PSP Usage Lower Than Expected

Next Generation has an article analyzing the numbers of a recent PSP usage survey. Despite a showing that there is strong brand loyalty, the numbers are probably not what Sony was hoping for. From the article: "Most said they had no plans to buy any UMD movies. Less than 50% said they would use the PSP to watch video or view pictures using a memory stick. The figure drops to less than 30% among female users. Sony will be concerned that 50% of users admitted they had not touched their PSP in 'some time'. 25% of male users have updated their PSP for Internet use, with only 10% of female users doing same."

Comments

This makes sense.

[Gothic_Walrus]

The UMD usage isn't surprising; who wants to pay that much for a movie when you can get it on DVD with more features, better quality, and a price that's equal to or lower than the cost of the UMD?

The same goes for pictures; I don't know about you, but I don't think I'd ever have any need to look at pictures on a PSP. The screen on digital cameras fulfills that need nicely.

The games are a bigger issue. Lack of interesting or good games seems to be the problem here, although Sony has time to change that.

Bottom line? We've heard all of this before, and what we haven't is common sense.

game support

[beowulfy]

I find this un-suprising given the lack of a decent game library at the present time. The driving force behind any successful gamming device launch is of course, great games, which the PSP sorely lacks at the moment. I'm more suprised that sony execs. thought that the UMD movie sales would somehow make up for this. I think if the PSP can improve the quality of its available games by christmas, it should be ok. What it needs right now is a big hit of a game, thats unavailable anywhere else.