@PhilHarrision, 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.
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.
PSP DL only bite sized games, 100MB size limit. 15 games at PSPgo launch and 50 by year end. (Tetris and Fieldrunners, Alien Havoc, Puzzle Scrape, Hero of Sparta shown as examples.
Sony Gamescon announced EU/US Digital Reader service including hundreds of the biggest names in comics, graphic novels (incl Marvel)...Launch in November. (Couldn't have timed it with Go?)
Spider Man, X-Men, Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Thor all at launch.
@PhilHarrision, Since DSi is counted as DS/DSL by NPD, I think PSP Lite will also counted as PSP by NPD. Whatever NPD decide, I think simEx will abide (as long as it is not something ridiculous).
Question: Some rumours are building that we may see a PSP lite. It won't be a PSP2 as the processor/screen/controls are all the same as current but UMD is dropped and internal flash is put in its place (16GB?)...
If this is true this would still be a PSP for the purposes of TSE right?
The PSP GLS stock chart has been adjusted for November 25 to filter out extreme price moves as a result of large portfolio rebalancings so that the chart is readable.
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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.