Acclaim COO David Perry has been busy today. He talked earlier about the PSP2’s lack of a "stupid battery-sucking" UMD drive, and now has just spoken to Kotaku about a possible release window for the PlayStation Portable 2.
"I spoke to a developer who is working on it right now," claimed Perry. "I know this developer is already working on it, so that means they have a prototype. That would sound like a fall release to me."
Fall sounds a bit soon to us, but wishful thinking never hurt anyone. Perry, for one, is excited.
"I’ve been pounding on Sony for a long time to make the Playstation Portable relevant and not to let Apple stroll away with the portable game market," he said. "Look at what Apple is doing now. Why are so many investors investing in Apple game development? Trying to pitch a PSP game to investors right now is brutal."
Indeed it is. With dozens of success stories of struggling iPhone game developers making a gem and striking it rich, third-party developers have been giving the PSP the cold shoulder. Assuming Perry’s claims are correct, Sony’s downloadable distribution strategy for the PSP2 could become a suitable alternative to Apple’s App Store.