2007: the best year yet for PSP?

by Andrew Yoon { Dec 30th 2006 at 6:00PM }

The media is so eager to predict Sony's doom in the upcoming year. While both the PSP and PS3 deserve some of the criticism they've been dealt, many ignore the fact that these two systems have a ton of potential, especially when linked together. Pocket Gamer has broken out of the usual mold and declared 2007 a year where PSP can truly shine, and have its best year yet. Some of the reasons?

A redesign? It's been rumored quite often. Will 2007 see a DS Lite-like revolution?
Price drop. The system has been at $200 US since its launch (if you consider the initial Value Pack to add $50 of bundled value).
Downloadable video content: partnerships with Amazon and other service providers may make the PSP a valuable media player.
Even better technology: we've seen progressively better graphics each year, and that's on a system running at 222MHz. The PSP is capable of 50% more horsepower: that can launch a whole new era of games.

There are even more reasons listed by Pocket Gamer, but to me it's clear: with an already excellent lineup of games coming down the pipeline, one should feel pretty excited about PSP's future.

Tags: 2007, pocket gamer, PocketGamer

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jaytea @ Dec 30th 2006 7:31PM

didn't they say that for 2006?

Dreadhead541 @ Dec 30th 2006 10:17PM

^2006 was the best year so far for the psp

Michael Anderson @ Dec 31st 2006 11:05AM

If I recall, things like GTA:LCS and SOCOM were signals that quality of PSP games were turning the corner and that 2006 was going to be the year for PSP.

Didn't happen then, ain't happening now - but then *why* the heavy focus on that?

2006 saw plenty of really cool PSP games (just replayed MoH:Heroes, very fun even if not 'great'), and 2007 has plenty I look forward to. Why get so caught up in the DS vs. PSP wars? So long as great games come out for both, and both sell millions, we all win!

tina @ Jan 1st 2007 7:18AM

killzone liberation for game of the year

stephen neate @ Jan 2nd 2007 7:15AM

firtly sony has an ace up their sleeve. With the new Memory stick HG format, the psp will turn into a multimedia centre and will be capable of playing full length uncompressed videos. Also the ps1 emulation is becoming popular and sony are rumoured to be releasing a store for the pc so that psp users will be able to purchase ps1 roms. However i dont know about the ps3.