How well is psp doing?

[darkblu]

True, true. But the arguement is will gaming on phones be better than what the PSP has?

chances are it won't be. but also chances are it will be close enough. and as long as the difference is not night-to-day it won't really matter - that was the idea behind my parallel with the ds-vs-psp - dispite the ds being the overall better gaming platform, the psp successfully competes with it. same with phones - despite the psp will be the better gaming (and possibly movie) platform, the phones will compete with it in pure convergence. in the same way the psp competes with the ds.

but just imagine what will happen if sony take the next step and add GSM functionality to the PSP/PSP2..

 

[mckmas8808]

but just imagine what will happen if sony take the next step and add GSM functionality to the PSP/PSP2..

Which they already showed. But what the 'uck happened to that plan already? And imagine what people will be saying when they see this.

A PSP with an added on digital camera. (For taking pictures and to enhance future PSP games)

AND

PSP's future GPS device

http://img239.exs.cx/img239/930/webcam1qp.jp

 

[darkblu]

the GPS is cool on its own, but i was talking of phone capabilities - GSM is a standard for cellular networks.

 

[mckmas8808]

the GPS is cool on its own, but i was talking of phone capabilities - GSM is a standard for cellular networks.

Is GSM hardware based?

 

[darkblu]

Is GSM hardware based?

well, i don't think that you can get a wifi nic to emulate it, if that's your idea. so yes, GSM transcievers are pretty much encapsulated ICs these days (sans the antenas), just like every other RF transciever ..purely theoretically you may get some fully-programable "universal" GHz transciever to emulated that, but that would be totally non-viable due to the cost of such a part.

 

[patsu]

Yes.

A PSP becoming a phone ("world" phone, quad-band !) is more likely but I won't want to use it that way though.

I talk a lot on the phone (business)... would be a bummer if I can't watch movie, play games after that... and vice versa. This is especially obvious after a year or 2 of battery use.

As you can see, I'm rather pessimistic about mass market adoption of an everything-included phone device (PSP -> cellphone or cellphone -> PSP). Got to wait a few more years for battery technologies to pick up too.

 

[mckmas8808]

As you can see, I'm rather pessimistic about mass market adoption of an everything-included phone device (PSP -> cellphone or cellphone -> PSP). Got to wait a few more years for battery technologies to pick up too.

But to be honest by the time battery life picks up, Sony will just ask Nvidia to cook them up a small portable GPU for the PSP2 which will make games look close half way between PS2 and PS3 games. And that in itself will take up alot of juice.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

The first fuel-cells are appearing in consumer goods. Toshiba laptop I think is the first. The technology's there for 2-10x the power life; it's just a case of releasing it at something people can afford.

 

[mckmas8808]

The first fuel-cells are appearing in consumer goods. Toshiba laptop I think is the first. The technology's there for 2-10x the power life; it's just a case of releasing it at something people can afford.

What are the consumer goods that you talk about? Are they decently priced? And if Sony can get one of these fuel-cells to last 20 hours then maybe they can get a super-duper nice Nvidia GPU to bring that battery life down to 5 hours (where it needs to be).

 

[Npl]

What are the consumer goods that you talk about? Are they decently priced? And if Sony can get one of these fuel-cells to last 20 hours then maybe they can get a super-duper nice Nvidia GPU to bring that battery life down to 5 hours (where it needs to be).

That`d be the first handheld with a 80mm fan.

 

[hey69]

Kinda ironic that what they plan on buying and what's actually being bought don't jive...

it sells more then ps2 and xbox combined in japan .
they are doing VERY well in USA
they are doing very well in usa

its not because the DS or gameboy is selling EVEN MORE / month that the psp is selling bad..

