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Sony Confirms 59 In-Development Japanese Titles for PSP
roadies writes "As tangentially mentioned a day or two back, Sony has confirmed 59 PSP titles currently in Japanese development, with many likely to make the Japanese launch of the handheld. Depending on how many debut at hardware release, this may make other handheld system launches pale in comparison, at least compared to the U.S.: the GBA had 15 titles, N-Gage only had 6 titles, and the cult favorite Neo Geo Pocket Color had around 10 launch titles. This is interesting in light of rumors that PSP dev kits haven't been widely released." Which of the games on the current list actually excite you?
Along with the fully compatable line of several hundred GB and GBC games. That's the power of having near 100% marketshare due to lack of competition. That is a huge advantage for every backwards compatable GameBoy system, no matter how few new games it has at launch. You can buy GB / GBC games which are still entertaining for 10 bucks off ebay or a used game store. Used PSP games will run 40 at best for months after launch, while the DS has a million games, including late GBA titles.
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Going by the games on this list it looks very wrong. Not that its untrue, but it seems like they are trying to simply make another Playstation, only small enough to carry around with you. Different gaming platforms require different games. Sure, some types of games work well in different departments. Fighting games work well in arcades and on consoles. Turn based strategy games work well just about anywhere.
But going by this list it seems like a bunch of sequels for existing playstation games. None of these games stand out as portable games. If you look at the GBA you get games like Advance Wars and Pokemon. These are portable games. They just wouldn't work out too well on consoles or pcs. Pokemon are something you carry around with you and battle your friends with. Advance Wars is the ultimate penis size measurer on long road trips. These PSP titles seem to me like they are reruns of popular 1 player Playstation games.
The PSP seems to me like its going to be a console you can take with you as opposed to a portable gaming platform. The game gear lost to the game boy for the same reason. It was sonic the hedgehog in full color versus Tetris in spinach green. We know who won.
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And the Playstation 2 will have "Toy Story quality graphics".
If you're still taking Sony at its word, you're a chump. (Everybody does it, Sony is just annoying because it has somehow conned a large number of fan-boys into believing every word.)
Comparing the number of games in development vs. the number of games available at launch is meaningless.
... (or any lighting) ... (or textures) ... (and they must be rendered as a single triangle strip). What amazes me is that anyone still listens to them.
So the GBA had 15 titles at launch -- does anyone honestly believe that there weren't already dozens more already in development? Or are we to believe that developers were taking a 'wait and see' approach, and only started new projects *after* the release of the GBA.
Sony loves to play these numbers games. 66 million polygons/second! (with no game simulation running)
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