The State of the PSP

[Buddy4point0]

yup piracy is huge in the psp but I still believe it doesnt hamper the sales(past few months psp sales is higher than ds in japan)
look up in gamefaqs how hot and many upcoming relaese are in japan
sony isnt localising all the hot tiltles

dreamcast was killed due to ps2(AGAIN I am no sony fanboy)

dreamcast came when ps1 was on the verge on converting to ps2 and at that time everyone was a sony fanboy

you do know that ps2 piracy was huge as hell and ps2 is still around alive kickin with games still in developement for it

you all do know that ds has huge crappy games compared to good games hannah montana all those disney lame ass games
do you call all those worthy tiltles they are worse than hellboy on psp I prefer slow but worthy titles like mhp2g although its jap its playable and I am a proud to own the umd till today I juz have 3 games and 2 are jap games and the other is tekken
I am not afraid to admit I pirate and I do pirate on the ds and psp are the game I pirate worth the time to dl no they arent

I plan to take up japanese so I wud be able to play all those jap games
psp sales is high in japan and I think sony is content with it

Your missing it dude.
Yes, PSP hardware sales will be untouched, or even improved, by piracy. But software development and sales are strongly affected. Software sales are low because there is so much piracy.

No one wants to develop for a console that there game will mainly be stolen and barley bought. Eventually, everyone will stop developing for a system that doesn't bring as much profit as the competitors. Then there won't even be games to pirate, killing the PSP.

[tuta]

Your missing it dude.
Yes, PSP hardware sales will be untouched, or even improved, by piracy. But software development and sales are strongly affected. Software sales are low because there is so much piracy.

No one wants to develop for a console that there game will mainly be stolen and barley bought. Eventually, everyone will stop developing for a system that doesn't bring as much profit as the competitors. Then there won't even be games to pirate, killing the PSP.

I dont see why I am missing it you got a point there everyone has its an open talk

What I wud like to emphasize more is that the psp at this stage isnt gonna die or is dying
japan are getting more releases juz that there are very little E and U releases.

because ICE brought up that piracy killed the dreamcast but how about ps2 or the ps1?
I stated all this coz everyone was comparing especially ds to the psp

I did aswell but in ps2 bein on par with psp was technically proven with the number of ports and games like tekken and gow being available.

and you did say no one want to develop but you shud see upcoming jap psp releases there are tons...

[Veskgar]

I don't think its so much a piracy thing that casts a dark shadow over the PSP. I think its SONY's lost sense of direction with the PSP. Its long been touted as a portable multimedia device but it doesn't do things like audio/video playback particularly well. The internet browser isn't very convenient. It was a joke in the earlier firmwares but its getting better. But now, 3 1/2 years later to not have a set course of action is beyond ridiculous.

The PSP has the muscle under the hood to long be dominant in the portable gaming market. But it hasn't been utilized as well as it could have been.

Why isn't there a motion (tilt) sensor, light sensor, rumble stick add on, etc. etc. etc. ??? As the DS Lite and Wii clearly show, people like that sort of thing even if they have to plug something extra and external into their unit.

SONY also needs to create some sort of PSP network where anyone connected to WiFi can log in and have access to an XBOX Live sort of network or something similar.

Regarding the WiFi SONY has given us things like being able to remotely access our PS3 while being anywhere in the world.... but WTF? How many people actually do that or even have a use for that? Again, no sense of direction and wasted opportunities.

Maybe if they didn't waste 2+ years releasing minor firmware updates every other week to try and block homebrew and force people to upgrade, they could have instead focused on other things firmware related.

Its only a matter of time now before Microsoft, Nintendo, etc. release a new and improved portable gaming device. If SONY wants to maintain its grip they should start REALLY soon with unveiling some cool stuff and plans for the PSP.

[osgeld]

I dont fully agree about that statement osgeld
I believe the psp still has alot more to offer
Monsterhunter 2G is one good example of how good a polished game could be
God of war, FF crisis core, mgs po,tekkenDR, naruto 1,2 the upcoming dissidia and KH birth by sleep..
In japan games like macross and gundam games keep coming so I dont see the psp dying in terms of 3rd party games and games from sony they are just slow
But hell boy was truly a dissapointment

What I see as dying is the psp homebrew scene it used to be buzzing with emulators and games
[e]mulator, daedalus, gpsp(curse you takka)
I am just glad dark alex is still with us

see thats the problem, and why i dont bother looking any more, you have what 8 "now" games listed, and theres what 100+ games on the market thats a >90% crap factor why bother looking

i dont like wasting 30-40-50$