PSP Launch May Be Hurt By Lack Of Games?

Posted by simoniker on Sunday July 11, 2004 @05:52PM from the depending-when-it-launches dept.

Thanks to Bloomberg for its article discussing a seeming lack of development kits for Sony's forthcoming PSP handheld, and the logical possibility the system "may be hampered by a lack of new games" when the handheld "goes on sale in Japan before yearend." According to the news article: "Sony has yet to send the final development kits for PlayStation Portable to any of its outside game publishers, said Yoshiko Furusawa, a spokeswoman with Sony Computer Entertainment in Tokyo. Sony had already sent the final kits to publishers for its best-selling PlayStation 2 home video-game console at a similar stage before its debut in March 2000, Furusawa said." Hirofumi Otsuki of Sega added: "We don't know if we'll meet Sony's schedule... PlayStation Portable details still seem to be in development."

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Re:Repeating Sony's earlier mistake by Babbster · 2004-07-11 23:39 · Score: 4, Funny

Funny, I remember the PS2 costing more than a DVD player and PS1 put together.
Re:So what? by mrgreen4242 · 2004-07-12 04:35 · Score: 2, Funny

Ah so YOU'RE the ONE who they are targeting that marketese at!
Seriously, are you really going to pay for movies a second time, just so you can watch them on your PSP? I can see using the PSP for an MP3 player, with the memory stick support and all, but this talk about a portable media center and not really a game console are stupid. Depending on the price point of the movies, they may sell a few, but that will pale in comparison to how many games they ship.
I think they know that can't beat Nintendo in the handheld market and are trying to spin the PSP as a filling a different "need".