DevFR Speak Out - The PSP scene is sick!

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Originally Posted by Zack

I would just like to add my 2 cents on the whole iso killing the PSP thing.

To be honest I don't agree with it. Look at the Wii, anyone with half a brain and the ability to follow instructions can be running Iso's on their Wii within a few minutes.

Has this killed the Wii? Have sales dropped as a result? No.

With any consoles where Iso loading is implemented though hacks (not modchips), there is still only a small fraction of the overall user base that A) Knows about it and B) that will actually do it.

Commercial PSP Dev's are just beating the Iso bush as an excuse to cover up the real reason the PSP is failing, bad games.

90% of PSP games are pure rubbish, either quick gutted ports or extremely linear games that have no appeal whatsoever.

I think it is time the Commercial PSP developers grew some balls and put there hands up and accepted they are the reason the PSP is failing, and not blaming it on Piracy.

As for the PSP homebrew scene dying ....

The PSP homebrew scene is not dead by a long shot, I myself have a big big game in the works for it that 70% or more of users have been crying out for and praying for a finished one, and one of my buddy's has a game in development that is about 70% done that will blow you all away with its gameplay and overall polish.

That's my 2 cents.

I would have to disagree with you on there. Sure you can run ISOs on other consoles. However, PSP is the perfect target for piracy.

Unlike the Wii, the demographic of PSP is from early teens to early twenties, people who are most likely already be introduced to downloading stuff such as music and movies off the internet for free. Not to mention the ISOs are easy to find and usually only range from a hundred megabytes to a gigabyte. You could download a game off megaupload in half an hour. No need to burn a disc. Just a simple copy and paste over to your memory stick.

Also, many people people have been introduced to custom firmware through online games such as Socom, Syphon Filter, Medal of Honor, and the others. Finding someone with custom firmware online used to be a rare thing. But then it got easier and people no longer had to fear bricking. Now a quarter of the players have custom firmware and a cheat device installed, making popular online games just about unplayable. Everyone who has played an online game on the PSP on a few occasions knows the PSP can be hacked.

Also it was one of the first videogame systems with firmware updates. People actually cared about their firmware and available features. PSP was portrayed as the do-it-all handheld. They were given new features, and naturally they want even more. Giving them many opportunities to discover the world of homebrew. A simple youtube search of "psp" will show you many tutorials to get started. As one person discovers it, they tell all their friends.

Unlike the other consoles, PSP has a very extensive homebrew community. It is amazing what you can do with the various apps. Where would we be without Irshell, PSPTube, and emulators? This entices people who haven't already to install the "special" firmware for themselves.

Many good games have been released for the PSP. However due to low sales and high file sharing downloads, sequels were never made. Developing for the PSP isn't very profitable and that's why many developers are turning their backs. Now most games released are half-assed budget titles. Don't say there were not any great games. I downloaded many great games myself. It may seem hypocritical, but I don't really care about their profits. If something can be obtained easily for free, the average person would do it. It's only natural. Atleast I'm not one of those people who claim to "try before I buy", who download games and play through a good portion of it and then justify it by saying "Well it wasn't that great. I probably wouldn't have bought it".

I am simply analyzing the situation and expressing my views on it.