Sony VP Salutes DS, Promises PSP Can Still Compete

An anonymous reader writes "In an interview with Pocket Gamer, Zeno Colaço, vice president of publisher and developer relations at SCEE made some revealing comments about his thoughts on the DS and the future of the PSP. 'Some of the DS games have been fantastic. Where in hindsight we've been short is one or two killer apps that would have been able to drive PSP forward'. Despite being so frank on the merits of the competition, Colaço was still tight lipped on the subject of a PSP redesign, stating: 'The technology behind PSP is still top-end and so that doesn't need to be addressed'."

Comments

Re:I'd get one, but they keep breaking it

[DrXym]

I have yet to see the firmware break anything unless you were hoping to play pirated games. In fact new firmware releases have introduced more and more functionality. For example the latest 3.5.0 firmware allows you to log into a paired PS3 from anywhere in the world and play movies & music off of it. Earlier firmware updates added AAC music, RSS, web browsing and other significant functionality.

Re:PSP suffered like the PS3...

[tuffy]

The PSP actually outsold the DS until the DS Lite came out. The DS Lite took off and sold like hot cakes

In America the sales were close for a long time, but in Japan and the rest of the world the non-Lite DS outsold the PSP almost 2:1 through the end of 2005.

Re:PSP suffered like the PS3...

[Sciros]

Um, the PSP never outsold the DS in total units since release. Ever. Prior to DS Lite it was getting owned, after DS Lite it's still getting owned.

http://forum.pcvsconsole.com/viewthread.php?tid=17 794
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Console_wars#Handheld _war

Re:I've said this before

[DrEldarion]

Even better, you can put PS1 games on a memory stick and play them from there. That opens up a monstrous library of awesome games.