iAX: "When the PSP was unveiled in E3 2004, sanguine expectations about the portable success emanated all over the internet. With the incredible success of the PlayStation brand, the portable console was poised to conquer a new market. Executives at Sony said that they would be the ones to take handheld console gaming out of the ghetto. Fast forward to 2011, with 70 million sales the Sony PlayStation Portable is without a doubt the most successful competitor to challenge the Nintendo-dominated handheld console market. E3 2011 is when the successor of the PlayStation Portable will take center stage, to show details of the upcoming release and the game lineup. This successor is an heir to a unique console in the world of gaming. The PlayStation Portable will go into the sunset having a flourishing Japanese market, and an anemic American and European market. This console had a unique life that is worthy of study for any gamer."
i have played some very good games on the system but its time for NGP to take over !!!!
The economy is bad, people are going to be rejecting the 3DS and NGP for a PSP. PSP games are also cheaper so I don't see it going anywhere. You could also say the same about the DS too but graphics on the DS are super bad.
Am I stupid for just buying one? Just bought it for playing FFIX on the go.
PSP was a good run , but im excited to see the NPG is making its way to shelves in a timely manner
I'll be honest here. When I bought it (release day), it was one of the worst timed purchases I could have made, then crisis core came out much later and it was finally justified. By this time I had two, one got "fried|" while updating with an OFFICIAL FIRMWARE (I still hold this ding against Sony to this day), so I bought another. A few months later I decided to PB my new psp because I felt that there was really a lack of games for me, yet I heard that you could run your old PSX games on it. So I did it. While doing this I found out that I could unbrick my "broken" psp by doing this. did it, now I had two PSPs rolling again. I updated one with official firmware and the other is still got custom on it. Since then I've played and finished the likes of Front Mission 3, Parasite Eve 1. The only games I have bought since Crisis Core where Tactics Ogre (my god this game is good) and more recently FFIV rerelease. So before this turns into anymore of a story...in my opinion:
PSP in terms of hardware was really nice for its time. Sony REALLY fudded up by not being able to spin its 3000+ psx library into its ecosystem through marketing. Because of this reason you had mass people "pirating" on this thing, and off course people jumped on it and said it failed because of that. No, I actually think Sony sold more units because of it, but just like buying a car though, a dealership doesn't make money on the sale of the car, the gravy is in bringing the car back to service at said dealership (software). not my best analogy.
Hopefully this won't be the case with NGP, because I havn't learned from my first experience...day one! lol