Mon, Mar 29, 2010 | 11:00 BST
“Sony is running into a brick wall” with PSP, says Pachter
Michael Pachter has said he believes Sony keeps “running into a brick wall” with PSP.
Speaking in the latest Pach-Attack, while he did praise the firm for aiming for the hardcore lot, he stated that it would have been “way more robust as a device than perhaps most consumers are ready for.”
“What they did with the PSP, which I thought was brilliant at the time, was they positioned it older,” said Pachter.
“They said the DS has a bunch of cartoony games, Pokemon and Yoshi, games that are skewed a little bit younger, ‘we’re gonna have the PSP and we’re gonna have Grand Theft Auto, we’re gonna have really cool, edgy Monster Hunter kind of games and we’re gonna capture that older audience’ and it didn’t work.”
He added at the end: “I think Sony is kinda running into a brick wall, trying to compete in that [multimedia device] sector. With that said, I don’t think they’re giving up, I think we’re going to have a PSP-4000, 5000 and 6000. I’m hopeful they come down in price, I’m hopeful games come down in cost for the consumer and they can be competitive.
“But right now, I’d say they’re probably kind of destined to be in second place to Nintendo on the pure game front, and overall in third place [on the entertainment front] with the iPod thrown in.”
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13 comments
#1
Syrok
29/03/10, 11:09 am
The wall of impossibility?
#2
Erthazus
29/03/10, 11:29 am
He is saying that PSP is doomed in the small market share. I don’t agree at all.
for the first Sony handheld device that sold for 60 million units and outsold (!) all previous Nintendo devices. Its an achievement and they are profitable with PSP and that is a good thing.
PSP have a future, they just need to make a right decision next time and release something interesting and different. Of course piracy hurt the PSP sales, but its still selling well.
PSP have a future and bright future. + we have a lot of good games with it. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (true MGS), FFXIII Agito is coming and Resident Evil.
#3
Patrick Garratt
29/03/10, 11:29 am
@1 – *silent scream*
#4
Redh3lix
29/03/10, 11:32 am
Had to sell my PSP as I needed to money, but I miss the hell out of it
I didn’t own a single game, although used it for movies and music all the time. Awesome handheld imo.
#5
sennasnit
29/03/10, 11:39 am
Still got my 1000, i don’t play it for months, then play it solidly for weeks, i have to keep going back. Games are cheap (don’t get copies) I really like it, good first effort from Sony I say.
#6
get2sammyb
29/03/10, 12:00 pm
I don’t think people give the PSP a fair shake. No – it’s not been MASSIVELY successful, but it’s still done decent. It was Sony’s first shot, it’s been riddled with piracy and yet it’s still done very well and for the first time come close to challenging a Nintendo handheld (which no one has succeeded in).
I just don’t understand where people come from talking like the PSP has been some kind of burning failure.
#7
pleasant_cabbage
29/03/10, 12:00 pm
“for the first Sony handheld device that sold for 60 million units and outsold (!) all previous Nintendo devices”.
wat
#8
pleasant_cabbage
29/03/10, 12:01 pm
Imo the piracy has helped sell the psp… hasn’t helped sell games but there you go.
#9
DrunkGorilla
29/03/10, 12:07 pm
The only thing that disturbs me is to know that an Asshole like Michael Patcher receive a salary every month to trash-talk about any possible argument, from japanese ramen to the sexual habits of the ants…and..well…videogames! How the hell is possible that this guy is STILL permitted to be called a “Videogame Analyst” after years of non-sense previsions and wrong arguments??!! Ridicolous…
#10
2plus2equals5
29/03/10, 12:25 pm
Why people pay attention to Patcher, the least of analysts?
He never made a single good analysis…
About the psp, i think that the results are really good for a newcomer against nintendo’ s reign.
My analysis(i’ m not an analystXD) is that a “normal” psp2 probably will have even more problems with 3ds.
#11
Bulk Slash
29/03/10, 3:04 pm
I’m quite pleased with my PSP Go at the moment, I’m playing it a lot more than I used to play my old PSP.
My DS has hardly been switched on recently, which I think is a reflection of the lack of interesting games for it of late. You can always tell when a new Nintendo handheld is on the way, games for the old system totally dry up!
Sony’s problem with the PSP is that it’s not as powerful as a home console, so it can’t really compete there and it’s not as unique as the DS so it struggles to be distinctive and original. Sony always talk about being innovative, but the PSP’s problem is that it’s just a small Playstation with only one analogue stick.
#12
DaMan
29/03/10, 3:14 pm
they said it themselves (Phil Harrison iirc) years ago that it was a mistake to make a pocket PS2.
#13
frostquake
30/03/10, 1:49 am
When they started their Comic Book Download Service, I was Man what a HEll of a waste…I WILL NEVER buy any Comics…Well..I now have 86 comics on my PSP and want more more and more..if they could get gaming magazines or other magazines like Nude sheep monthly I would buy even more ROFL!