GDC 07: Sony proves they don't care about PSP

by Andrew Yoon { Mar 7th 2007 at 3:00PM }

Phil Harrison's conference has come and gone, and although the audience was cheering throughout, Sony has proved one thing: the PSP doesn't matter. Well, at least not to Sony's "Game 3.0" idea. The PSP is able to do everything the PS3 can: use wi-fi, download files, take pictures, display video, and more. Why not incorporate a PSP version of Home, instead of making a "Virtual PSP" on the PS3? Why not add the Playstation Network to the PSP? The complete absence of Sony's handheld makes me believe that the platform simply doesn't matter to them right now: let's hope I'm wrong.

Expect some very specific PSP-prodding at Sony's bloggers meeting tomorrow.

Tags: gdc 07, Gdc07, psp

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Strangler @ Mar 7th 2007 3:05PM

http://psp.ign.com/articles/770/770569p1.html

"It took over two years, but the Japanese PSP finally proved itself superior to the Dreamcast by reaching a milestone that forever eluded the final Sega platform: a platinum hit. The honor of first million seller for the PSP goes to Monster Hunter Portable 2nd which, according to Capcom, has topped the million mark in shipments."

so it took the psp 2 years to match the dreamcast which lasted also around 2 yrs? wow what an accomplishment, the psp lol the psp fails like the dreamcast.

moosey @ Mar 7th 2007 3:12PM

considering the stakes at hand for sony, i'm not surprised they focused on ps3. the psp really isnt doing that bad lately, it has a decent fanbase, while not being that large, and sells fairly well. yeah there could of been talks about the psp, but what else does it really need? theres been a flow of games for it and that doesnt look to be stopping. maybe skype or downloadable ps1/other games, which sounds cool, but i dont think its really their priority right now when compared to the bombing ps3.

snortqueek @ Mar 7th 2007 3:13PM

This is exactly how I felt. I was hoping for anything at all on the PSP; the camera coming to North America, or some limited interaction with Sony's online store... and got nothing. Barely an acknowledgement that it even exists.

pinders @ Mar 7th 2007 3:15PM

I'm rapidly losing faith with Sony. Having been a Playstation loyalist since the launch of the PS1, I'm starting to think the company are leaving me behind and further more they don't give a shit. I've gotten older, found myself a wife, a daughter and a mortgage since I first hit that big power button on the original Playstation and whilst gaming is still very central to my lifestyle, my paycheck doesn't spread itself like it did when I was a single twentysomething. So the £425 Sony want me to shell out on the PS3 isn't going to happen. I've got no choice, I just can't justify the expense. And now the PSP, my last extravagant buy, doesn't seem to figure much on Sonys radar. I want to be able to access and download PS1 titles without having a PS3 to do so. So Sony, dare I say it, I think I'm gonna buy a Wii....

required @ Mar 7th 2007 3:22PM

I agree w/moosey

the PSP is doing very well

Strangler @ Mar 7th 2007 3:25PM

why dont they port ragdoll kung fu or this game to the psp?

http://kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/gdc-07-sony-reveals-littlebigplanet-242171.php

Strangler @ Mar 7th 2007 3:28PM

#5 its doing about as well as the dreamcast, just compare it to the ds or gba (the competition). And there really arent any good games coming out for it besides a few during the Summer and Monste rhunter.

pixelator @ Mar 7th 2007 3:38PM

"the psp lol the psp fails like the dreamcast."

Or like the Gamecube, you Nintendo loving troll? Since it took Nintendo nearly 6 years to sell as many of those systems as the PSP did in less than 2?

Asswipe.

required @ Mar 7th 2007 3:48PM

Strangler, the DS is a lowtech-screenscreen-stylus-mess with a horrible library of tired mario this and wario thats. It's not "the competition".

The GBA is a fun system, but it's pretty tired and like the DS it is not "the competition". You'd be better off saying the GBA/GBAsp/GBAmicro are the DSphat/DS competition/Nintendo's portable mess/quagmire.

