Awesome, I've been leaning towards buying a PSP for quite some time and I'll admit atleast half of my reasons aren't even to do with gaming. Though being able to play Bionic Commando Rearmed from a toilet at work via remote play will be a nice bonus. Here's hoping more developers utilize this feature.

@incredibilistic: "Good for Sony. They need some good news after losing FFXIII."

Jesus "fucking" Christ (and I don't even believe), would people stop saying that. Sony did not 'loose' Final Fantasy 13. Last time I checked it's still being developed for PS3 (then ported to 360), PS3 owners will still get to play it and they won't be missing out on any content. People need to stop spewing out of context crap.

You obviously missed Sony's year long commentation on 3rd party exclusives or you'd be under the impression they more than likely let exclusivity on Final Fantasy 13 go. I'll break it down for you though. Sony is trying to walk the Nintendo path by heavily investing into company controlled IP's and assets, first party titles, rather than throwing billions of dollars at third party publishers for the right of exclusivity of a product they really have no control over.

As Nintendo found out when the original Playstation hit the market, publishers don't have loyalty and many abandoned Nintendo (for a variety of reasons) and Sega for Sony. Much like many 3rd parties today have given preference to Microsoft. There is nothing stopping any publisher from doing the same to Microsoft in the years to come. To use a choice quote from Battlestar Galactica, "all this has happened before and it will happen again".

The only people this announcement really affects are those who only plannned to purchase a PS3 for a handful of games, FF13 included. Which I'm willing to wager (nothing) is not the hugely bloated number many think it is.

Replica23

Features such as "1 Seg" viewing(*3), "Skype", Kotaku press releases and many other fun accessories that expands the joy of entertainment on PSP

Yes, Kotaku is the killer app for my PSP.

Smooty

I really want a PSP, but I need some more money >.<

mfwahwah

I just want a next Metal Gear Ac!d style game. I loved those two games and I really think it needs an online component or something.

Laughin_Caulk

Monster Hunter made it possible guys.

Crisis Core was overrated.

xCruciaLx

i just realized my 3 year old psp wants me to play it..but i need to pick up some new games..:0 xD

evilralphwiggum

@Black-Dog-Howls: FF is big in the West--very big. There's no getting around it, really. In Japan, the main franchise is DQ, and where is that headed? Nintendo. So you could say, both Sony and Microsoft are already losers.

celery

@Burgin: Yeah i must agree Crisis Core was a pretty underwhelming game mainly due to the battle system add to that all of squares recent games, which is why i think its not that big a deal for it to be exclusive on any system.

Ryuujin1024

I wonder what monster hunter 3 will do for the wii.

zeldarooles

@rljohn: I am going to have to disagree with you there. MS's E3 showing was okay at best. The major holiday releases were already known. The only surprises was netflix and FFXII.

I am also hoping Sony shows some killer psp titles tmrw.

Noks415

PSP needs some new Ip like TWEWY. Something to blow the mind.

AngelMayLaugh

@Black-Dog-Howls: E'zactly. As you say, the FF13 announcement was more 'WTF?!' then actual 'pwnage' Sony is still getting the game and that was truly the only thing 'major' announced by Microsoft. Sony and Nintendo can both easily trump what Microsoft has put out, especially if Team Ico shows some new content and even showing things that we all pretty much expect can out do what Microsoft had shown (God of War 3, Twisted Mtal, etc.).

Please dear god let Twisted Metal show up in one form or another, Jaffe, don't let me down!

SynKade

@KaneTaker: Also check out Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions and Jeane d'Arc if you're into strat. RPG's at all. Also some other solid games, but w/o the huge marketing budgets are Wipeout Pulse, the MGS Portable Ops series, Tekken: Dark Resurrection and SFA3, and Lumines.

The one thing they need more of are the quirky adventure titles the DS is reknown for, a la Hotel Dusk, Phoenix Wright, and Trauma Center. I bet a few of those would boost those PSP numbers to 15+ million.

Datheron

Patapon.

dowingba

@rljohn: Was just using the FFVII thing as an example.

Anyways, as far as pressers are concerned, we barely learned anything from Microsoft that we don't already know, haven't seen, or haven't been savvy to at all. It was the same shindig as 2007 E3.

Stuff we know, stuff we know, stuff we know, stuff we suspected.

Black-Dog-Howls

@KaneTaker: Post a message to my account and I'd be happy to share my thoughts on the high-points of the PSP's library. Just let me know what types of games you're into.

Hint: There are a lot more great games than you think and the genre coverage is generally excellent.

Nightshift Nurse: Mile High Colonic

More than of a fifth of that ten million owns a copy of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G.

GO MONSTER HUNTER!!!

大漢中

@Black-Dog-Howls:

[playstationlifestyle.net]

rljohn

@Black-Dog-Howls:

I thought M$'s press conference was spot on. Great core games for the hard core (gears, fallout, fable, banjo), casual games (avatars, lips, guitar hero, rock band), and REALLY nailing the media with full HDD installs, Netflix and Universal, etc)...

