Tech Star Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 The more casual portion of the games industry has an interesting habit of latching onto a brand name during a console generation, where repeated and subtle use of the product name amongst friends and the general media helps build hype, trust and, in turn, sales for said product. Think of it as the current household name for a gaming generation.Back in the '80s, it was Nintendo. If you mentioned games in an off-hand way, you probably also included the word Nintendo in your dialog. In the days of the Genesis, Sega seemed to (arguably) be the product name of choice. With the previous two console generations, the word PlayStation was practically synonymous with gaming. This time around, the PlayStation name doesn't hold nearly as much weight with the non-core audience (the casual market). Though it's getting a little more even in terms of name-dropping, the more casual-friendly term associated with the HD consoles in recent years has been Xbox. This may seem like a small thing, but it's a fairly telling sign of how this generation is, and has been, shaping up. Despite the fact that the big war these days is between the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and (especially in terms of the casual crowd) the Wii, the PSP is arguably playing a part in the console battle, and perhaps not a good one. Read on at IGN. It is a 2 page article. It was a good read and kinda put things in perspective for how the PSP really is doing. :/ I personally think they should never have done the PSP Go and went straight to the PSP2 and make it competitive to the iPod Touch and Nintendo DS by having touch screen(s?), etc. They kinda screwed themselves with that. :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I quite agree with you, everything now mobile is touch screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 No Dropping the PSP now would lose the small foothold sony currently have. They have the infrastructure already in place to support a download only service. Not everything has to be touch screen you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoL Veteran Posted January 9, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 9, 2010 PSP is selling well why hey should drop it? Not DS numbers but still very good numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoDEAN Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Read on at IGN. It is a 2 page article. It was a good read and kinda put things in perspective for how the PSP really is doing. :/ I personally think they should never have done the PSP Go and went straight to the PSP2 and make it competitive to the iPod Touch and Nintendo DS by having touch screen(s?), etc. They kinda screwed themselves with that. :no: My PSP with my 8gig mem card suites me fine.................enjoy it, and the stuff on the memory card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Battery Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 They should only drop the PSP if they have something better to take on the market they will have lost. The PSP has a good market and Sony would be idiots to abandon that for no critical reason. Touch screen is a nice feature but on small screened devices its lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nokiaxion Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 PSP2. Or PSP with a HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPyro Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 My PSP with my 8gig mem card suites me fine.................enjoy it, and the stuff on the memory card. My PSP with 24GB suits me just fine :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1759 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I thought they already did years ago? I still have mine, but they last thing I did with it, was to update to the lastest custom FW a month or so ago, otherwise, nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajputwarrior Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 i don't think they should, i love mine and better and better games are coming out for it. It's still posting respectable numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted January 10, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 10, 2010 I don't think they should abandon it, but I do think they should discontinue the PSP Go and go back to the more classic design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK2 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 No they should never abandon PSP, i think they should work on it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted January 10, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 10, 2010 Honestly I think the worse thing Sony could do is try and make a touch screen device. Sure, they are all the craze right now, but the games are more along the casual lines. So if Sony skipped the PSP Go and just worked on making a better PSP, most importantly with better controls and graphics, I think they would be doing even better as I do believe there is a market, albeit it not a huge one, out there for hardcore gamers who would love a competent gaming device for on the go. When I do use my PSP, which is not often, I do thoroughly enjoy it and always feel like I am playing a true video game, not just a casual time waster. And lets not forget the incredibly huge elephant in the room. A huge thing that hurts Sony is the simple fact the PSP has been so easily hacked. I know a whole lot of people who own them and out of those people easily over 75% have never purchased a single game for them, yet they have every game one would want for it. That is the sad but simple truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokthraka Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 My PSP with 24GB suits me just fine :p hell my psp with 1gb suits me fine. I can hold about 100 songs and a few saved games. good enough for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralDogma Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Yes. But I've already had my say in previous threads on this subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xilo Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 A lot of the games on the NDS that use the touch screen are incredibly gimmicky and seem to use it just for the sake of using it. PSP is great. It has quite a lot of quality games (especially RPGs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Star Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 Honestly I think the worse thing Sony could do is try and make a touch screen device. Sure, they are all the craze right now, but the games are more along the casual lines. So if Sony skipped the PSP Go and just worked on making a better