‘Sony Is Doomed!’ Ray Redirected Toward PSP
It’s been a rough couple of months for Sony and the PlayStation 3, particularly in the mainstream press. Now that the two year old console has been sufficiently thrashed, we think the PSP is due.
And so does Yahoo! Games, who paints a very bleak picture of the PSP’s current performance and its future. Clearly, we’re all beyond admiring the PSP’s success relative to previous Nintendo handheld competitors and ready to start giving the PSP the what for over its middling 2008.
Yes, Yahoo! makes some good points — the 2008 software line-up was largely forgettable, as third parties have moved on from shipping PlayStation 2 to PSP ports to… well, not doing much at all on the platform. On the quality side, the DS has had more games rated 80% or higher, as Yahoo! points out. And that’s translated to a bigger gap between the Nintendo DS and PSP, 1.5 million versus 420,000 units sold in the US in November.
But Sony’s still holding its own in Japan, even if it’s regularly bested by the DS — thanks to the recently launched DSi. But is it really over for the PSP? And, if not, will it really be over for the PSP when Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars makes its appearance on the DS next year?
I’d actually think that Sony is doing a respectable job of continuing to hold its own against Nintendo, despite seeing far fewer high quality releases on the PSP and that its transition from UMD only games to digitally delivered software is a step in the right direction for the next-generation of PSP.
Goodbye, Sony PSP [Yahoo! Games]
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@ShaunySlow: It certainly does seem that way.
Deviation59
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@Gambit09: Go read a Wii article, then a 360 article.
Rhys
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I almost wonder if perhaps Sony has just stretched themselves too thin. Perhaps they thought the PS3 was a sure sell and could concentrate on PSP only to get bested by the Wii. Who knows. It sure is a very capable system with a great back catalogue but the past year or so has just been horrid.
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@kadaj24: It
s funny how people try to justify their hate by calling it fact. Funny or sad depending on how much you care.
DeathBeforeDishonor
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@InsaneMoogle:
I agree. I absolutely love my PSP, but I think the iPhone is stealing so much of the portable gaming thunder now that developers are hoping over each other for their turn to hump it.
doubtful
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@Combichristoffersen: GTA 2 for PC was great, I loved it
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@octalass:
If you want to listen to music while playing a game, why would then you choose the ds over the psp?
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@octalass: you want to listen to music while playing a handheld?
Turn the volume down on your handheld, then turn on your music player of choice. PROBLEM SOLVED.
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@kadaj24: Have you BEEN in said articles recently?
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@ImSoFresh: I think you overestimate the effect Kotaku has on the market.
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Yahoo is full of crap and so are 90% of the posters here (I said Posers at first, missing the T, and I wonder if I should have left it)
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@Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic: Sure, whatever helps you sleep at night.
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