In a shocking blockbuster revelation, SCEA European big guy David Reeves has conceded to gamesindustry.biz that Sony is aware that the PSP needs a bigger game library. Oh David...I never thought I'd see you small and vulnerable like this . Don't worry, Destructoid will protect your innermost secret by informing the rest of the world on this website. I care about you, I swear.
Wait -- apparently David didn't want us to keep it on the down low, as he told the same story recently at the Playstation gamers day in London. However, he also offered a snippet of good news, which we will share with you here:
"We’ve seen in the last six months that because of the success of the PSP in Japan many Japanese developers have got some absolutely phenomenal games. They’re not Monster Hunter 2G or things like that, but they are in development and we’ll see them over here."
At least...I think that's good news. Does he mean the Monster Hunter series is the pinnacle of how good PSP games can get? (If so, I would be disappointed, as I was underwhelmed with Monster Hunter, but that's just me.) While the PSP has done well in Japan, we aren't seeing a lot of new titles for it from publishers (but plenty of new for the 8 year old Playstation 2.) I love my PSP, but I have to admit I want more games to play on it. I hope this trend changes for Sony, as it really is a great little handheld that just needs a little bit more to make it perform to its potential.
[Via PlayTM -- Thanks Jonathan]
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11:58 AM on 05.09.2008
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I mean, through summer alone, DS has Drone Tactics, Dodgeball Brawlers, Summon Night, Etrian Odyssey 2, Mega Man Star Force 2, FFTA-2, Trauma Center 2, FFIV, Izuna 2, Bangai-O Spirits, and who knows what else?
PSP has...uh...well. Erm...-maybe- Star Ocean in the -fall- if the rumor is true? I dunno...Really, really sad.
As a Sony fan, I think one of the bigger disappointments that gives the rivals an edge is the lack of retro options. If they started re releasing more PS1 classics on the PS3 store, they'd gain a lot of ground on the others. Of course, that would likely require a second thumbstick-thing.
and why the captain obvious?sure may is an empty month but next month there's secret agent clank among others.
I'm buying Lumines tomorrow to crack my 3.50.
"I'm kind of glad PSP isn't just remaking crap and putting out junk like most of the DS stuff"
Uh, I'm sorry, but...what? o_O Aside from FFIV, do you even know what the hell you're talking about?
Right now the games are not coming because everyone hacks their system and gets them for free. No ones going to develop on a console where they don't get paid. Its easily over 30 mil in losses each year for these companies that'll do probably double to triple for those games that don't sell well in the first place.
They need to lock homebrew out altogether it's just a security risk. There probably 6 out of 10 people hacking these PSPs. So for every sale theres one or more people not buying the game. Thats just fucked up. I pirate too but I also suppose gaming, especially independent gaming with donations.
These fuckers are just plain dragging down the whole system to the grave.
Yes, because FF VII: Crisis Core, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, and Monster Hunter Freedom 2 are all entirely original and non-derivative.
@Volomon - You know why people pirate the games? Because none of them are really worth full price. Every decent game on the system is a deriative of a ps2 game that did it better anyway. The only real exception is Crisis Core, and the Monster Hunter games (which for some reason seem to suit the psp better).
If people would look into PSP games more, you'd see there are easily over 100 games worth playing through. My list is at over 120 right now...meaning I still don't own 10 games I want that are out right now...and there are another 10 coming out in the future. I have no problem with more great games coming out for the PSP...but Sony, please slow down a little with the releases of them...I've almost caught up.