Despite the PSP's increased success in Japan, the format is still struggling to get some love outside of the homeland. The latest word is that God of War: Chains of Olympus developer Ready At Dawn is now "done" with the PSP and has sent back its devkits.
"With Chains of Olympus going gold in Japan, we're now officially done with PSP development," announced the studio, which also worked on the PSP spin-off Daxter. "So today we sent all our devkits back and seeing all these boxes ready to be picked up definitely marks the end of an era here at Ready at Dawn. Can't wait to show you guys what we have in store."
Well that's a shame, since God of War, despite being ridiculously short on the PSP, was a pretty good slice of portable violence. I really feel bad about the PSP's run of luck, since it's a fantastic handheld that just can't seem to catch a break over here. Still, with sales going strong in Japan, I doubt Sony is weeping too hard.
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1:16 PM on 06.10.2008
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The last thing PSP needs is good developers ditching the system all together.
also, it's read a...fuck it.
Why yes. I believe it is. More on topic, I'm looking forward to an original IP from Ready at Dawn. Maybe the work on Okami was something of a springboard for a new Wii project?
The psp was meant to emulate, god told me in a dream I had. We then played a game of golf with flamingos and peaches, so many laughs we shared.
though I have a PSP, I don't think I've ever used it for long gaming-bouts... an hour straight at the most... whereas my DS can grab my attention sooooooo much longer...
It's so easy to hack a PSP. I've done it to mine, but not to pirate games. I may download a game, demo it for a while, and if I dig it, I'll buy it. The modding is mostly used to make my PSP a handheld SNES and GBA all in one. There are some PSX titles that I'll shove in there at times.
I use my PSP more for watching dvds and as a mp3 player anyway ;)