Poll: Is PsP dead? Be honest.
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PSPGo can eat a dick as far as I'm concerned (I've never been a fan of downloadable content), but PSP is my favourite console of this generation. It has everything I want and as such, in my hands at least, is certainly not dead.
Hmm, the PSP has some good games, but they're few and far-between. I'm not buying a PSP Go, though, I'm perfectly happy with my 2000. I can't really judge whether the Go will be a success or a flop, but I'm leaning toward the latter, especially at the staggering price of £225. You can pick PS3s up for that price now. And the download service may appeal to new PSP-buyers, but what about the thousands of people who already have one? The Go will kill UMDs eventually.
The PSP always struck me as a more mature handheld. I got one when I went to uni (my siblings hid the consoles from me) and felt it it worked for an in-between system.
Plus the DS stylus hurts my hand after 10 minutes. -_-
You can pick PSPs up in 2nd hand electronic stores for a decent price these days.
Plus the DS stylus hurts my hand after 10 minutes. -_-
You can pick PSPs up in 2nd hand electronic stores for a decent price these days.
Its not dead, it just doesn't do much living. I use it for long trips and stuff like that, but not for much else.
I don't own one, so I can't say for sure. It appears to me that an audience for PSP exists, but it's not very large. Thus it has less games. Thus, Nintendo crushes it.
I do not think that products like game machines are easy to rate. People tend to think that a game machine or product that isn't #1 is some kind of failure, and that is far from the truth.
Right now the DS-lite is the dominant system for handhelds, there is no denying it. But the PSP is doing just fine and holding a decent player base. Games like Crisis Core, and The Monster Hunter: Freedom series are huge successes by anyone's measurement. Just because there are bigger things (like say Pokemon) does not mean that something did badly.
The PSP is a much more powerful system, and capable of better results when you get down to it, but it tried to innovate in areas (like movies) that just didn't work since chances are someone really "on the go" isn't going to have 2 hours to watch a movie, and even if they do it's annoying to watch a movie on a 4" "eye bleedo vision" screen.
I suspect (and desperatly hope) that the handheld market is about to go through a massive crash. The reason why is simply that the big move BOTH major handheld producers is trying to pull is to force users online with them, making it so that the content/games will be DL only, more profitable due to a lack of packaging and distribution, and of course easier to protect from piracy. This of course at the expense of the consumers who no longer actually own any product (ie a game in hand) and the death of the used games market and such since there won't be any used games.
I (as a consumer) gain nothing from digital distribution, and actually wind up losing out in both in term of my rights, empowerment, and conveinence. Heck, if everything goes 100% online how long before we cease to see "free" online gaming networks, and everything requires you to pay a membership fee for the right to download games from them? I have no trust in, or respect for the gaming industry as it stands now, as it's been bending us gamers over for a long time. Given the way we've been willing to take it without so much as demanding they stop using the spikes and smear on some lube instead, there is no real reason for them to suspect that we will get a brain now, but I can always hope.
Or in short I think the PSP currently holds a perfectly reasonable share of the market to be considered a worthwhile property even if it's not dominant.I do however hope that BOTH next gen handholds (DSi and PSPgo) take a major bath. I suggest that NOBODY support those products for their own good, no matter what games they may or may not release. Unless your going to get a cartridge/chip in hand you should not give them anything... ever.
Right now the DS-lite is the dominant system for handhelds, there is no denying it. But the PSP is doing just fine and holding a decent player base. Games like Crisis Core, and The Monster Hunter: Freedom series are huge successes by anyone's measurement. Just because there are bigger things (like say Pokemon) does not mean that something did badly.
The PSP is a much more powerful system, and capable of better results when you get down to it, but it tried to innovate in areas (like movies) that just didn't work since chances are someone really "on the go" isn't going to have 2 hours to watch a movie, and even if they do it's annoying to watch a movie on a 4" "eye bleedo vision" screen.
I suspect (and desperatly hope) that the handheld market is about to go through a massive crash. The reason why is simply that the big move BOTH major handheld producers is trying to pull is to force users online with them, making it so that the content/games will be DL only, more profitable due to a lack of packaging and distribution, and of course easier to protect from piracy. This of course at the expense of the consumers who no longer actually own any product (ie a game in hand) and the death of the used games market and such since there won't be any used games.
I (as a consumer) gain nothing from digital distribution, and actually wind up losing out in both in term of my rights, empowerment, and conveinence. Heck, if everything goes 100% online how long before we cease to see "free" online gaming networks, and everything requires you to pay a membership fee for the right to download games from them? I have no trust in, or respect for the gaming industry as it stands now, as it's been bending us gamers over for a long time. Given the way we've been willing to take it without so much as demanding they stop using the spikes and smear on some lube instead, there is no real reason for them to suspect that we will get a brain now, but I can always hope.
Or in short I think the PSP currently holds a perfectly reasonable share of the market to be considered a worthwhile property even if it's not dominant.I do however hope that BOTH next gen handholds (DSi and PSPgo) take a major bath. I suggest that NOBODY support those products for their own good, no matter what games they may or may not release. Unless your going to get a cartridge/chip in hand you should not give them anything... ever.
It's not dead and it never died. Yes it got off to a bumpy start just like the PS3 but it is doing fine now just like it's big brother. One thing people have got to stop doing is comparing it to the fucking DS in terms of figures. Does it REALLY matter that much to people what console is in "first"? The PSP has sold over 50 million units, that may be half of what the DS has sold, but that still a healthy number and that means it's sold as much as the wii. It's only a dead console to those who don't bother looking into it.
The fact that it has lasted this long compared to previous hand held competitors shows it's a viable platform. It has a fine library, and even IF the quality games come out at a slower pace than the DS, their quality really shows. Each system has different target markets, pros and cons, and I don't understand why people can't be happy that there is actually some choice to be had in the handheld market. Really, being second place isn't a bad thing and why people can't be satisfied with what they have is beyond me.
It saddens me to see how the poll is weighted half and half, then again I'm also not surprised seeing how much bias there is towards the two platforms.
The fact that it has lasted this long compared to previous hand held competitors shows it's a viable platform. It has a fine library, and even IF the quality games come out at a slower pace than the DS, their quality really shows. Each system has different target markets, pros and cons, and I don't understand why people can't be happy that there is actually some choice to be had in the handheld market. Really, being second place isn't a bad thing and why people can't be satisfied with what they have is beyond me.
It saddens me to see how the poll is weighted half and half, then again I'm also not surprised seeing how much bias there is towards the two platforms.
I agree, but Patapon is like only great original game on the PSP.Vacancie said:
Actually Loco Roco is also a great game for the PSP but thats about it.