Saving Bungie's announcement for Wednesday too, i think M$ is having a great e3.

rljohn

Also, to add on to my Black-Dog-Howls post, what happens if that fabled FFVII PS3 remake drops at Sony presser? Or the next Koji. Pro. game is exclusive? Or whatever else might happen happens?

It's like E3 is over in the first inning because one guy scored a home run.

The internet is fucking annoying today.

Black-Dog-Howls

@incredibilistic: I'm breaking my silence.

Honestly, the FFXIII announce isn't that big of a deal. Everyone knew it was coming the moment Square announced Crystal Tools was now multiplat. We aren't getting the game until sometime between 2010 and 2012 and by then no one will care anymore. Only Japan will enjoy it, and Japan is where FF sells the most - and in Japan it's still PS3 exclusive since they're finishing development, putting it out in Japan, then doing a 360 version with the US localization.

The Microsoft presser was boring and lackluster aside from that, "wtf?!" moment.

There are many things Nintendo and Sony can do to trump that one announcement which was halfhearted at best and blown up by the internet. An exclusive Rockstar project, more from StudioJapan, another new IP from Nintendo, Team Ico 3, etc. etc. can all be 'bigger' news than FFXIII doing something we already expected.

Black-Dog-Howls

This is because every time there is a new Gundam, FF or Monster Hunter game in Japan the damn thing sells another 100,000 copies. The Japanese market confuses me.

rljohn

@incredibilistic: Geez, way to turn it back to FFXIII. You'd think that we haven't heard enough about it for the past 12 hours or so...although I suppose I should brace myself for tomorrow; I'm sure pretty much anything Sony says will be rebutted with "FFXIII gg".

Datheron

Thanks for the recommendations guys. Will look into them!

KaneTaker

PSP has made strides, but DS has 23 million sold in Japan.

Fryfat

Say I download Patapon on my PS3. I can copy it over to my PSP, but if I have two PSP's, can I copy it onto both? Or do I need to buy it twice? Or download it twice? Or how on earth does this work?

everybest

@KaneTaker: I heard dead head fred was pretty interesting, so I checked it out. Definitely some excellent writing.

Other than that, you have games like LocoRoco and Patapon, to games like Crisis Core and Monster Hunter.

There's plenty of good shit. The only thing is that the system is seriously lacking in some good RPGs. Crisis Core was hardly an RPG, and everything else is either a remake or a spin-off of something else

Ichidou

I thought it sold more in Japan. Well atleast it's doing good.

AngelMayLaugh

@KaneTaker: Patapon has been in mine for the last month or so, but I doubt it appeals to everyone. I've played a lot of the Metal Slug Anthology and Worms Open Warfare 2, but those both have variants on other systems.

Burgin

Good for Sony. They need some good news after losing FFXIII.

Here's hoping they can keep their spirits up and deliver some big news themselves tomorrow (though I doubt ANY news will top the FFXIII announcement).

incredibilistic

I love my PSP. Best part is I bought it almost new from a guy who wanted it solely for Crisis Core, but ended up hating the game. $80 for an almost new PSP!

Burgin

Is their really that much good software? I honestly haven't been keeping up. Only "big name" games that interested me have been ported to PS2 except for God of War. Any more "under the radar" games that might interest me?

KaneTaker

What ? :O I thought they would have sold alot more by now... at least 20 million..

Kcgig1 (NY FTW)

And so it begins.

Who would've ever thought the PSP would be such a hit in Japan? Seriously, NOBODY could've predicted this.

Archaotic

well i am loving crisis core atm, it's the classic FF7 music that gets me everytime...

scuba2steve

We need some comparison charts on all the current crop of consoles for Japan sometime.

Koji Otaku

@Laughin_Caulk: Seconded, I would love another Ac!d game, preferable in the style of the 2nd one. Online would rock too.

DigiMish

Tekken Dark Ressurection, Loco Roco, Persuit Force, Hot Shots Golf, Lumines, Patapon, Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops, Daxter, God of War Chains of Olympus, Crisis Core, Mega Man Powered Up, Crush.

All of those are good games for anyone looking into a PSP. Some honorable mentions: Echochrome, PQ2, SmashCourt tennis 3, Beats, and Metal Gear Acid 2.

bobeotm

@celery: Sales of FFXI, FFXII, and other Final Fantasy games post X say something to the contrary. Besides, PS3 has survived losing GTAIV which far more of a "blow" than losing FFXIII two years from now is. This whole thing is being skewed way out of proportion.

Black-Dog-Howls

"Jesus 'fucking' Christ (and I don't even believe), would people stop saying that. Sony did not 'loose' Final Fantasy 13. Last time I checked it's still being developed for PS3 (then ported to 360), PS3 owners will still get to play it and they won't be missing out on any content. People need to stop spewing out of context crap.