Reality is, the PSP is second place behind the iPod as a PMP. Point being, if you're looking for its "competition" look beyond your princess peach and kirbyness because it's more than that. A lot more.

pixelator @ Mar 7th 2007 4:06PM

The DS Lite is basically a smash hit as a consumer item - and nothing more. It's not a killer game system. It doesn't have more or better games than the GBA *or* the PSP. It's cheap and has Apple/iPOD appeal, because it basically took its look from the iPOD. It draws heavily from the well-worn Nintendo IP library of highly commercialized and recognized characters and old franchise gameplay.

Similarly, the DS has taken stylus control from systems like the Zodiac and the quirky dual screen from their old Game & Watch systems. The overall package certainly makes for gameplay mechanic possibilities, but Nintendo has made very little use of that potential. The big sellers and high profile titles on the DS are Mario this, Wario that, Tamagotchi-retread puppy sims aimed squarely at the preteen set and other gimmicky crap. Even the much anticipated series entries have disappointed me, such as Advance Wars DS (uglier and less interesting than previous AW titles) or Final Fantasy III. The first Castlevania, Dawn or Sorrow, was ruined with the shoehorned stylus control mandate during boss battles.

Age of Empires looks like crap and is rendered hard to play as you can't tell the difference between your units with that tiny, low resolution display. The greatly vaunted 'DS IS PERFECT FOR RTS!!1!' Shogun Empires SUCKED.

In fact, other than Portrait of Ruin and a handful of others, I've found most of my DS games to be derivative, quick-to-boredom and nothing really all that special. I sure as hell am not interested in the BRAIN AGE crap.

So yeah, it's a great consumer hit. Nintendo has shown that they know their handheld market with their cuddly characters and kiddie oriented fare... And a huge selection of TV cartoon licensed junk that sells units. Then they use unique titles that haven't sold that well like Phoenix Wright, Trauma Center or Electroplankton to tout their originality and innovation.

Sony may be losing their grip on their market and alienating people with sloppy business moves, but Nintendo is selling the crap out of the same old games and characters with some gimmicky controls. Which is worse?

txa1265 @ Mar 7th 2007 4:35PM

So because you don't like the games that are selling on the DS, that makes them crap? I love my PSP, and am playing 3 games now while my DS sits, but the reality displacement to deny that the DS has a more significant library of really good *portable* games than the PSP is amazing. Nintendogs is objectively more innovative than *anything* on the PSP, as is Brain Training, as is Hotel Dusk. Turn Based Strategy games are all better (as games, not 'eye candy') on the DS than the PSP. If you like run & gun FPS rather than slower paced console-style, there is one option - Metroid. And that is because the PSP controls are inadequate of the task.

But why does this have to turn into a DS vs. PSP thing? Why not direct the anger where it belongs - Sony. The reality is that they are in such a fit of damage control over the overpriced & underperforming PS3 that they really appear to be looking at the PSP and saying 'selling good enough, leave it alone'.

And while it has sold pretty well, it was trounced ~6:1 in worldwide sales in 2006 after going ~1:1 with the DS in 2005. Even you non-math people cannot deny that as a very significant shift. That is something that would generally be called 'hemorrhaging sales'.

Saigon @ Mar 7th 2007 5:23PM

I agree with Pixilator's wall of text.

Even though I feel Sony should have mentioned something about psp, I can understand why they would want to focus all attention on ps3.

Strangler, you're a douche bag. Go on IGN's releases dates list, and you'll see the great games psp owners can look foward to this year. Then you can go play some Mario or catch a pokemon.

Strangler @ Mar 7th 2007 5:49PM

"Or like the Gamecube, you Nintendo loving troll? Since it took Nintendo nearly 6 years to sell as many of those systems as the PSP did in less than 2?

