Scarface shows PSP software sales are lacking

[smith1]

ISO downloading has hardly any effect on the sales of games.

[grit]

ISO downloading has hardly any effect on the sales of games.

I agree.

At least it has the same effect as downloading ROMs and emulators: Who will buy the "retro game collection" PSP titles after they can emulate and play those games for free?
(NJ was concerned about this when he said he was finished with his emus...)

ISO's... I think it's a false question.

Piracy didn't kill micro$oft.

[notaforumtroll]

i highly doubt ISO's are to blame for the horrible sales. they sell 40'000 units a week. 40'000 non 1.5 units. of those 40'000 units how many people actually go on the internet and bother learning about how to load isos? all you have to do is rent scarface or ask a friend how good it is ,and they will tell you the same thing, its just a $#@!ty port of dope wars for graphics stolen from gta:3 and very very repeatitive game content.

[slayer2psp]

i dont think thats it look at the ds games sales its even easier to play roms on a ds gba and there sales are still very good. ps2 360 all easy to play free games on there still doing fine dont blame it on the isos 99.9% of the people who own a psp have no clue how to play isos or were to get them

[SSaxdude]

Isos aren't a large problem of lacking sales, the PSP just isn't selling very well. And even people who don't pirate any PSP games still don't buy many PSP games.

[Veskgar]

Yeah, that was a cheap shot aimed at ISO users myself. ISO's are not to blame for PSP game sales. Its the price and lack of quality that causes PSP games to get a bad deal.

The GOOD Nintendo DS games have such a high quality feel and production value to them, it makes even the best PSP games look mediocre. The Nintendo DS are a lot easier to "download" and / or "pirate" but yet they still do just fine. Selling incredibly well all around the world.

[Gray Fox]

How the **** can scarface be on top of sales charts???? That game as said sucks! At least some good titles like GTA sell alot of copies, and ISOs cant b a that big problem since alot of people do most likely got FW 2.80+ or something like that

[SkinnyBoy]

I wonder if the majority of the people in this thread saying that ISO's arent hurting the sales of psp games are actually using ISO's themselves? That being said, I do totally agree that the Psp needs a killer game to boost sales! I mean GTA: VCS is great, but not really groundbreaking anymore

[irongiant]

The GOOD Nintendo DS games have such a high quality feel and production value to them, it makes even the best PSP games look mediocre. The Nintendo DS are a lot easier to "download" and / or "pirate" but yet they still do just fine. Selling incredibly well all around the world.

What a load of crap, the best PSP games are fantastic. Games on the DS do not make them look mediocre at all, take off your fanboi glasses.

Quoting sales figures for a rubbish game is pointless, sales figures of something like Need4Speed Carbon or Fifa 07 would be much more revealing.

Scarface on the PSP is a bad game that got bad reviews so it's not rocket science that the game isn't selling well. D'uh.

ISOs are affecting PSP software sales, of that i have no doubt, but on the other side of the coin ISOs are pushing sales of PSPs up. I'm aware of about 20 or so PSP owners and every single one of them has their memory sticks full of emulators and ISO games. None buy originals. As for the DS, well lets face it a large number of DS owners are kids and they're hardly likely to be downloading roms are they?

The PSP attracts an older gamer with it's multimedia functionality and it's those people who are more likely to be ISO savvy and either buy DVDs full of ISOs off ebay or download the games themselves. Sony need to shut down homebrew altogether or start offering full PSP games for download at much more reasonable prices.

[hanky]

Bottom line is, the PSP need more GOOD games... I know I'M buying MGS: Portable Ops when it comes out. I've already pre-ordered it. Sign me up for GT Mobile (or w/e they plan to call it) when its announced, I'll buy it.

And as said in previous posts, just a small percentage of PSP owners take the time, effort, and have the courage/knowledge to either downgrade a PSP and/or find and download pirated copies of games. That’s what I think anyways. I even know people that supposedly know about computers and just can’t cope with was has to be done to run homebrew, etc on their PSP.

What about the GBA?? there’s a whole slew of flash cards at accessible prices that enable ppl to play pirated games and on top of that its said to be an obsolete console to say the least, and its still selling.. alot...

In conclusion: $ony, please bring more good games to the PSP!!