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PSP Final Specs and Launch Titles
Via Joystiq, the official PSP site has the final specs on the U.S. PSP console and its launch titles. And some nice titles they are, including an Ape Escape game, Metal Gear Acid (the card battle game), and one of most of EA's sports franchises. The system releases here in the states on March 24th.
You really have to wonder what they're trying to achieve by having a "value pack" - that doesn't include a game! I know Sony is trying to market the movie-playing features of the PSP, but having users gameless after forking out money for the unit seems a bit excessive.
I doubt many users will watch Spiderman 2 more than once on their machines, and probably then more for novelty than anything. It's two hours of entertainment... for $300+. It's kind of difficult to see the "value" in that.
It's easier to develop for the PSP as it's so similar to their console, whereas the DS asks for a totally different approach to make full use of the two screens/touch screen.
I wonder if the difficulty third party developers are having with developing games for the DS will also happen with the supposedly revolutionary next-gen Nintendo console. If Nintendo is really going to produce a home console as innovative as the DS is compared to other handhelds, the same alienation of developers will probably occur. Guess we'll find out soon enough.