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What's Up With The PSP?

Posted by Zonk on from the little-things dept.

1up.com has an article up examining the current state of PSP sales and interest. Frustrations are mounting regarding the lackluster monetary outlook and poor game selection. From the article: "The PSP has traveled the spectrum of being hailed as the greatest piece of hardware since the introduction of the original PlayStation to being treated like a Goodwill store where developers drop off bare-bones ports and shoddy, old games. Since the release of the PSP on March 24, 2005, to the time of this writing, there have been approximately 30 games released, 17 of which were released during the launch window. Around 10 or so of the games available could be considered ports of PlayStation 2 games, which is about one-third of the entire PSP library. And if you work out the math with the number of games released since the launch period, it comes out to less than one PSP game release per week--.76 games to be exact."

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  1. Re:Coming from someone with a DS by FLAGGR · · Score: 5, Informative

    Online MarioKart, online Animal Crossings, a new super mario bros sidescroller with 3D stuff mixed in (watch the movies, it looks very stylish) Katamari Damachy DS (yes, touchscreen katamari) AoE DS, metroid hunters ds (unfortunantly not online) the new zelda ds (not another four swords game) and the crap load of other games. You can't honestly tell me that list doesn't excite you in the least bit? Also, those are only some of the 1st party games (with two 3rd) that are coming out this fall. The future is looking good for the DS.

  2. Yeah by gullevek · · Score: 1, Informative

    Except Lumines there isn't a single unique PSP title that kicks Ass. And the only game I am waiting for right now is Burnout: Legends.

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  3. Re:Coming from someone with a DS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    unfortunately, the 2d megahit Castlevania game has already been anounced for the DS

  4. Re:Maybe it is because.. by rohlfinator · · Score: 2, Informative

    How are you defining AAA games?
    Here's my list, tell me where I screwed up. These are the exclusive (i.e. not ports) top-tier games for each system that are scheduled to release before Christmas.

    DS:
    Advance Wars: Dual Strike
    Nintendogs
    Lost in Blue
    Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
    Metroid Prime: Hunters
    Age of Empires: The Age of Kings
    Mario Kart DS
    Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble
    Sonic Rush
    Animal Crossing DS

    PSP:
    Burnout Legends
    Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
    Infected? (I have no idea about this one, but it sounds like it's somewhat anticipated)
    SOCOM

    So, ten for the DS vs. three or four for PSP, depending on whether or not Infected is any good. I'd say my original prediction was better than you're giving me credit for.