Asswipe.
"

its not about systems but software sold. Thats what matters to developers.

required @ Mar 7th 2007 6:07PM

Until the DS has features like say a locationfree player for example, I see very little point in comparing it to the PSP. Sure both have hundreds of games and millions of users, but they are completely different products. It's like comparing a kids trike with a motorbike, it's silly.

Non sequitur: McDonalds has sold something like trillions of hamburgers.

Saigon @ Mar 7th 2007 6:20PM

"its not about systems but software sold. Thats what matters to developers."

It's about quality to me, and that's all that should matter to gamers. Higher popular games aren't always of higher quality.

Go to a site like gamespot and you'll notice how there are MORE psp games with higher scores than ds.

Stupid asswipe lol

w00dm4n @ Mar 7th 2007 6:26PM

after reading the above statements,i guess you can say the playstation2 was nothing compared to the gamecube or xbox since both of those systems outpowered it?
and the xbox had everything out of the box while the ps2 needed you to add online support,a hdd and such.

playstation2 is no different from the gameboy/ds line.
obviously if you release enough games for a system you'll get a hit and you'll have enough system owners that anything will sell well.

Ps3 won't take off til the big guns everyone has been waiting for hit the market like MGS4.
i mean i have a 360 and a wii and i'll be more than happy getting a ps3 next year.But the psp did rub me the wrong way,but so did the ps1 and sony's polices back then about "3d only" and "no rpgs in america" we all see how long that lasted didn't we?

required @ Mar 7th 2007 6:42PM

w00dm4n, you sound both lost and confused.

The PS2, gamecube, and xbox are all videogame consoles (some capable of playing DVDs).

The PS2 is very different from the "gameboy/ds line". One is a console (requires an external display and is plugged into the wall) whereas the others are not.

The PS3 is very different from the wii as is the xbox360. The wii has more in common with the gamecube than it does either the PS3 or xbox360.

By the way, I'm curious, why after being rubbed wrongly by a PSP are you here?

Thomas @ Mar 7th 2007 8:52PM

I don't think it's a matter of Sony not caring about the PSP... I think right now they know and we know that The Playstation 3 needs some work... The psp is doing fine, it just needed games... and so far more games, better sales... ask Monster Hunter 2

Jay-C @ Mar 7th 2007 9:03PM

hi all, I don't think Sony has forgotten PSP, and I think they made a Virtual PSP on Playstation Home for some reason... Who knows, maybe in the near future, they are going to use the REAL PSP to do all the control on Home...

joemama @ Mar 7th 2007 9:42PM

This article is almost retarded. A mere observation does not "prove" anything. The author even states the word BELIEVES, which is obviously opinionated and contradictory to the article title. Articles like these only add to the idea of the PSP dying; however, I do wonder how long the PSP will last with all its loss in software sales.

Strangler @ Mar 8th 2007 12:46AM

"It's about quality to me, and that's all that should matter to gamers. Higher popular games aren't always of higher quality.

Go to a site like gamespot and you'll notice how there are MORE psp games with higher scores than ds.

Stupid asswipe lol"

these guys disagree with you:
https://proxify.com/p/011010A1000110/687474703a2f2f626f61726473322e736567612e636f6d2f736567615f626f6172642f76696577746f7069632e7068703f743d3731343039

note Im banned form there so ahve to sue proxify but you can access the forum by going to the officials ega site and baords and psp. Almost every sega fan seems to hate psp.

"First off, expecting handheld sales from a home console is ridiculous. They're completely different markets with completely different sales. If you're going to compare the psp's sales to anything it should be the DS.

Doubt you're little website is doing that. "

"The PSP is more like the DS than home consoles, thus making it more applicable to compare to.

Nonetheless, the psp outselling home consoles is nothing to brag about. Handhelds have always done a lot better than home consoles sales wise, it's quite expected."

