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Forums - Microsoft - MS EDD spent $260 millon on R&D in last 6 months. What R they up to??

gameman on 19 May 2009
cgkc17 said:
gameman said:
cgkc17 said:
gameman said:
I dont think its a Xbox 360 portable. They already saw the disaster called the PSP. I think it will be more like the I pod touch with game features

*facepalm* the PSP is hardly a disaster... its amazing that SONY was able to get as far as they did in the handheld with their first portable console.

 

Its a disaster because of the horrid software sales, and the I Pod Touch is running circles around it already. Just like how Ipod just destroyed the Walkman business

 

That doesn't make it a disaster either. Consumers are still buying it, and developers are still supporting it.

The iPod Touch is an MP3 player first, with the ability to play games, whereas the PSP is a portable games console first with multimedia functionality. They are not competing with each other.

 

You do realize that The Apple Application store is montrous success right. They have already had over a billion downloads. Thats why Sony is now aggressively pushing PSN so much. They realize that the Ipod touch/Iphone is eating into their marketshare.  They are competing more than you think. They both share a similar 18-35 year old demographic, they both have multimedia functions, they both have digital distribution, and they both play games. Apple is already getting suuport from game studios like EA, Sega, Konami, Ubisoft, and Square Enix.