I agree with you, Andrew! I put podcasts, vodcasts, and videos I rip from DVDs on my PSP. I think the ability to do so much with the PSP makes it a superb device. This is nothing Nintendo can offer. I'm not into the Nintendo bashing, but I do believe that the PSP is all-around the better do-more product. The DS Lite is 150% games (some of them aren't like those weird cooking and brain training games...).

The PSP will not dominate the handheld market. That is true. But, it is a stellar device and it still remains a good seller.

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The 5th page had some more goodies:

"GS: And how do the emulated downloads work for PSP? Have you announced pricing?

DK: Basically you just download them to the PS3, and bounce it to your PSP, and those will all be under $5. And then there will be downloadable content from hotspots."

Under $5 for the PS1 games? Nice. Also, they go on to talk about the possibility that other systems could pop up for emulation...

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More and more I wish I bought a DS. I love my PS2, and the PSP is a stunning piece of kit BUT I BOUGHT IT FOR GAMES. Most people did, I'm sure.

I have other, better devices for music and there are other, better devices for video.

The PSP is inconvenient to carry around unless you have big fat guy pockets or tend to tote a bag everywhere, it's battery life is only just on the verge of acceptable so I end up having to take the power adapter everywhere which seriously diminishes my wish to take it anywhere at all. Now it is resident in my work locker where even on empty nights I cant be bothered to start playing my favourite game, Metal Gear AC!D 2 because the game is too involved for a portable device.

I have no intention of telling people what they like is wrong, but the PSP is a jack of all trades and not very good at any of them. I just hope this changes.

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The PSP is a great PMP device, don't get me wrong, but the big thing that's holding it back is the lack of space. With the current maximum capacity for Memory Stick Duos at 4GB, and those running you up over $120 USD, it really seems like Sony's just saying they meant it as a PMP because it hasn't been doing so well in the games market. If they had really meant the PSP to be a PMP, Sony would've completely cut the UMD drive, slapped on a 10 GB harddrive, and gone with a digital distribution scheme, which has been suggested and which I think would've been awesome.

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Despite Karraker's comments, this is a phenomenal time for PSP games: Lumines 2, Socom 2, KillZone, Vice City, Medal of Honor, Ace Combat, MX vs ATV, Tekken, LocoRoco, Lego Star Wars. BTW, I got my 4GB for about $90.

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I agree with Hector. For a system that's "not primarily about games", we got GTA, Lumines, Every Extend Extra, Gunpey, Burnout, Medal of Honor, SSX, Virtua Tennis, Power Stone Collection, Katamari, Loco Roco, Wipeout, Tekken, Syphon Filter, Def Jam, Metal Gear Portable Ops, etc.

Personally I couldn't be any happier about the games that come out for PSP.

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Hector,

how many of those games you mentioned will sell/have sold past the 1 million units mark? To date, worldwide only 3 PSP games have sold passed the 1 million copies mark. PSP(for gaming) hardware sales dont mean a thing if gamers arent buying the games.

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Just because a game doesn't sell a million units, doesn't mean it's not good. Do you just go out and buy whatever music is requested on TRL as well?

The DS sells a hell of a lot of units, but I don't care for the games for it. What good is a game to me when it sells a lot if I don't enjoy it?

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Player1,

I agree with you on that. Game sales and game reviews arent the final word on how good or bad a game is because its all subjective.

Having said that however, I do think a majority of gamers just dont like the PSP game library, which is the reason only 3 PSP games have passed the 1 million copies mark. I also dont think poor game sales should be blamed on marketing. im not denying marketing doesnt impact game sales, but i dont think its a dominating factor in determining whether your game will sell well or not.

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*sigh*

It's chassis is still too big for music, and the screen is too small for movies. 4GB of storage? That's hardly enough for what they're trying to do with it. And for the price of that 4GB...you could buy a DS. They just don't get it.

Let it be a game machine, Sony. It really doesn't shine at anything else, just like the DS. If you want something that will do any of these "media functions" well, you pretty much have to buy a laptop, UMPC, or a decent PDA.

It's still hard for me to waste money on PSP (or DS) games when the money should go towards 360/PS3/Wii/Xbox/PS2/Gamecube games that I can stand to play more than 10 minutes.

Oh well...the PSOne emulation will definitely help.

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They've been marketing Vice City Stories like crazy and it will probably break 1,000,000. I had a hell of a time finding Every Extend Extra, which most stores didn't have or had never heard of. I certainly haven't seen any marketing for that one aside from stories on pspfanboy. I think a lot of people simply aren't aware of a lot of the good games on PSP, and it doesn't help them take the opportunity to try any when the PSP gets bashed everywhere for things that often extremely exaggerated like short battery life, lack of good games, etc. It's a shame.

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I find the admission a little obvious for those of us that own a PSP and use it for almost everything a truly portable device should do. I feel that in the coming years PSP will be thought of and create an active cult following just like the Sega Dreamcast. Truly the best system doesn't always get all the fanfare it deserves.

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The guy didn't really say that the PSP was 'more a media device than game device'. He said that it was more of an entertainment device than the DS, which is pretty obvious even at first glance. The question is, does that really hurt the games? No.

Honestly, I'm laughing at the doomsaying and bashing of Sony. The PSP library is getting so good that it just doesn't matter if some DS fanboy blog thinks the PSP media functionality is bad or makes it 'less' of a gaming platform. Is the PSP perfect? Of course not. Neither was the DS, hence the Lite revision prefacing its major success.

Sony will launch the revised PSP model(s) and probably have internal storage and such, and we'll be happy for another year or so until the next gen of handhelds rolls around.

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"how many of those games you mentioned will sell/have sold past the 1 million units mark?"

And tell us again how that changes the fact that there are plenty of great new PSP games out now and on their way?

Sorry Nintendo boy, it just isn't changing the fact that the PSP has done well and its library has become quite good.

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Ok , I listen on my PSP to music , I watch videos ( never really use the photo ability except for walpapers ) and of curse play games . I bought my PSP for games mostly , but I admit that I like its other functionalities to . But not good games ... WTF , man Im not boared with my PSP not even a minute , so again WTF ??? :?

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pixelator,

"And tell us again how that changes the fact that there are plenty of great new PSP games out now and on their way?"

like i said before, good or bad games can only be determined by the gamer because its a subjective preference. game sales and game reviews are not the final word.

"Sorry Nintendo boy, it just isn't changing the fact that the PSP has done well and its library has become quite good."

Again, the PSP has only managed to sell 3 games past the 1 million mark. Compare that to the main competition: DS has managed to sell 14 games over the 1 million mark. I think this shows that most gamers dont find the PSP game library to be attractive, relative to the competition. And like i mentioned before, this shouldnt be blamed entirely on bad marketing because marketing isnt the dominating factor in determining successful game sales.

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Correction: 4 PSP games have sold past the 1 million mark. Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best_selling_computer_and_video_games#Sony_PSP

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The case can also be made that the PSP's library is so huge that it's hard for any one single game to hit 1 million. Either way, I am personally enjoying the most amount of games ever on PSP the past two months. The music/video playback is just an added bonus at this point, and not the focus.

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Well if you look at the Holiday Buyer's Guide on IGN and compare the titles for the PSP and the DS

http://buyersguide.ign.com/2006/index.html

It's easy to see that the PSP Games are much better titles . At least that's my opinion.

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