 

[darkblu]

The first fuel-cells are appearing in consumer goods. Toshiba laptop I think is the first. The technology's there for 2-10x the power life; it's just a case of releasing it at something people can afford.

the fuel cell tech is toshiba's but i believe it's a nec laptop/notebook.

btw, here's a good account on the toshiba methanol fuel cell

 

[Corwin_B]

Actually, the first NGage was a terrible phone.

http://www.sidetalking.com/

 

[see colon]

did you ever use one?

 

[mech]

I did and god it was awful to talk into. Fine if you were using the hands-free though.

 

[pixelbox]

What are the sells of the psp compared to ds this month in japan? Anyway, about the cell phone gaming, as one person mentioned before, games on the cell are not taken serious because they are not serious. A cell's purpose is to allow you to talk to others, not to play games. It's not dedicated to games and people don't look towards phones to play games on their spare time away from home, they TALK TO PEOPLE on their spare time. Cell phone gaming will never be as detailed and complex, and i mean complex in all it's meaning, as a portable gaming system as long as it's main purpose is to be a PHONE. In closing my comment on cell phone gaming, cell phone games are meant to be short and simple to keep it from distracting from it's main purpose.

I don't understand why people say psp is not a good mp3 player. It has all the features as one. And it's sized well. I had a cd player for the longest and it's much bigger than the psp. My only problem is that it doesn't get loud enough. I really hope they fix this somehow in the future.

Another thing i had a problem with is the ipod, it cost almost as much as a psp and doesn't do nearly as much is it. Sure it shares some things but it does not do them as good as the psp. And then there's the battery, you can't self replace them and it costs almost as much as an ipod itself to repair, yet it sells so well. sigh...people.

 

[Bad_Boy]

Not unless there are games worth buying.

Thats no problem. If your just now buying a psp you definately will look at the first titles that came, lumines, ridge race, wipeout, untold are all still great.

then you got titles out recently that are A+ imo... burnout, socom, gta, kingdom of paradise, madden, virtua tennis, hot shots, ssx.

then you got titles coming out later and next year.... prince of persia, king kong, toca, colin mcrae, mortal kombat, bf2, black & white, untold 2, lumines 2, street fighter, splinter cell, katamari, gt4mobile, devil may cry, etc.

theres alot more life in the psp than people think.

I don't understand why people say psp is not a good mp3 player. It has all the features as one. And it's sized well. I had a cd player for the longest and it's much bigger than the psp. My only problem is that it doesn't get loud enough. I really hope they fix this somehow in the future.

I agree. my dad has a Ipod and after listening to both id say the psp is on par with it if not better in sound quality. unfortunately i feel the same way about the sound volume. if your in a place thats not to loud the sound is just perfect, matter fact i took it to school and was playing it during a lecture and someone told me to turn it down. but when you get into loud place its like you cant hear it at all.

 

[typoEDR]

Thats no problem. If your just now buying a psp you definately will look at the first titles that came, lumines, ridge race, wipeout, untold are all still great.

then you got titles out recently that are A+ imo... burnout, socom, gta, kingdom of paradise, madden, virtua tennis, hot shots, ssx.

then you got titles coming out later and next year.... prince of persia, king kong, toca, colin mcrae, mortal kombat, bf2, black & white, untold 2, lumines 2, street fighter, splinter cell, katamari, gt4mobile, devil may cry, etc.

theres alot more life in the psp than people think.

Ignore PC-Engine. He despises Sony for fun. The argument that the PSP 'has no games' applied to the few months post-launch, but the current games out on the market, plus the upcoming ones makes the PSP quite a hot little bastard.

 

[Bad_Boy]

The argument that the PSP 'has no games' applied to the few months post-launch, but the current games out on the market, plus the upcoming ones makes the PSP quite a hot little bastard.

Agreed!

 

[PC-Engine]

You're absolutely right, PC Engine. There are no games on the PSP. Games on the PSP are mythical, firmly based in the imagination of an 8 year Taiwanese child who is currently running to school.

Shovelware doesn't cut it...sorry.

:smile:

Those kinds of surveys always fall flat on its face when the actual sales number come in.