PSP Passes Away - Some Games Producers Quit

[Safari Al]

I don't think it's dead one bit. Just give it a bit more time. Just because a few companies stop developing for it, doesn't mean it's dead.

[VZsolt]

Duh. Of course, it's not dead. There are several HUGE titles coming out soon (Dyssidia, Yggdra Union are what I'm waiting for the most...)

But it's dying. Just go to Gamespot, and check the reviews for PSP and DS. How often do new games come out for the PSP, and how often for the DS? A new DS game every third day?

It's not piracy. DS games can be pirated much easier - they're smaller, can pack a $#@!load on a memory card, etc. And hey, the studios aren't crying rivers over that.

[acn010]

ok, but its not the hardware, its the software, and yes its the piracy, and the cost of the kits is expensive than the ds and and harder to develop.. so guys just think about it in more depth of the situation... (cant explain due to my phone)

[Justise]

It is not dead yet, but its dieing for many reasons.
1. The price were much higher than DS.
2. It got pirated very early, and upload Isos is a piece of cake.
3. It's controls were horrible. There is no second analog or second line of triggers, which caused all new games to have camera problems. The existing analog stick is very hard to use.
4. Most of its games were ports, and easy money. Almost all of them have lag and big loading times.
5. The UMD format died before even existed, yet sony refuse to give more video format support.

[andwhyisit]

Whoever wrote this article using Ready at Dawn as an example is an idiot. :rofl:

[jamotto]

Now all handheld makers make sure you got these points down so you can have a successful handheld.

1.)Have Rockstar make games for your handheld.
2.)Make sure NO developer ever stops making games for your handheld, EVER.
3.)Ignore every other publisher that makes games as they don't matter.

There you go the three golden rules of making a winning handheld.

[osgeld]

yea this is crap, 30$ and a 4 year old can pirate ds games but theres no problem there because they are SELLING

go to your game stop, look at the psp section i cant distinguish crap from gold, old from new ... do i buy a game just to feel ripped off by it? not with my money

so i go and research, find those 5 diamonds in the HUGE pile of $#@!, and buy those ... and those are just well made half assed ports of ps2 games (GTA and GOW)

been there played that, dont really get all frothy over a port, the excitement is gone

and thats the PSP's problem, too much crap and i just dont care

i play my GBA more, cause every game i have bought was at least worth buying (and i have a unhealthy stack of carts for that thing, vs my grand total of 6 umd's)

[goity]

Actually, with GTA for on it wasn't a port at all. In fact, the ps2 versions were based on renderware, whereas the psp versions were an original engine.

The PSP isn't even close to dying. It's still selling extremely well, and there are still great games coming out for it.

[animekid4]

DCEmu spreading this $#@! sucks,

They're all blaming this on piracy, there is piracy on the DS too, and on Wii.

What happens is that the DS user base (not all of them) are people who haven't played a videogame in their life and don't know what to expect more than something to kill some time. They don't want Epic battles, complex storylines or anything like that, hence why hardcore titles for the DS are not selling well.

Developers love this, because they can make any piece of crap with a decent gameplay and it will sell millions, I mean "Cooking Mamma", "Nintendogs", seriously WTF?.

They want to do the same for the psp but it doesn't work because psp user base has grown playing lots of games with awesome storylines and killer graphics and we all want all that in our beloved portable system.

edit: MY GOD, this is worse than I thought, I just saw the games I mentioned above and I seriously can't believe someone made a game out of fliping burgers and scratching dogs and playing with them, and the most horrifying thing is that there is people buying them

Damn!!!!!

Look dude...if you want to go and rant and hate on the DS's games and all...go ahead, you are entitled to your opinion.
But not all of us DS fans (Dont hate ppl I own an old ds and a phat psp) are walking around lyek
"OMGMURRRHURRR WAT A COOT DOGGEH!!! HALAHALHALAHAHALA GAMESTOP TAEK MAH MONEY!!"
The DS does have some pretty good titles, even if alot of them are centered towards kids. Nintendo knows that kids are their market so thats why they make so many.

on topic
Did ready at dawn SERIOUSLY leave!? Awww man...God of War was one of the actual games that I would really play for the PSP.

[osgeld]

Actually, with GTA for on it wasn't a port at all. In fact, the ps2 versions were based on renderware, whereas the psp versions were an original engine.

The PSP isn't even close to dying. It's still selling extremely well, and there are still great games coming out for it.

and as im driving around the exact same maps i grew board with years ago, using recycled models, and a story that maybe took a day to conceive, i care because?