PSP Minis already winning over iPhone devs

Bizzah · 2009-08-20T07:52:21Z

Sony is seeing the beginnings of what it hopes is a vast migration of iPhone developers to PSPgo projects...

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red2tango6155d ago

Sony is taking over, it's incredible how fast it's happening.

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rockleex6155d ago

Two years in the making since the last PS3 price cut.

The Empire Strikes Back... at $299. :P

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

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rockleex6155d ago

Sounds awesome if done right!

Imagine something like Roller Coaster Tycoon, but where you manage zombies instead! Whicked! >:D

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red2tango6155d ago

Hmmm I don't know about 2 years in the making, but it could be that they had the vision they just needed some time and this was the right time for a price cut and not TGS.

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Guido6155d ago

It is inevitable. They are the king and while they let the others have a lead for a spell, it is now Sony's turn to wake up, stretch their legs and get this party started. The giant is on the prowl.

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red2tango6155d ago (Edited 6155d ago )

No doubt about it that Sony will forever be the king. Hell, I still don't understand how a console with the best games and free online and one that offers blu-ray can be in last place. Or how developers can get away with sh*tty DS games.

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Wallonsi6155d ago

Sony knows what they are doing lol :)

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PS360WII6155d ago

I'm sure Sony won't let their appstore become a place where gamers demand games to be 99cents only...

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Sarcasm6155d ago

Let's just hope they're good mini-games and not a bunch of useless shovelware.

And they need to be priced around .99c or $1.99 because seeing as how a lot of PSN games are already $4.99 with a ton more value.

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rhood0226155d ago

Well, if you look at the quality of just the exclusive PSN titles, it's safe to assume that the PSP Mini's will have a similar standard set upon them.

I mean, it's one thing to boast a billion apps, but it means nothing if only a handful are actually worth it.

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Sarcasm6155d ago

I'm aware of the quality exclusive PSN games, which is exactly my point. Those games had quality simply because they weren't constricted by traditional development. However, Sony played a hand in making sure the titles are up to quality.

So hopefully they treat these psp-mini's with the same respect as they do with PSN games. They need to filter out the trash before it even gets to the consumer.

My main concern on why I don't think all the titles might be good, is quite simply because we're talking about extremely low-budget development. There's tons and tons of crappy games on the iPhone, but of course there are some good ones.

Basically, my point is that they shouldn't even bother with the crappy ones and make sure the titles are worth our money even if it's $1-$5.

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Christopher6155d ago

If it's games like Hero of Sparta, then they're not bad games. There are a good number of quality games on the iPhone, and it looks like those games are making their way to the PSP. Fieldrunners isn't my favorite tower defense game, but it's probably the best on the iPhone as well.

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Saaking6155d ago

Very good move by Sony.

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MajestieBeast6155d ago

Ask sidhe for shatter mini sony then ill buy a go same music some different lvls for 6,99

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MaximusPrime6155d ago

i better preorder PSP Go which i should have done few days ago :s

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Christopher6155d ago

You can get a standard PSP3000 and play these as well. 100MB on a 4GB SD card is good. With 32GB SD cards out there for reasonable prices, you can get a mixture of digital games from Minis and the standard PSP library as well as UMDs.

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MaximusPrime6155d ago

my current psp is psp 1000. This is the first original japanese psp. I got it before it releases here in uk. Now my psp is missing an analog stick.

I wanted to get this new psp go. Thanks for your information. ;)

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kingme716155d ago

It will be interesting to see how this trends. The iPhone has the throw everything at the wall and see what sticks technique whereas the PSP will be more stringent on what is allowed as a mini game. If devs can't get noticed on the iPhone, they might choose to move to the PSP Go. The only downside is the risk that the PSP Go needs to first amass a substantial user base.

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Sarcasm6155d ago

As far as I know, the PSP mini's will also be available to all the other PSPs. Because there's no real difference on the PSP Go other than being smaller and having no UMD slot.

So they already amassed a 50 million install base.

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kingme716155d ago

ah, ok. That is a good thing then. Thanks

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50CALheadshot6155d ago

remember me?

hahahaaha all the bots are hiding in their moms basements right now. Poor microbots, keep making up your "sony fails" articles.

That is all u guys have left. no more exclusives, no more multiplat advantage, no more sales.

u r now stuck with a pos 360 with last gen hardware but no games and no sales to claim victory with. Whats a faulty console with no games?

sh1tbox pleezfixme

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siyrobbo6155d ago

why wouldnt they? an install base of well over 50 million gamers (dont think many people bought there psp's just to watch UMD's)

hopefullt we'll see some good things

smart move by sony, shame they couldnt have done this a few years ago

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PLAYSTATIONGENRATION6155d ago

I still wish they would drop the price of the go...it would sell more

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TheGuardianFID6155d ago

"The nextgen doesn't start until we say it does" confirmed!!! :P :D

JK!!! :D

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TheGuardianFID6155d ago

I got a disagree for my joke, wow this place is scary, if you're not careful with what you say, they'll eat you alive lol!!! Well I'm extremely happy sony's doing so well, (I'm a big Sony fan) cudos to them!!! :D

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frnkyl6155d ago

Well if you look at all the sh!tty multiplats (not all of them are) and compare them to PS3 exclusives, you have a hard time not believing Sony's quote :D

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Amir516155d ago

This is a great move by Sony, the little quirky experimental games have all been very cool and i hope that there will be more coming following this announcement. :D

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Pillville6155d ago (Edited 6155d ago )

I'm an iPhone developer. I just see this as ANOTHER market. It's not like I'm going to pull my apps from the iPhone app store because PSPs will have their own store.
I'm more than happy to have my apps in all 3 - iPhone, PSP minis, and XBox Indie games.

EDIT:
Actually I don't even see where they mentioned having a development environment for Indie developers. So, this will be for medium and large developers disguised as small crappy ones? Kind of like when you find out your local, small town coffee shop is actually owned by Starbucks?

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kraze076154d ago

I guess I was complaining about the price of the PSPgo to soon. I'm definitely picking one up now after seeing what it can do and all the support it's gonna get. Damn Sony, keep the good sh*t commin.

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