PSP Still Struggling For Notice

TheStreet.com is reporting that the 360 has captured the hype machine for this Christmas season. The PSP, meanwhile, is still struggling for mindshare compared to Nintendo's offerings. From the article: "Sony launched the PSP in the U.S. to great acclaim earlier this year and sold more than half a million units in the first two days. The device marked the first effort by Sony, the leader in the console game industry for the last 10 years with its PlayStation and PlayStation 2 systems, to enter the portable game market, which has been dominated by Nintendo ... Right now, the PSP's threat to Nintendo -- much less to Apple -- remains hypothetical. Sales of the PSP are disappointing thus far, particularly this holiday season. Through the end of October, Sony had sold just 1.6 million of the devices after the first days' sales flurry."

Comments

Still trying to decide...

[Havenwar]

Hmm.. I don't know... should I buy one... hmmm... Do they come with a free rootkit, or is that extra this time around?

Re:Still trying to decide...

[tktk]

Knowing Sony, the rootkit would cost you extra, be overpriced, and install second rootkit.

Well

[Strell]

Any system where you can play a lot of Nintendo games HAS to be a good system.

...

Wait...

Overheard...

[porcupine8]

While Christmas shopping this weekend, I heard a staff member ask a customer on the phone: "You're looking for Mario Kart for PSP?"

Doh! Looks like someone will be asking for a DS for Christmas... Even when Sony manages to get one sold, they still haven't truly taken the "mindshare"...