@apujanata, I would believe that a website with the URL of www.pspfanboy.com would be biased just by the URL address, but they also market themselves purposely as being biased because on their website they proudly proclaim "Yes, we're fanboys and girls, so what?" The only things I would take as non-biased on the site would be any hard facts like "the PSP sold <blank> many units", but thats it. Though if they say that a game is not good, then I would take that as true because a game has to bad if even fanboys do not like it.
On a side note: I thought it was funny when I went to the site to see how biased they were, there was an ad prominently on the homepage promting Brain Age 2 for the DS.
Why is it that the PSP Dec 07 estimate are still only 99K+, not even 110K or more (double the 567K they did in Nov 07) ?
I just noticed that the source is www.pspfanboy.com. Just the URL name itself give me shivers (fanboy in general is quite frightening). Anyone familiar with the site ? Are they full of fanboy (as the name implied) or are they just fans of PSP (which is more level-headed compared to fanboy) ?
"Sales of Sony's PSP have more than doubled in Japan, with the console selling 184,610 units for the week ended December 16, compared to 91,481 units the previous week.
The boost in sales comes without any significant new PSP software releases during the period, with only three games for the handheld in the top fifty best-sellers."
This isn't all too surprising. Sony has revised its hardware a number of times. For example, the PS2 received a number of facelifts in its lifespan so far. If anything, the presence of this new file may suggest that Sony is simply considering a new revision of the PSP. Don't expect anything to come to fruition any time soon, however.
The recent PS3 and PSP system update comes with an unannounced feature - the ability to remotely play any PS One game on the PSP handheld.
A PS3 2.10 firmware update was released in the US today, adding a voice changer feature to voice/video chat, DivX and VC-1 (WMV) codec support to video playback, and picture-in-picture features to Blu-ray disc playback.
A PSP 3.80 firmware update was also released, adding Internet radio compatibility.
"Rumor has it that the latest firmware updates for the PSP and PS3 have allowed playing of all PSOne discs on the Playstation Portable via the PS3 using remote play."
@apujanata, I wouldn't be too surprised if it's not piracy but lower attach rates similar to the Wii. I'm not a PSP owner but as one looking truth be told i can only think of a handful of games I'd be interested in: Daxter, LocoRoco & GoW: Chains of Olympus. It used to be Silent Hill origins but like Joe80 was pointing out that's off my list because it's going PS2, and in a recent interview developers of GoW clearly stated it could work as a ps2. Similarly I used to consider Liberty/Vice City Stories but that went ps2 too, and though I never got around to those games yet I know they're there. Often when piracy is blamed for sales my thoughts are on the lines of: I suspect most piracy happens in places where the sales wouldn't have been as big anyway, and also I think sometimes it's part of the whole ecosystem bringing customers in, with the example behind my reasoning being Windows: I'm pretty sure MS could enforce that any internet computer with pirated windows stop working, but then a lot more people would be thinking of Linux type solutions and the people pirating Windows in homes will of course become Windows customers when they start companies because the're not going to throw themselves into unfamiliar territory. This example doesn't work so well because there's no free games unlike OSs... but still i suspect there's a bit of believable hinting in it. I look at all the people watching TV for free (resulting in mainstream of the medium?) and the relatively high prices in the games industry and I'm suspecting that it's a cry of a problem waiting to be fixed.
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On a side note: I thought it was funny when I went to the site to see how biased they were, there was an ad prominently on the homepage promting Brain Age 2 for the DS.