"plus as mighty stated you cant compare it to home consoles because....ITS A DIFFERENT MARKET. handheld and home console are two completely different markets. your like that one dude on youtube who has nothing to say...when he compares the psp to the ds other than "psp rulez and the ds sucks..because..uh...because it sucks" id give you the link but im too lazy to waste anymore time on a pathetic looser such as yourself.

btw, how does sony naughty bits taste?"

Saigon @ Mar 8th 2007 2:28AM

Ha, strangler, your pathetic. I honestly stopped reading your last post after "these guys disagree with you", and didn't even bother clicking your link(probably to virus?). I'm not going to argue with you anymore, as I feel I lose brains after reading every post you make. Your an idiot who has no life, except to troll on this psp blog. All I can say is that as much as you a your ds troll brethren would love to psp to be abandoned like dreamcast, it won't be, nor is it showing any signs of it. I though you would understand that, seeing as how you probably regrettably read all the posts on pspfanboy. *goes back to play MGS Portable Ops*

Saigon @ Mar 8th 2007 2:30AM

EDIT: ^^suppose to be "I lose brain cells" and not brains.

Strangler @ Mar 8th 2007 3:44AM

explain why even on the psp section of gamefaqs they recommend ppl to buy a ds when they ask which system I should get just for games.

Strangler @ Mar 8th 2007 3:47AM

also explain why xplay and joystiq.com keep taking shots at the psp every chance they get, and explain why g4 tv had a special about psp and bashed it left and right if its so good?

Ultra @ Mar 8th 2007 4:20AM

Strangler i'm sorry but all your posts are retarded, this just proves how retarded and childish ds fanboys are, posting useless comments trying to bash the psp. Don't you have something useful to do?

txa1265 @ Mar 8th 2007 4:26AM

Re #27 "this just proves how retarded and childish ds fanboys are"

Actually it just illustrates something about Strangler - how is you making generalities such as that about DS Fanboys any better than them making generalities about DS Fanboys?

As for what Strangler says ... well, internet message boards - particularly GameFaqs - are a pretty bad source of 'information'.

Strangler @ Mar 8th 2007 4:56AM

here is interesting info:
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/07/exclusive-games-ftw-how-do-360-ps3-and-wii-stack-up/

"In the console wars, exclusive games are the weapons of mass destruction. Without them, what fanboy would dare launch a forum fit against his sworn enemies? Gaming Target's regularly updated list charts the number of exclusives available on each of the Big Three's latest. Handheld systems aren't included, nor are downloadable games.

The results show that, aided by a one-year head start on the market, Xbox 360 is clearly in the lead with 80 exclusive titles, just over half of which are unreleased. Wii comes in second with 53, and PlayStation 3 trails with just 39 exclusives. If the current trends continue, Xbox 360 will continue to steal away its share of previously PS3-only games (Metal Gear Solid 4 and Final Fantasy XIII, we're looking at you), while the Wii gets plump with PS2 remakes and wacky Wiimote games.

Even if you included each console's downloadable games service, the pecking order probably wouldn't change. Xbox 360 has a modest collection of exclusives available on Xbox Live Arcade and the Wii Virtual Console (do oldies count as exclusives?) is growing rapidly -- PlayStation Network not so much. But remember, a stockpile of WMDs isn't the only deciding factor in a console war."

Zio @ Mar 8th 2007 7:53AM

Sony can suck my balls.. I want more games for my PSP! :( I'm still glad that Crisis Core and Castlevania are still coming for PSP. =)

Ps. I hate my DS. -_-'

Alien @ Mar 8th 2007 1:20PM

Lets hope that something good will happen tomorrow :)

pixelator @ Mar 8th 2007 2:35PM

"So because you don't like the games that are selling on the DS, that makes them crap?"

Not at all. What I am saying is, not all the games on the DS that sell well are that great. Obviously some of them are, but frankly I don't find Brain Age, Cooking Mama or Yu-Gi-Oh to be compelling. I believe I clearly stated which games I felt were too derivative or flawed in some way.

