The PSP may finally be getting a more consistent amount of solid game releases, but let us not forget that it took Sony's handheld almost half a decade to get this far. According to Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, part of the problem was the PlayStation 3 of all things.
"We look at all the titles we are working on and try to see if there are any holes or areas where our focus isn't enough," he explains. "A couple of years ago we clearly put too much focus on PS3 titles and that caused a lack of support for the PSP last year. So we need to be focused and gear a lot of our resources back to the PSP, and we have many titles this year.
"We are continuing to support the PSP. We didn't announce new titles at [Tokyo Game Show 2009], but in the near future we'll have some announcements."
That's all well and good, but was it not a couple of years ago when the PS3 itself had a lack of titles? It seems to me that both the PS3 and PSP have really hit their stride this year, so I don't know quite how focus on one platform led to problems with another. Still, Yoshida's a wise man, so I guess I'll take his word for it, even if the dates don't quite align well enough for my satisfaction.
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6:20 PM on 11.02.2009
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Also, what about the time between the PSP and PS3's launch? It's almost like I'm gonna sound like a PSP hater, but come on, if Nintendo could have worthwhile games on the DS to play every year, couldn't Sony do the same for the PSP, 3rd party games or otherwise?
Man I hate the gaming industry. You're all so whiney.
I have a shit ton of games for my psp that rock. Infact, I haven't stopped playing Dissidia since it was released. Yes, several months, haven't even turned the game off yet!
that's easy, because sony is a hardware manufacturer. they've never been into developing software, and that's why getting third party support is so crucial to them. yes, i know that scea has come out with a few good titles, but that is really not the norm. now that the industry has started to move toward microsoft, the sony house of cards falls apart. it's the reason why i don't buy sony hardware, because if they don't end up leading the industry, they don't get the games.
early adopters of sony hardware ALWAYS get burned. don't be sad, it seems as though early adopters of all the consoles got burned this gen.
Remember that Nintendo won the first period but it still needs to pass the closure of the generation.
Nintendo won the last 20 years when it comes to handhelds. The fact that the PSP did as well as it did is a testiment to the size of Sony's marketting budget. Not to mention that Nintendo has 6 first party games that sold over ten million copies on the DS, as opposed to the PSP which has yet to have even one title break five million.
I would say that Nintendo's victory is a forgone conclusion in the console space too, seeing as Microsoft and Sony both decided to release motion controllers to a degree that obviously would never had been acchieved without the wii's success.
For example, it probably would've been more logical in terms of gameplay for SE to port Chrono Trigger to the PSP instead of the DS (considering the PSP's controls are similar to a SNES controller), but they opted for the DS with minimal second screen usage. *shrug* Sony can think what they want, though. =P
Yes, lack of PSP games. I had to wait until around Dissidia and Persona to even be movitaved to pick up PSP, since by that time there was an actual selection.
What I didn't realize was Ubi Soft makes shovelware for PSP, too. I totally appreciate their effort on putting up on Petz games for PSN last week, but I don't think kids even want those.
And, yeah, I think DS has quite a bit to do with this since it, you know, has games and the largets market penetration of any gaming system out there.
*'decent hardware' implies, but is not limited to, the PS3 and PSP models up to (but not including) the PSPgo.