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 Posted: Thu, 17th Mar 2005 02:44 Post subject: [PSP] Why PSP may do more harm than good to Sony. |
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1. PSP is being sold as a loss, Sony is going in red by selling this machine too early and too cheap.
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/psp/launch/so...sold-032557.php
2. The gap between software sales and PSP sales is huge! Everyone is buying a PSP but no one is buying the games which Sony depends to compensate for its hardware loses. This is the reason why in north america, Sony forced the value pack bundle and forcing big retailers to bundle the value pack with bunch of games you wouldnt consider even purchasing (EA games). Even though DS also had a bad software line-up, most if not all its games were constantly ranked in top 10 sales, while not so with PSP.
http://www.the-magicbox.com/charts.htm
3. UMD media will obviously fail because of laxed security on Memory sticks and high prices on UMD movies which cost more than a DVD!. It is no surprise that people will download, extract and upload movies they already own into PSP instead of buying it on UMD format. This will be counterproductive to Sony's battle (RIAA) against music/movie piracy by making a machine warez friendly!!!
http://www.firstadopter.com/fa/archives/000693.html
4. People who may consider purchasing a PS2 may now lean on getting a PSP instead, since it doesn't seem there is a big difference in game selection between these two consoles. Not to mention, PSP has almost same power in gfx than a PS2 and can do more than a PS2 and obviously costs cheaper than a PS2 when it was launched. Note that PSP is not profitable to Sony, while PS2 success in sales and games may be damaged by Sony competing against itself.
http://www.us.playstation.com/psp/games.aspx?all
No, we can't say the same with Nintendo, cause DS plays different games than GC as well as the GBA plays different games than both, while there is pretty much no difference between PS2 and PSP in games and gfx other than one being mobile and the other not.
5. Sony now has to diversify it's financial ressources, which is already in a big slum, in many new divisons, now it has to make UMD media and try to keep it alive (which will fail), try to compete against ipod with PSP media capabilities (which will also fail) and also try go compete against Nintendo in handheld games which seems a big risk, since Nintendo has beaten 8 different handheld competitors before. This can also be detrimental for Sony future projects now being forced to concentrate its games and ressources more on PSP than PS3 (which makes sense since PS3 will pretty much be delayed).
Sony financial/management troubles:
a) http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=1...zAs0&refer=asia
b) http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/BDA0...74F3D179771.htm
c) http://www.gamegossip.com/comment.php?id=12305
d) http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4e302fb4-8f1a-11d...000e2511c8.html
Who will benefit from this Sony mistake? Maybe the consumer, maybe the competitors and maybe no one.
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| Posted: Thu, 17th Mar 2005 02:52 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Thu, 17th Mar 2005 03:31 Post subject: |
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nice read but 1 point.... when nintendo released the GB, GB pocket and GB colour none of this speculation was around, i admit it will fail on competing with itself for game sales, i mean who wants to pay for a game twice? i can't wait for a system to come out that allows you to play a portable game on a big tv. i.e. when at home u can plug it into a TV and it acts as a console then when u wanna go it can be taken away, i mean think about it, its not impossible to do. you could even have plastic or rubber coverings over the controller ports. the GBa can kinda link up with the GC and the dreamcast linked up with the memory cards, what's stopping it being reversed?
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| Posted: Thu, 17th Mar 2005 08:39 Post subject: |
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Some interesting points, but these really seem like short term concerns. All Sony really cares about at this point are getting as many PSPs into the consumers' hands as possible. The more PSPs owned, the more developers will want to sign up, the more interest there will be for the system. The other nice thing about the PSP is that there will be some noteworthy titles coming out for it eventually, like Metal Gear Acid and a GTA game. Those are console-selling games, and there will be many more if Sony has their way.
I'll be the first to admit that the DS seems like a perfectly capable gaming system, but in a world of Ipods and portable movie players, doesn't the PSP seem like the more complete package? I think its those extra features, along with its impressive graphics capabilities, that will sustain it.
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| Posted: Thu, 17th Mar 2005 10:20 Post subject: |
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Not all Sonys products are meant to allways be a profit from the start, there is also a lot about marketing as well in regards of a cool, slick, PS2 handheld, movie player, ect.
Think of this scenario. Joe buys a PSP, and then sees that Xbox 2 is coming in November, and PS3 is coming first early 2006. In some cases, the PSP might help the consumer to over look the Xbox 2. And you dont want to release the PSP with it present days cool graphics (if compared with the Ps2.xbox). As when the xbox 2 comes out, the PSP most likely wont look as cool anymore.
But I have to say, a great post.
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| Posted: Fri, 18th Mar 2005 12:43 Post subject: |
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| Siddhartha wrote: | Some interesting points, but these really seem like short term concerns. All Sony really cares about at this point are getting as many PSPs into the consumers' hands as possible. The more PSPs owned, the more developers will want to sign up, the more interest there will be for the system. The other nice thing about the PSP is that there will be some noteworthy titles coming out for it eventually, like Metal Gear Acid and a GTA game. Those are console-selling games, and there will be many more if Sony has their way.
I'll be the first to admit that the DS seems like a perfectly capable gaming system, but in a world of Ipods and portable movie players, doesn't the PSP seem like the more complete package? I think its those extra features, along with its impressive graphics capabilities, that will sustain it. |
don't forget the gba movie player that can be used on DS
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thnx for the info 
I hate sony so to hell they all may go 