"but the reality displacement to deny that the DS has a more significant library of really good *portable* games than the PSP is amazing."

That depends on how you define 'significant'. The DS library is cluttered with kiddie commercial garbage. It has FAR more sub-40 rated titles than the PSP according to Metacritic, which is interesting since it has fewer games, overall. Sure, some DS titles are standouts - which I noted a few of. But the notion that the PSP lacks good 'portable' type games is also quite fallacious. I NEVER said the DS had fewer games that were better suited to portable play. In fact, I've said the opposite on more than one occasion.

"Nintendogs is objectively more innovative than *anything* on the PSP, as is Brain Training, as is Hotel Dusk."

OBJECTIVELY? I don't think so. Nintendogs is Tamagotchi wrapped around an interface that I first saw about 20 years ago on an old B&W Macintosh porn game (forget the name, but it had the same basic touch/rub/accessorize structure, believe it or not). Brain Training is basic teaser puzzles. Hotel Dusk I haven't played but damned if it doesn't look like a straightforward dual screened graphic adventure. Now if you toss KIRBY in there, or Trauma Center, I'd agree - good examples of creativity and novel gameplay. But my original point still stands, that these gems are few and far between in the DS library amongst the TV cartoon licensed crap and the (some good, some bad) rehashes/sequels/ports. Yes, I'm quite aware the PSP has more than its share of rehashes/sequels/ports. Some of them are good and some are bad, too.

"Turn Based Strategy games are all better (as games, not 'eye candy') on the DS than the PSP."

There's like one TBS military strateger on the PSP with two huge franchises on DS -- despite graphical bankruptcy, AW:DS and AoE are both solid in terms of game design. That doesn't mean the PSP isn't capable of better, as Galaxy's End demonstrates.

"If you like run & gun FPS rather than slower paced console-style, there is one option - Metroid. And that is because the PSP controls are inadequate of the task."

I think Metroid controls SUCK. Tapping to jump? Bumbling with the stylus while balancing the device with your other hand plus hitting buttons? No thanks - total pain in the ass even for someone with fairly small hands with above par dexterity. The N64 had no problems with single analog FPS titles and neither does the PSP, when done right.

"The reality is that they are in such a fit of damage control over the overpriced & underperforming PS3 that they really appear to be looking at the PSP and saying 'selling good enough, leave it alone'."

Oh, no doubt in my mind of that. My DS rant was basically a response to the idiot troll Strangler. Even so, I still say the PS3 will see Sony on top (deserved or not) inside two years.

"And while it has sold pretty well, it was trounced ~6:1"

If PSP sales are over 25-ish million with DS sales over 36-ish million. I think that's a damned impressive ratio, and I don't think PSP sales have flagged significantly in the face of rising DS sales. If anything, it's recently demonstrated software sales life, even in Japan. One has to reason that the PSP has carved out a good niche and is plodding ahead at least partly outside the sphere of DS market influence. Smash hit? No, but if anything, the DS is competing most directly with the GBA, not the PSP.

moosey @ Mar 8th 2007 2:42PM

"these guys disagree with you:
https://proxify.com/p/011010A1000110/687474703a2f2f626f61726473322e736567612e636f6d2f736567615f626f6172642f76696577746f7069632e7068703f743d3731343039

note Im banned form there so ahve to sue proxify but you can access the forum by going to the officials ega site and baords and psp."

youre banned from there, lol. that, your constant typos (maybe the speed of typing caused by the pent up rage of jealousy of the psp), and the walls of text you always post bashing the psp for no apparent reason, pretty much makes you worthless for any type of information, except for maybe when the next mario game comes out. and what is this talk of systems sucking because they didnt sell, ie dreamcast and psp. you do realize the psp has sold more than the gamecube, are you trying to say gamecube sucked, you premature nintendo brat?

