The PSP2: Five Things Sony Must Do To Make it Succeed

It is now all but certain that Sony will announce their next handheld video game system, the successor to the Playstation Portable, later this week at the ‘Playstation Meeting’. Regardless of what they say on Thursday, Sony will have an uphill battle.

[saint_john_paul_ii]

good article. BTW, i dont think it needs android. i think they should put an non-game App Store on the PSP2's OS. its possible, The PSP has non-game apps on the system, (Qriocity/Comic Viewer/etc.)

[RIPSKATEDESTROY]

nice one! thats why you are a saint, or was... or is?

[blumatt]

It needs to have dual analogs, four shoulder buttons, PS2 Classics compatibility, DualShock 3 support, games on flash media (sd), PSP1 digital game compatibility, and the ability to remotely play ANY PS3 game from anywhere via 3G (yes it needs 3G too. :) haha)

[blumatt]

Again I ask why the disagree? Please let me know what u disagreed about.

[Close_Second]

Yeah, because the apps side of things has been so well supported by Sony up till now.

I don't use homebrew but it seems to be the only way you can get a wide array of apps on the PSP currently.

[Warprincess116]

I agree. If sony add apps to the psp2 store. I could see PSP2 being a huge hit. It could pull in serious and non serious gamers. Since sony is a Japanese company. i don't think they would understand this.

[morkendo23]

if thats the psp2 yuck, like the proto-type better far as wider screen concern.

[Ripyealip]

i like how it looks but it does need a wide-er screen

[timzone]

Great, well thought out article. Agree with the points made.

[mushroomwig]

I hope that isn't the actual design, but we all know fan made concepts look better than the final design.

Case and point;

http://www.pspworld.com/son...

[StbI990]

Sry, that thing looks quiet ugly IMHO, furthermore, the one posted first in the site looks smoother and may also feel better at the end, taking in consideration the one Andriasang posted which is quite considerable to be it, but who knows, sure thing is, it gonna be slider.

[tubers]

I agree with the article for the most part.

It can no longer be just a simple device if it wants to compete well nor should it only target "core" gamers.

I am saying this because I want this handhelds overall success not just because I wanted games that do not feel like "ports" on a handheld.

The "should be bite sized chunks of gaming on the go" is ok but can be somewhat negated if it has a solid "SAVE STATE" feature. Might I add multiple save states. That's definitely handy specially when you play "core" games on the go.

Good luck Sony, I do not want 1 sided battle for this gen on gaming handhelds.

Regarding the new design: it sucks only because the buttons are etched to deep. That will definitely be uncomfortable specially with games with complex controls like fighting genre.

I hope they go for a more ergonomic than pocket friendly this time around (PSP1 hurts my hands and fingers after a while due to L1 R1 positions).

[Burning_Finger]

Android market will definitely make PSP2 succeed.

[TardcoreGamer]

Here's some others it needs...
Trophy support
Backwards Compatibility
Motion Control....ok maybe not motion control LOL

[mushroomwig]

Trophy support would be amazing, the ability to view someones PSN profile and easily see and compare trophies for both platforms would be quite neat.

I hope it also has actual PSN features, whenever you log in a small icon will appear by your name letting people know if you're on the console or the handheld.

[Otheros00]

Must? So, they have no choose but to do/have all the things you state in your article to succeed?
So, if I made an article that says Apple must sell their ipods for $50 to succeed. Do you think they will do it? No, I don't think so. Apple will lose too much profit by doing it.

[HxCGamer]

hahaha this comment had no point

[StbI990]

It has, sony doesn't need to do each thing stated there to success, that is.

[Blaine]

ONE thing it needs to do to get me to purchase:

-Have 2 analog sticks.

If they do that, that'll be one sale they didn't get last time around, so already the PSP2'll potentially be more successful! Beyond that, everything else is icing.

[StbI990]

Don't you think, it is obviously obvious it will have two analog stick? better ask for four back buttons lol

[Blaine]

Well then it's obviously obvious I'll be getting a PSP2, isn't it? ;)

[StbI990]

We're far from 2006, and they are not that stupid, they didn't put two analog on the go cus it would divide dev support, the question now if it gonna come with R1,R2 and so on 7u7.

[Bonerjam]

It needs good hardware support. My game ideas: ff7 remake kh 3 uncharted spinoff possibly a jak and daxter game, also TWO ANALOG STICKS!!!!

[homer]

lol. It only needs two: good price and good games.

[multipayer]

A perfect LittleBigPlanet 2 port that can connect to the entire lbp 1&2 database would peak my interest. I'm sure it will happe, I just hope sooner than later.

[FrigidDARKNESS]

In order for Sony to compete in this generation of hand held gaming device it must be priced below the 3DS with some killer 3d games and if it is a phine device must have some killer apps like the IPHONE.