Square Enix, Atlus and Level-5 still. Part of the problem is that the PS2's support is drying up and that was always a main cause for healthy levels of PSP support, PS2 ports.

So the real question is, why has westen support dried up completely? None of the future big releases on PSP come from westen developers outside of a built for the PSP version of Midnight Club LA Remix, which happens to be multiplatform.


You forgot Resistance Retribution.  To be fair Western support for handhelds are never that great and most of the time it is garbage...

Hmm and I can't really name that much new western DS games  except for Bioware's sonic RPG.

 

I was under the impression we were talking about third party support, not first party. Resistance Retribution is a first party game.

Also there are plenty of big western games on the DS. One of the biggest just came out this Summer...Guitar Hero: On Tour.

 



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konnichiwa on 24 September 2008
Onyxmeth said:
konnichiwa said:
Onyxmeth said:

The poblem is that the PSP is losing western support. It's basically dropped off the map outside of a few multiplatform releases. Those are primarily sports games too. Japanese support I would say is a bit sickly in direct comparison to the DS, but not dead in the least, considering they have the backing of Konami, Capcom, Square Enix, Atlus and Level-5 still. Part of the problem is that the PS2's support is drying up and that was always a main cause for healthy levels of PSP support, PS2 ports.

So the real question is, why has westen support dried up completely? None of the future big releases on PSP come from westen developers outside of a built for the PSP version of Midnight Club LA Remix, which happens to be multiplatform.


You forgot Resistance Retribution.  To be fair Western support for handhelds are never that great and most of the time it is garbage...

Hmm and I can't really name that much new western DS games  except for Bioware's sonic RPG.

 

I was under the impression we were talking about third party support, not first party. Resistance Retribution is a first party game.

Also there are plenty of big western games on the DS. One of the biggest just came out this Summer...Guitar Hero: On Tour.

 

Insomniac is not first party though.

And I talked about games that have to release, Guitar Hero is already released for more than a month now?

 






the2bears on 24 September 2008
mike_intellivision said:
It seems to be doomed by the same malady that afflicted the Dreamcast: Pirates.

Pirated games means you can't sell software which usually means you stop selling hardware.


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Nonsense, you're channelling Bruce Everiss here.  The DS is far easier to pirate.

 



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jman8 on 24 September 2008

Considering the dying third party support and the fact that Apple has aimed squarely at the PSP market with the Iphone and Ipod Touch, how can Sony not release a follow up to the PSP within a year? Sony has no choice.



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Onyxmeth on 24 September 2008
konnichiwa said:
Onyxmeth said:
konnichiwa said:
Onyxmeth said:

The poblem is that the PSP is losing western support. It's basically dropped off the map outside of a few multiplatform releases. Those are primarily sports games too. Japanese support I would say is a bit sickly in direct comparison to the DS, but not dead in the least, considering they have the backing of Konami, Capcom, Square Enix, Atlus and Level-5 still. Part of the problem is that the PS2's support is drying up and that was always a main cause for healthy levels of PSP support, PS2 ports.

So the real question is, why has westen support dried up completely? None of the future big releases on PSP come from westen developers outside of a built for the PSP version of Midnight Club LA Remix, which happens to be multiplatform.


You forgot Resistance Retribution.  To be fair Western support for handhelds are never that great and most of the time it is garbage...

Hmm and I can't really name that much new western DS games  except for Bioware's sonic RPG.

 

I was under the impression we were talking about third party support, not first party. Resistance Retribution is a first party game.

Also there are plenty of big western games on the DS. One of the biggest just came out this Summer...Guitar Hero: On Tour.

 

Insomniac is not first party though.

And I talked about games that have to release, Guitar Hero is already released for more than a month now?

 

Insomniac isn't making Resistance Retribution. Some studio called Sony Bend is making it. They're the same guys that do the Syphon Filter series on PSP. They ARE first party.

Relevant upcoming western third party DS releases are Sonic Chronicles, Spectrobes 2, Mushroom Men, My Sims Kingdom, Ninjatown, Touchmaster 2, Quantum of Solace, Tom Clancy's Endwar, Monster Lab, Ultimate Band, Call of Duty: World At War, Star Wars: The Clone Wars-Jedi Alliance, Shaun White Snowboarding, Guitar Hero: On Tour-Decades, Need of Speed Undercover, Moon, Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party, Age of Empires Mythologies, Tony Hawk's Motion featuring Hue Pixel Painter, The Lord of the Rings: Conquest, Prince of Persia: The Fallen King, Gauntlet, Peggle, de Blob, Dragon's Lair, Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, Secret Files: Tunguska, Skate It, and Warlords DS.

That's just what's on board for 2008. Here's what's in store(so far) for 2009.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Ghostbusters, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Fusion, Roogoo, Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, Duke Nukem Trilogy, Overlord: Minions, and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction.

 



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