Yoshida: PSP is "lost opportunity" for third parties
- Posted September 12th, 2008 at 11:26 EDT by
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Sony Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida has criticised third-party publishers for failing to devote output to the PlayStation Portable.
"It's really, really disappointing and it's a lost opportunity for the third parties," he told IGN. "They should look at what the PSP can do for their titles and the potential for the business that their IP has."
Yoshida cited Monster Hunter as evidence of that potential. "What's happening in Japan is interesting," he said. "Because of the massive success of Monster Hunter, Japanese publishers realise, 'here's a resource'. Lots of people are playing PSP in groups of fours and when you go to Japan it's hard to find a train or a bar where you don't see some people playing a PSP. So other publishers in Japan are seeing these consumers, and thinking, 'Wow, we can make games for those consumers'."
"And this is a usage that really sits well with the PSP," Yoshida continued. "The most recent example is the Phantasy Star game from SEGA, and it's really catching on. Some of these will come over to US and Europe, and hopefully other third parties will start thinking about the PSP in the same way."
Sony will be setting an example itself, of course, with many upcoming projects still under wraps. "This year the big title was God of War, there's Buzz and next Spring we'll be releasing Resistance. We've been consistently leveraging our existing franchises but creating unique content for the PSP, customising how the game works in terms of interface. That's been working for us very well. We have many more games that we haven't announced for next year."
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dirigiblebill
- 11:47am BST - September 12th, 2008
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We are but men, gta0004_. We err like everyone else.
Anyway, s'free country innit. If I want to spell words wrongly that's my democratic right, dang it. -
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PS3-The Ultimate Machine
- 12:19pm BST - September 12th, 2008
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Ya know,what i REALLY want?A new GTA for the psp,with even more awesome ad hoc Multiplayer game modes!The psp's ad hoc is really something more and more games should utilise,i mean GTA VCS didn't even seem like it would be fun in MP,but man me and my sibs,can't get enough of it.
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FatherOfOne
- 1:31pm BST - September 12th, 2008
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I see a few issues with the PSP that Sony faces.
- Needs two analog sticks. This was a huge mistake.
- Price. This was an early mistake but it has been somewhat corrected.
- Piracy. If there wasn't the two above issues, this issue alone would be cause for concern, but with those two it almost kills this platform for software sales.
- Nintento DS/Kids - For whatever reason sony abandoned this market with the PSP and thus that market went to Nintendo. A mistake I hope Sony doesn't make with the PSP2.
Having said this, I have high hopes for the PSP2 and hope that Sony releases it next year.
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TheWorldEndsWithMe |
DonovanTheICEMAN- 4:06pm BST - September 12th, 2008
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Not enough support for the PSP? How about some more support for the PS3 please? I prefer unstealable exclusives over multi-plat. Sony says they won't pay for them, but how about a little schmoozing? "If you build it, they will come" doesn't cut it. How about attaching mini-games to PS3 titles that people can put onto thier PSPs, a lot of people have no idea about the remote play option.
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princevegeta1980
- 6:56pm BST - September 12th, 2008
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Frankly, I'm surprised to see the psp still on the market and I'ts a miracle it's doing so well against nintendo. Look what happend to sega with thier Game Gear and what about the "Neo-geo pocket" (I still have one). For decades nintendo had main controle on hand held systems, so I think this is mostly why dev's are reluctant on making games for psp!
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Walo
- 12:34am BST - September 13th, 2008
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I agree that piracy on the PSP can be a problem(downloading umd games) , but I don't think its widespread like PC piracy. I think that most people who modify PSPs do so to use homebrew apps or to use old systems emulators and not for UMDs. Of course there are the little kids that think all must be free(but pay 50 bucks to get their PSP hacked, ironic...) but those are a minority. I think memory stick space should be used for better things like storing porn videos... lmao. Remember say no to piracy in console games unless you wanna "get spored" lol.
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