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With the rumour of DS2 in 18mos...anyone think there may therfore be some pressure on SONY to got PSP2 sooner than maybe our projections allow for?
Sony has been consistently 1/3 of the market and if the DS should be corrected (I personally think it is about 40 million too high) then the PSP needs about a 10million shave too.[ Guru ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 71 ]bids
13mrahaju posted on PlayStation Portable (PSP) at 6:49AM PST on October 12, 2009. Article: PSP Go launch has become a nightmare for gamers, SonyIf you are a European customer who purchased a PSP Go, you were given a voucher for your choice of three games. The problem is that many gamers use their PS 3 to download PSP content, and Sony locked the downloads down to whatever system customers use to grab the content. That means that if you used your PS 3 to download the games, you're out of luck. This isn't the only issue to hinder the PSP Go's momentum. The solution? There isn't one.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 25 ]bids
11Jonman posted on PlayStation Portable (PSP) at 3:28PM PST on October 8, 2009. Article: US PSP sales up 300 per centbids
11mrahaju posted on PlayStation Portable (PSP) at 5:13AM PST on October 6, 2009. Article: PSPgo now available for under 200 quidSeveral retailers have dropped the price of the PSPgo to under £200 after just one weekend on sale. Amazon.co.uk, Play and GAME and HMV now ask £199.99 for the smaller and lighter handheld which previously commanded £224.99. Argos still asks for £219.99, however, and ShopTo charges full price, £224.99. Sony announced a PSP sales increase of 120 per cent following the launch of the PSPgo, although the new model only matched the existing PSP-3000 in terms of units shifted over the weekend.[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 25 ]bids
1PhilHarrision posted on PlayStation Portable (PSP) at 9:29PM PST on September 25, 2009. RE: Sony America scraps UMD-to-PSP Go conversion plans@apujanata,
The PSPgo is for new users interested in more robust games than iPod in a similar form factor. It has expandable 16gb built in...a PSP3000 with 16GB would cost about the same as a go...you'd get a umd drive but lose portability/bluetooth. 16GB Touch doesn't exist but an 8gb is 199 and a 32 is 299 both are non expandable. Seen from this point of view it can be justified.
Personally I'm disapointed too...I have a PSP with a broken UMD and was hoping for an upgrade path that would allow me to move my umd collection to digital.[ Guru ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 71 ]bids
1apujanata posted on PlayStation Portable (PSP) at 8:02PM PST on September 25, 2009. RE: Sony America scraps UMD-to-PSP Go conversion plansPSP Go sent to die ?
There are so many things wrong with PSP Go :
1 no UMD game conversion (I am not asking for free conversion, but paying $5 / game should be tolerable / reasonable, to reward their paying customer)
2 Europeretailer refusing to carry PSP Go because of their DD only content
3 to big difference in price.
Predicting NPD future for PSP will be very interesting.[ Oracle ] [ Level 25 ] [ Rank: 4 ]bids
1afsplat posted on PlayStation Portable (PSP) at 12:45PM PST on September 25, 2009. RE: Sony America scraps UMD-to-PSP Go conversion plansbids
1PhilHarrision posted on PlayStation Portable (PSP) at 12:37PM PST on September 25, 2009. RE: Sony America scraps UMD-to-PSP Go conversion plans@afsplat,Sony truly doesn't seem to think things through AT ALL. It is like they are still working with 150 different departments all pulling in different directions. Would be nice if they could get their act together sometime this generation.
Licencing deals seem to be beyond their ability...look at SingStar in the US market...RB/GH/Lips even all get North American CURRENT talent...when Singstar fans BEG SONY for some new stuff all they hear is 'Licencing is hard'.
/rant (nice that we can't get downvoted!)[ Guru ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 71 ]bids
11afsplat posted on PlayStation Portable (PSP) at 12:34PM PST on September 25, 2009. Article: Sony America scraps UMD-to-PSP Go conversion plansSony director of hardware marketing John Koller mentioned shortly after the E3 "reveal" of the PSP Go that the company was considering a "good will program," which would allow UMD owners to trade in their physical games for digital versions. However, yesterday at the Tokyo Game Show, an SCEA spokesperson told Kotaku, "We were evaluating a UMD conversion program, but due to legal and technical reasons we will not be offering the program at this time."[ Oracle ] [ Level 21 ] [ Rank: 41 ]
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I don't believe there is any validity in the rumour of DS2 in 18 months (EEDAR). I could be wrong, but my reasoning is that you don't kill your cash cow unless you absolutely have to (like Nintendo killing GBA early in Japan, to counter PSP).
It is only possible for DS2 AFTER PSP2, and I am not sure that Sony are going to go with PSP2 in 18 months, when they are still trying to increase their PS3 with their 100% effort. Sony's game division finance is not too good right now, and it is better for them to do one thing well (PS3), compared to botched attempt at both PS3 and PSP2.