PSP2 Will Ditch the UMD, May Rival Xbox 360 In Horsepower

[nintendoom]

Sony...... just quit at the handheld industry... youre just trying to port your present games in a present handheld

 

[Rydian]

No they haven't.
The PSP prices are almost identical to their Nintendo Counterpart's.

*Performs quick check on eBay*
Yep, near identical, perhaps at most a £20 difference which doesn't even get into the much higher than Nintendo bracket.

You're seriously checking ebay to see how companies price their systems?

PSP 3000 - $170
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16868110036

DS Lite - $130
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16868100032

DSi - $150
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16868100049

DSi XL - $170
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16868100057

Retail prices.

 

[lakaiskateboarding]

Making a portable device with the power of a Xbox 360 is not possible yet, unless they are gonna make a laptop or something like that...

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Sony...... just quit at the handheld industry... youre just trying to port your present games in a present handheld

Because Nintendo isn't try to do that at all. It's not like they're throwing their old N64 games on their upcoming console just for a quick buck.

Oh wait...

As for price, it would not surprise me if they undercut 3DS pricing. Sony has a rare opportunity to be the cheaper console this generation. Last gen they believed that carrying the Playstation name would sell it but it got pretty hard beat by the DS. Seeing as the DS was cheaper from the get-go helped. Even if Sony sells this for $200 (with the 3DS launching at around $250-$300), they may be able to get a decent foothold. Price cuts have worked for Sony in the past, the Slim did help significantly increase their PS3 sales.

 

[KevInChester]

Odds on Sony using some of this power to support 3D glasses? (combined with 120hz screen)

 

[Rydian]

I don't think the PSP2's going to play games at 120FPS. XD

 

[RE4zombie]

The original PSP failed due to piracy, and if somebody figures out how to crack this system, Sony handhelds are dead for sure. Nintendo has always destroyed its competitors in the handheld market, who have always had superior tech. I don't think we will see the PSP2 for a while because Sony said they want the original PSP to have a 10-year lifecycle. Sony is going to need a lot of luck to beat the 3DS.

 

[Rydian]

The original PSP failed due to piracy, and if somebody figures out how to crack this system, Sony handhelds are dead for sure. Nintendo has always destroyed its competitors in the handheld market, who have always had superior tech.

Uh. You know the DS is even easier to pirate on than the PSP, and it's use for piracy is way more widespread, as there's not a single system that can't be pirated on.

So by that logic why isn't Nintendo dead? Well it's not piracy killing stuff.

Nintendo says so. http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=259065

 

[Anakir]

Can it run Crysis?

 

[SparkFenix]

Can it run Crysis?

Oh snap.

 

[DSGamer64]

Sony...... just quit at the handheld industry... youre just trying to port your present games in a present handheld

Because Nintendo isn't try to do that at all. It's not like they're throwing their old N64 games on their upcoming console just for a quick buck.

Oh wait...

As for price, it would not surprise me if they undercut 3DS pricing. Sony has a rare opportunity to be the cheaper console this generation. Last gen they believed that carrying the Playstation name would sell it but it got pretty hard beat by the DS. Seeing as the DS was cheaper from the get-go helped. Even if Sony sells this for $200 (with the 3DS launching at around $250-$300), they may be able to get a decent foothold. Price cuts have worked for Sony in the past, the Slim did help significantly increase their PS3 sales.

Sony can't afford to undercut Nintendo in hopes of selling their next device, the PS3 hasn't even been profitable for the last few years, what makes you think Sony will be able to make their next PSP affordable if it's as powerful as they claim? No technology has been developed to do what the 360 can in such a small form factor yet and even if it was remotely possible to do so, it would be expensive as hell to do it with production costs breaking the thousand dollar mark.

And bringing back land mark games that had an impact on the industry isn't a bad thing, especially when they are being upgraded and enhanced for a new look and feel. Some of those old games are still fun to play as well, so I don't see what the big deal is. I highly doubt the PSP2 has 360 level power, that's pretty much impossible seeing as how even the most top end laptop computers with performance similar to the 360 are monsters in size, there is no way to shrink it down to something that might fit in your pocket.

 

[DSGamer64]

The original PSP failed due to piracy, and if somebody figures out how to crack this system, Sony handhelds are dead for sure. Nintendo has always destroyed its competitors in the handheld market, who have always had superior tech. I don't think we will see the PSP2 for a while because Sony said they want the original PSP to have a 10-year lifecycle. Sony is going to need a lot of luck to beat the 3DS.

No, the PSP failed cause the majority of games for it either suck or are of average quality. That plus the analog nub is in a retarded place.

 

[Joe88]

That plus the analog nub is in a retarded place.

right next to the dpad is a retarded place

I guess they should have put it on top of the psp for better controlz

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Sony can't afford to undercut Nintendo in hopes of selling their next device, the PS3 hasn't even been profitable for the last few years, what makes you think Sony will be able to make their next PSP affordable if it's as powerful as they claim? No technology has been developed to do what the 360 can in such a small form factor yet and even if it was remotely possible to do so, it would be expensive as hell to do it with production costs breaking the thousand dollar mark.

And bringing back land mark games that had an impact on the industry isn't a bad thing, especially when they are being upgraded and enhanced for a new look and feel. Some of those old games are still fun to play as well, so I don't see what the big deal is. I highly doubt the PSP2 has 360 level power, that's pretty much impossible seeing as how even the most top end laptop computers with performance similar to the 360 are monsters in size, there is no way to shrink it down to something that might fit in your pocket.

Actually Sony has made a profit. Sure they lose money for each console they sell but software sales have begun to fill the gap. They've already reported software sales outweighing production costs.

Sony may not have had "landmark" games like Ocarina of Time but they still had some kick ass games on their system that are worth porting. It's just unfair to accuse Sony of doing something Nintendo has been doing for quite a while.

I doubt it'll have the power of the 360 but it'll probably be able to fake it somehow. Like the 3DS isn't nearly as powerful as a 360 or PS3 but some of the side-to-side screenies show it pretty damn close. Odds are the PSP2 will just be a little closer to mimicking it, kinda like the current PSP and say the PS2. Games like Peace Walker, Chains of Olympus, and Ghost of Sparta look better than most PS2 games but (I think) the PSP is a weaker platform, specs wise.

 

[Bladexdsl]

Can it run Crysis?

nothing on earth can run crysis it's a myth!

 

[mangaTom]

If we consider this article to be true, wouldn't the game development cost high and will not be portable-friendly(price aspect)?

 

[Rydian]

EA's senior vice president confirms they've been shown it and can't say anything.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=273297