The PSP is far From a Failure

[shadowprophet]

The psp a failure?. I've thought about this a lot lately. and I don't believe it is. Before the psp, What handheld device where we using to play our snes, sega genesis, nes. master system, Gba, tg-16 games on. For that matter, What handheld device( in the provided price range of the psp) which people claim to be too expensive, where we using to steam our movies and videos Via wifi?
And now even our homebrew can be steamed to us.

I can see people now,. But were not talking about how much we like the psp. were talking about what a market failure it is.. But the fact is it isn't.

So its not on top of the market at the moment, Both you know and I know, A true failure would be removed from the market and forgotten about. Face it, What company with a brain can afford to keep a true failure afloat??. The market sales of the psp are too strong for anyone but a Ds fan boy, to say its a failure.

if you ask me I think the initial release of the ds lite was a huge upset to the psp's throne. But in time. Once development continues and people start seeing that the Ds just cant keep up with the power of the psp. Well time and price drops can only favor the psp.

THe psp may not be on top of the market. But Need i remind people. That its the second hottest selling gaming device at the moment, outselling the ps2 and the x-box 360. How can that be a failure?

People have to reaize for the first time in a very long time. We are in a handheld wars so to speak.
Just like with console wars. times will come when you question the value of your purchase. and even doubt it's necessity. But those times come and go and even change. Remember the snes genesis wars?? for a long time people had no clue which system was the best. because there was so much hype built up behind both systems.?
But in the end. the winner and the loser weren't important. What was important was that everyone involved was a winner in the long run because both systems became timeless classics.

I think that the handheld wars are just now entering that golden age. And when its all said and done there will be no losers. only satisfied gamers with a lot to choose from.

Oh well. Anyhow. Im outtie.

[MUDD]

i have a cousin who has not bought
one game or movie

all he does with it is listen to tesla
and emu every system he can and
hes in hog heaven with all these old
arcade games ,

emulation is no better than game
piracy, i dare this site to drop all the
emulation stuff and focus on what
homebrew is,maybe that would help
its cause .

i never use homebrew but i think its nice
and i can see some who would use it
but the only stuff i use are loaders
and rippers,and compressors ,and
(drum roll) emulators with ilegal roms
and isos .dcemu.co.uk needs to draw
a line and pick a side.this sites like why
does sony hate homebrew, please
emualtion is not homebrew.your just
scared of what would happen if you
droped emulation .

[Hawky05]

So when does Wraggster talk about the black version being made for african-americans? Hey! He can even use the N-word, coz you know that's so funny.

Dude WTF is your problem

Get a grip...

ON TOPIC:

If homebrew wasn't around I still don't think the PSP would be a falure.

But that said... Homebrew does boost sales of the PSP and makes it that much better.

Ok so the piracy side of it doesn't help things... but it challenges Sony to do something about it.

I may self don't agree nor disagree with Piracy.. but I choose to take advantage of it as for me it means saving alot of money.

Thats just my two cents.

[Sommerlost]

This isn't news, why does every one here feel they need to write some sort of essay about three or four times a week about the scene?

[jinqui242]

PSP isn't a failure, they've done a damn good job for a 1st time handheld (and I'm a Nintendo fanboy!).

The 2 things that, imo, let the console down are the UMD and Memory Stick media - but then, this is Sony, and pushing proprietary formats is what they do (Betamax/Minidisc anyone?)!

oh, and;

That's a bit stereotypical don't you think?!

I agree, I don't enjoy seeing comments like that in front page articles. Almost like, "Oh, that rap game will appeal to black people" (if a comment like that was put up, people would be up in arms). It's disrespectful.

[John Vattic]

Shut up bout proprietary formats. I still have a good betamax and tons of movies.

but i did always buy the scotch brand beta casettes

[muffinman]

hey wraggster was just stating why sony has put it forward. Remember there was a big discussion about the gameing industry failing women and how sonys response was a pink psp....

anyways i loved the rant shadowprophet very well written.

[Hawky05]

This isn't news, why does every one here feel they need to write some sort of essay about three or four times a week about the scene?

Why do people like you feel the need to comment on that matter?

[luis_05]

The psp a failure?. I've thought about this a lot lately. and I don't believe it is. Before the psp, What handheld device where we using to play our snes, sega genesis, nes. master system, Gba, tg-16 games on. For that matter, What handheld device( in the provided price range of the psp) which people claim to be too expensive, where we using to steam our movies and videos Via wifi?
And now even our homebrew can be steamed to us.

I can see people now,. But were not talking about how much we like the psp. were talking about what a market failure it is.. But the fact is it isn't.

men, shadowprohpet said it best!! that dude rocks!!

yeah i agree, but whats wrong with backing up ur umd's? i dotn distribnute them. and i agree that if i did i would be hurting the homebrew scene. LAst, the PSP is far from dead, i dont even have to show ppl all the hombrew, they are just amazed with the built in capabilties of the PSP itself, SONY has just done a bad job of explaining all of its feature to the right ppl

[carrotman97]

This isn't news, why does every one here feel they need to write some sort of essay about three or four times a week about the scene?

don't like it? ignore it than

and back to the topic
in my eyes the psp is one off/the best console (not just handheld) i have owned:
powerfull
great games
wifi internet/multiplayer
homebrew
:cough:devhook:cough:
video
mp3
images
gps.....