Blaine Train @ Mar 8th 2007 3:30PM

thats way sony is so stupid. the psp can be the best handheld ever but they are so retarded. i had my psp for about 2 years now and i must say im selling most of my games and umd movies on ebay now cause the psp is just getting boring. Sony ain't doing anything new to keep me into the psp. three weeks ago i bought a ds lite and i never even picked up my psp since i got and i have been playing old gba games and lost in blue for ds. the psp lost against ds hand down. if you are still a psp fanboy good luck.

Strangler @ Mar 8th 2007 4:34PM

"If PSP sales are over 25-ish million with DS sales over 36-ish million. I think that's a damned impressive ratio, and I don't think PSP sales have flagged significantly in the face of rising DS sales. If anything, it's recently demonstrated software sales life, even in Japan. One has to reason that the PSP has carved out a good niche and is plodding ahead at least partly outside the sphere of DS market influence. Smash hit? No, but if anything, the DS is competing most directly with the GBA, not the PSP."

if you go to the sega forum they all disagree. infact here are some quotes form some of the threads on the psp section there:

http://boards2.sega.com/sega_board/viewtopic.php?t=68737&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

"At least SEGA left us in the console department with an awesome console... which is most definitly not something I can say for the PSP (Had 2 sold both... got lots of DS games!)"

"Why doesn't Sega release a DC collection on the PSP? Simple, because they want somebody to play it."

"PWNAGE. Laughing"

"o, the PS2 actually HAS decent games, while the PSP has, what, seven good games and literally two hundred crappy ones?

There's a reason why the DS is totally outselling the PSP."

"And the PSP's analog stick SUCKS. And the fact that most of the games ON the PSP are PS2 ports."

"Name the PSP games that match FFIII, Rocket Slime, NSMB, Advance Wars Dual Strike, Tetris DS, Castlevania Portrait of Ruin, Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow, Lunar Knights, Mario Kart DS, etc, etc, etc. Also, I can't believe you would say that the DS has sequels made by less talented teams than the origionals were, what do you call almost the entire PSP lineup? Dumbed down GTA, dumbed down Jak, dumbed down Syphon Filter, dumbed down MGS. I think I've made my point."

"I'm with Nate on this one. The DS is by far the better handheld system, and I'm not going to try explain myself... actually I should.

The sales tell you that everyone is loving the DS. Secondly, you will most probably never play games like Pheonix Wright Ace Attorney as the graphics ain't good enough for you and because it is cell shaded will be seen as kiddy to you, pitty. As the touch screen, mic and 2 screen come into their own. That's just one game from Capcom... a very respected publisher in the business.

I had 2 PSP's (one for me and my wife) sold both and bought a load of DS games, the only games on the PSP that was any good to me was LocoRoco and Lumines. Graphics is something of the past. It's all about the ammount of fun one has these days and Nintendo has it spot on. I wish SEGA never left the console business as the Dreamcast was just the start of an awesome thing (Till Sony's lies about the PS2 helped it go under.)

Anyway, the PSP is the "WALKMAN" of the 21st century... as it is most definitly not worthy of a games handheld console."

and this is from just one thread, do I have to go on? btw I was using the name psplover there so if I didnt post there nobody there would like the psp or pretend to defend it.

txa1265 @ Mar 8th 2007 4:52PM

Strangler is the reason that I prefer forums over blogs ... you can simply ban or moderate the trolls ...

I think you and I largely agree, pixelator. It would make for a much better and more nuanced discussion without the fanboys :) We've tried a couple of times but it all gets lost in the noise.

Saigon @ Mar 8th 2007 5:40PM

Wow. Strangler, it must really eat you alive that so many people love their psps.

After seeing what games were coming down the ds pipeline, I've never regretted selling my ds. The last game I played was FF3 and it was really overhyped, and it disappointed me.

