EA Pushes Sony on PSP, Price Cuts Possible

GameDaily reports that EA has been pushing Sony to be more proactive with the PSP. The software giant feels that Sony is 'letting the DS win' by failing to adopt an aggressive strategy for the handheld console. The article mentions a piece run on CNN's Game Over column, where Chris Morris talks about the possibility of a price cut by the end of the year. From the EA article: "'There is a price cut coming in the second half of the year,' said P.J.McNealy of American Technology Research. '[The PSP] has lost momentum. Nintendo has had a great run since it launched the DS Lite and Sony needs to regain some ground.' In the meantime, though, EA has been thoroughly encouraged by the DS and DS Lite and conversely discouraged by the PSP, to the point where the publisher is apparently reconsidering its strategy in the portable market."

Comments

Ouch.

[D14BL0]

That's bad when even EA says you suck at what you're doing.

Re:The DS has to come up, doesn't it?

[trdrstv]

I think it's funny how 'Viral' DS adoption is. I've seen it grow just like that. I showed mine to a buddy at work. After he played the DS for a while, he decided to get one. Then his girlfriended wanted one (he got it for her as a gift). The Girlfriend took it to work, and some co-workers wanted/got one. Then it spreads to their spouse, then a kid, then kid brings it to school...

I just think it's crazy how contageous it is. Eventually I'll be able to get to Kevin Bacon's DS in 6 Friend Codes or less.

Re:strategy?

[springbox]

I watched one of those PSP commercials and at the end it told me that the PSP was better than carpet. I happen to like my carpet samples more thank you very much.