The only people this announcement really affects are those who only plannned to purchase a PS3 for a handful of games, FF13 included. Which I'm willing to wager (nothing) is not the hugely bloated number many think it is."

^THIS^

As far as FFXIII is concerned, everyone needs to make like New Edition and "Cool it Now".

GoldenGotGame

It is currently beating the DS in Japan by around 15K units per week.

At that rate, it will beat the DS in (Japanese) LTD sales in... 17 years!

Marlor

How can a system with practically no decent games succeed?

The Japs are crazy!

Vulgar Display of Power!

@Vulgar Display of Power!: That's why the 360 isn't doing well...

waterhand

@everybest: you can download 5 times from the Store. Its based on your account on a server somewhere rather than your unique machine, so you could download it to 5 psps if you wanted to. But after that you couldn't anymore. So its like a failsafe in case you delete it accidentally.

candygirl_fangirl

@Vulgar Display of Power!:

I use my PSP for the music 90% of the time. Even though I bought it for MGS: PO in the first place.
I also use it to watch movies when I'm traveling.

Serdur

@Vulgar Display of Power!: Are you talking about the Wii?

Do Kesubei

@Archaotic:
What are you on about? Did you wake up from cryo recently?

The general thought was that the PS brand would've translated into utter dominance for the PSP. Alot of people assumed this would've happened months ago.

majatt

@Fryfat: that's the thing. i feel like the psp has picked up because the ds has reached saturation levels. i have got to get around to trying this monster hunter business, though. can 2 million people in a few months be wrong?

mister_shhh

@candygirl_fangirl: I dont' know if I like the 5 times rule. I think I used up 3 or 4 times on some of the games I have for the ps3. Used 2 times on it when my ps3 was stolen, and a couple more times when I had to wipe out my ps3 because warhawk update corrupted my ps3 and such. So on some game, I only have 1 more downloads to go. What if I decide to get a second ps3.

karateka

Congrats to Capcom on Monster Hunter!!! A rip-roaring success!

...wait, PSP? What's that? Is that like another name for the monster hunter portable console? =o

Geminosity

@Kcgig1 (NY FTW): 35 Million Worldwide and going buddy
[www.vgchartz.com]

yes i am shocked that PSP is out selling every console. now if only they can end 08 the way they started with the games.

zanzibarlegend

"Features such as "1 Seg" viewing(*3), "Skype", Kotaku press releases and many other fun accessories that expands the joy of entertainment on PSP, including "Microphone" and a multi-functional "Cradle" in addition to a strong line-up of attractive software titles are also accelerating the expansion of the platform."

Kotaku press releases? That's a feature of the PSP? WTF?

slomo788

@majatt: As one of my teachers in HS once said, 99% of the world are idiots, make sure you make it to the 1% who are not.

People believe that you get magic dominance from brand recognition, you don't. The PSP is a product that took long to find its footing, I know people who bought it as a portable movie player or even walkman replacement that could also play games. Nintendo was smart in making a cheap gaming only handheld (See a pattern there) that had heavy leanings towards the casual gaming market... however, how many people are willing to carry around a phone, MP3 player, portable movie player and game console?

I hate to admit it but Apple had it right with the iPhone, it's not a device that will replace every gadget you carry but it can replace two of the most used (Phone/MP3) and one of the bulkiest (Portable Movie Player). That's the territory Sony aimed for (Sans the phone) and that's a market that takes a long time to develop.

Eventually Nintendo will follow suit, maybe not the next redesign but the one after, and add media playing capabilities to the DS range simply because the market will ask for it.

zoesch

@zanzibarlegend:In Japan and only will Dragon Quest launches. Once it does, the PSP takes a back seat and the DS erases it's lead.

Foxstar Sixtail

I said it when they were the underdog, and I'll say it again just to be consistent - you don't have to be no. 1 to be a successful system. Even under the DS' thumb it was making a decent cut for Sony.

I love it though, so this time is great for me. If they could get all the Dreamcast essentials ported to it, it could be the best system ever IMO. (lesse... Crazy Taxi. Sakura Taisen (SS), maybe we can get Jet Set Radio and Space Channel 5 some day?)

fuchikoma

@fuchikoma: Indeed, I've been saying the same thing. The fact they've made a serious dent into the handheld market is achievement enough. And the Dreamcast thing would indeed make it a gift from the gaming gods. We've had Powerstone and Crazy Taxi, we want more!

TearsandScreams

Anyone know if Sony makes any money on the PSP hardware? I would imagine so, but I can't seem to find a number. Just wondering for my own self, trying to see if the PSP is responsible for the red ink at Sony lately rather than just the PS3.

crashlanding

Hopefully the trend will continue and as soon as PSP kills DS, PS3 will follow with killing the Wii. We can dream, can't we? X360 and PS3 fanboys unite for the greater cause, killing casual crapping, I mean, gaming. Oh, wait. X360 is casual now too. Snap!

gencid

In related news, DS still printing money.

Pi-face