As far as good games, at the top of my head there's Socom, Syphon Filter, MOH: Heroes, Ace Combat, Tekken, Feild Commander, The Warriors, Daxter, Rachet and Clank, GTA, Pirates, Wipeout, and even Metal Gear Solid. This year I'm personally looking forward to FF: Crisis Core, FF:Tactics, FF:1+2 anniversary edition Call of Duty, DBZ Shin Budokai, Burnout Dominator(just got a good review btw), Full auto 2, and CASTLEVANIA RONDO OF BLOOD!!(with symphony of the night):), etc. Some of those are ports and remakes, but ALOT of people DON'T CARE and will buy these games since they never owned the originals. Developers know this, which is why they make these investments.

The fact of the matter is psp has a bright future, and no matter how much you TRY and delude yourself, that's the reality.

As far popularity and sales, Sony never intended on beating Nintendo, when they made psp. This is a market that Nintendo has always dominated and will probably continue to do so for years to come. However, Sony has found a niche of market and now has a piece of the pie, a feat which is impressive in its own right. The xbox was crushed by ps2 in sales, but the xbox DIDN'T fail because Microsoft took a piece of the market and established creditability to it's name in video game consoles. Without the xbox's SUCCESS, the xbox360 wouldn't have been embraced and likely wouldn't be doing as good as it's now. This is what Sony is doing now with psp, and when psp2 comes, Sony will have already established creditability to it's name in the handheld department and will continue to expand it's market share.

Poor Strangler, you need to understand this, lots of people love psp and nothing you do will change that. Sony and developers are not going to ignore 22+ million gamers, there is just too much money to be made.

Oh yeah. With all the those games I previously listed(which have be well received and have good reviews), your point about psp not having any good games or being worthy as a handheld game console is NULL!!

pixelator @ Mar 8th 2007 6:21PM

When there's one thing we ALL agree on, it deserves some looking into: BAN STRANGLER.

Extinction @ Mar 8th 2007 10:58PM

I agree with pixelator, saigon and required.

And it's not just IGN that has PSP games rated higher than DSs, it's gamerankings and metacritic too. DS's library has not much more than glorified tech demos.

Techni @ Mar 8th 2007 10:59PM

Even DS games I've looked forward too (starfox for example) are horribly crippled in comparison to what I wanted. DS is different for the sake of being different, not because we needed it.

Also, I'm impressed you know about how the DS is a Tapwave Zodiac ripoff

Strangler @ Mar 9th 2007 12:26AM

Saigon @ Mar 9th 2007 2:47AM

Haha, Pokemon games suck! Same recycled gameplay with every release. Also, I don't give a shit about sales, because they have no bearing whatsoever on me enjoying my psp. :)

Too bad you don't enjoy playing your ds. I assume that, since you spend all your time trolling here. HAha.

matjet @ Mar 10th 2007 7:21AM

"Q: Is Home a PS3 specific service? Will users be able to access Home through other devices?
Initially Home will only be accessible via that PLAYSTATION®3, although over time our intention is to enable users to interface certain Home features and services via other networked devices such as PlayStation®Portable (PSP®) and mobile phones."

psn/home may indeed be coming.

Nivlac @ Mar 12th 2007 1:56PM

I have to reply to txa who said:

"Why not direct the anger where it belongs - Sony. The reality is that they are in such a fit of damage control over the overpriced & underperforming PS3 that they really appear to be looking at the PSP and saying 'selling good enough, leave it alone'."

You post was great until this part. I wish people woudl take some responsibility for their posts. EVery new console that comes out is always considered "overpriced" and "underperforming" for it's first year. It's happened over and over and as time has shown in the past, when the developers stop porting games to the new console (which is much easier and thus makes up the brunt of the first waves of titles) and they start taking advantage of the hardware that was specifically made for the console, everyone will hail it the best console they've ever seen and claim they've been on board all along.

You haven't seen what the PS3 can do, just like the PS2 when Grand Turismo came out and blew everyone away, it *will* happen on PS3 because the hardware is there.