PSP, most importantly with better controls and graphics, I think they would be doing even better as I do believe there is a market, albeit it not a huge one, out there for hardcore gamers who would love a competent gaming device for on the go.When I do use my PSP, which is not often, I do thoroughly enjoy it and always feel like I am playing a true video game, not just a casual time waster. And lets not forget the incredibly huge elephant in the room. A huge thing that hurts Sony is the simple fact the PSP has been so easily hacked. I know a whole lot of people who own them and out of those people easily over 75% have never purchased a single game for them, yet they have every game one would want for it. That is the sad but simple truth. Why can't they do something with both? 2 analog sticks and buttons, good graphics, flash memory, and a touch screen? They can take what the iPod Touch makes it successful (the touch screen and accelerometer for casual games) and have the buttons and analog sticks for the hardcore games. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyLarry Veteran Posted January 10, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 10, 2010 Why can't they do something with both? 2 analog sticks and buttons, good graphics, flash memory, and a touch screen? They can take what the iPod Touch makes it successful (the touch screen and accelerometer for casual games) and have the buttons and analog sticks for the hardcore games. :D This is true. Good point. (Y) I mean sure I guess they could, I am just not a huge fan of the touch screen accelerometer games. I just think the novelty wears off rather fast personally. I also think the time and effort it would take for them to put into trying to catch up with that market would wind up being detrimental to the other experiences it could offer. Who knows though. I guess why not do it all if they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smigit Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Maybe they should include a touch screen but I wouldn't want them to make that the focus of the device. To me that would reek of "me too" except half a decade late. In all honesty dual analogue sticks would add a lot more to the device than a touch screen would IMHO. Add that and it could be the first portable console that will be able to do FPS well. Sure you can get them working on other consoles, including the iPhone but the dual sticks would be a great asset. Other things I'd like is them to stay away from UMD although they should have a retail presense too...perhaps sell games on read only memory sticks or even just sell keys inside boxes. Really I'm unsure if they have done themselves any favors with the Go by cutting out the retailer (EB games here won't stock them as a result). They should keep it a good size so it can be pocketed and maybe improve on the screen a fair bit to so it is more appealing as a portable multimedia device. Anyway they shouldn't drop it...they just need to encourage third party development for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 10, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 10, 2010 No it was a very respectable attempt at the handheld market and PSOne backwards compatibility was truly awesome (Y) Just very easily hacked which led to very poor software numbers - More "in the know" gamers would buy a PSP over mums and little girls. PSPGo was a complete experiment of digital only content, fail @ the price I think it will sell more once it's cheaper, but it proves two things a) People are still reluctant to give up physical media when it comes to gaming b) The impact of how hacked the PSP is and that people won't make the jump unless they can play their games for free on the PSPGo PSP is doing very well in Japan and okay worldwide hardware, its just software that's struggling, but Sony will keep trying to force out good titles down their 1st party channels, the device does have a selection of good titles, if you say it doesn't it's just as ignorant as people still saying the PS3 has no good games. PSPminis was a good idea, and it will expand into something even better for the PSP2, aka Apple iPhone "large". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted January 10, 2010 Member Share Posted January 10, 2010 No. It's a truly awesome portable, especially when compared to the DS. There are some very good games for it. I'm really not sure why the DS is so much more popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted January 10, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 10, 2010 No. It's a truly awesome portable, especially when compared to the DS. There are some very good games for it. I'm really not sure why the DS is so much more popular. Just like the Wii, managed to market itself better to a demographic that has a huge potential. Plus how long have Nintendo been making handhelds? This is Sonys first proper one, a good attempt that will give people confidence in the PSP2 and hopefully make it a good product. Where as Sony/MS stick to their main guns and go after their core audiences first, and slowly as time passes build up sales by expanding their gaming horizons after catering for the core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoL Veteran Posted January 10, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 10, 2010 (edited) No. It's a truly awesome portable, especially when compared to the DS. There are some very good games for it. I'm really not sure why the DS is so much more popular. Well check this my aunt have 3 kids and I know they have bought 3 original DS, then the 3 DS Lite and then 3 DSi. I got a DS lite. then got a DSi when the DS Lite bottom screen started to give me problems and I bought a DS lite for my nephew this Christmas. That's 3 from me. I bet there are a lot of people doing the same thing, buying more than 1 DS. I've only bought one PSP. The DS is better for kids too. my 4 years old nephew play games like Mario Kart, NSMB, Mario Party etc. Not sure what he can play with the PSP. Edited January 10, 2010 by KoL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted January 10, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 10, 2010 The DS wins because people just think... 'Maybe I should get one of those things for Brain Training' or something. When it comes to the PSP, people think.... 'It plays games. But what games?' :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdog666al Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Some things just don't need to be touch screen. PSP is one of them. Compare PSP games to iPhone/iPod Touch and NDS games... they're much more like standard console titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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