I agree that it is too little, too late for the psp. But with a turn to more and more downloadable psp games and a store accessible through the psp, Sony is creating a strong foundation for the psp2.

Reluctantly, I agree. I have no confidence in Sony.

Exactly. Why must it be ANYthing but Sony's fault? Piracy, XBOX (give me a break - console vs. handheld), price of tea in China...

The loss of support is due to SONY. Poor software sales are due to SONY not supporting publishers, not advertising or marketing properly, refusing to bring more colors, accessories, JP localized games, etc.

Stop blaming everything but the people responsible!

You're not supposed to light the PSP on fire!!!

LMFAO!!!

Star that shines twice as bright lasts half as long then!

Yeah, the PSP is recovering. First Japan and then America and Europe.

I dont see many psp games on the shelfs anymore either, rather than the big main ones like wipEout pulse, god of war, and crisis core.

And i agree with you erico, third party has died here but its still pretty live injapan.

In addition, You cant blame piracy for everything, even though piracy is a big part but remember how easy it is to pirate ds games as well. Including a ds emulator, there is no psp emulator as of yet however I blame Sony's advertising of the psp. If they advertised it enough and pushed it , it would have gone further.

Another thing, The umd video thing was just fail, it would have never worked out.

So in my opinion, even if there are quite a number of psps out there, psp only lives because of japan.

I also really got to blame piracy in a way too. If Dark_Alex was never born someone would have probably found out that the psp is hackable eventually but if he says hes against piracy then why did he promote a port connection to the UMD slot that lets you copy umd files ( or something like that)

@Gurbinder

Sorry, but I have to laugh at your last post. Piracy has nothing to do with it. Why?

1. It's 10x easier to pirate software on the DS, something that is plugging along fine thank you very much.

2. Piracy is happening right under Sony's nose in Akhibara and not only are they doing nothing about it, they're gaining sales for games such as Monster Hunter and Phantasy Star.

There are other legitimate reasons to hack/make UMD copyable such AS legal back up of games. I have about 10 PSP games, all of which I keep roms of on a card because I don't want to carry a stack of UMD with me.

"1. It's 10x easier to pirate software on the DS, "

No it's not. On PSP with minor hacking you can do it for free. DS actually requires you to go out and purchase hardware, and tweak settings. PSP is the easiest system EVER to pirate games. The built in menu in custom firmware even lets you copy UMD to PC yourself

@ Extinction
Yes, NOW it is. Until earlier this year however it took a bit of research and reading in forums. NOW there are all in ones like PSP grader and Pandora Deluxe. Until recently you needed another Pandora battery or decent soldering skills.

The DS, you could get mod cards for as little as $35 and literally all you had to do was drag and drop the files necessary and they provided step by step directions with most of them. Until recently, DS was CLEARLY easier to hack. Which do you think is easier? A "do-it yourself" cobbled together or a retail purchased kit?

the psp (2000) is great, I havent watched a dvd since I got the thing... Do I play games on it??? Not really, i use it for everything else but I'm to preoccupied w/ the world of being an adult to spend hours playing a hand held.. I got a ps3 for games.. Now that I can play games on my tv I'm more likely to buy a game for it, but I lose interest in them quickly so I wait til they're dirt cheap (10$ bin at the nearest 'mart).. I couldn't live w/ out it though, I use it in my car for music, I have wedding pics on it, I use the internet, the shout cast, the rss channels, podcast, sometimes I use skype, and I load it up w/ movies before bed, hook it up to the t.v. and fall asleep to it...

They need to market it as more than a hand held game system for adults...


On the other hand I have nieces and nephews and neither one of my sisters will buy them psps. They've told me that the games are too mature, too expensive, and to advanced (more the system than the games) for my 7-15 year old nieces and nephews. So they all have DSs and for every gift giving holiday they get ds games from everyone.

They need to release more kid friendly games to market it for parents, and families. Quit porting lengthy ps2 and ps3 titles to it and focus on everything else...

Educate ppl on the features, don't just say hey you can do this... Explain them in a little more detail, and explain that it's free to use the features... ppl will show interest...

The PSP isn't easier to hack if you have 3.50 or later, which requires a Pandora battery. The DS is easier because no, you really don't have to tweak anything. You run one app off the flash and that's it... And the flash carts are dirt cheap. The PSP hacking by comparison is FAR more complex.

Regardless, the DS is just as pirateable and PSP piracy is at least as rampant in Japan where retail shops sell pirated games, as was noted (and in other Asian countries, forget about it - piracy reigns supreme at the retail shop level). And the DS and Asian PSP market is strong. Did you notice the PSP outselling the DS for most of this year in Japan?

Sony has abandoned the USA market and the developers followed suit. Period. The PSP2 needs to be download focused and UMD needs to lose the stupid casing. End of story.

I'll believe Koller's jargon about 2009 when I see it.

"I think in 2004 the PSP was to(!) advanced, people wanted GBA like games not console games"

Most GBA games were ports of SNES games, so GBA games were ported console games.