IGN: "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. "
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well i love my psp, i just wish it had more power and a second analog stick. I hope sony makes psp2 with amazing specs, i can see it being like a miniture ps3
because they have fallen in quality =/
NO sony shouldn't abandon the PSP Go, and they won't!
They will bring down the price, and it will sell adequately.
stupid effing question if you ask me
I´ve considered buying one, but I just don´t see the huge improvements considering the price.
Who do you think they are? Microsoft?!
I have to admit, the article makes some interesting points, like: "The first is obviously development resources, where the teams could have made PS3 titles rather than PSP games and bolstered the console's library for the better."
I mean, if Polyphony didn't have to have GT PSP ready for the PSP Go's launch, there's a big possibility that GT5 could've been finished by Holiday 2009, and the PS3 could've probably had a stronger lineup of Software in it's early years, but at the same time I think the PSP and future PSP's are a nice alternative to Nintendo handhelds and I don't think Sony should abandon the portable market.
It's such a damn shame that Piracy has totally destroyed the majority of PSP software sales though and that very few PSP games have sold really well outside of Japan considering it's installbase.
The PSP is already 5 years old, and I think it wouldn't hurt for Sony to slowly shift efforts to the PSP2 at this point, but I think it's ABSURD to ask should Sony "abandon" the PSP... Sony has NEVER done that with their game consoles.