The Demise of Sony’s PSP
August 21st, 2006 by Matt Whitlock
-Courtesy TechLore.com
Not long ago, everyone was excited about Sony’s PSP. Why shouldn’t we have been? It’s by far the most technologically advanced handheld device that has ever been conceived. It plays games, music, and movies, and even surfs the Internet when connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot. It’s a very versatile handheld device, one that could have been the biggest thing since sliced bread. But like so many gadgets that have come before, the PSP is currently sitting idle in the closets of its once rabid fan base. The biggest question is why?
Peter Redmer, a gaming enthusiast from the Chicago suburbs, is one of many disappointed PSP owners. “I was so excited about the release of the PSP. I scraped together all the loose change I could find, and even traded in some of my older games to get one, but now…
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August 23rd, 2006 at 9:37 am
[...] Despite my own reluctance to invest in a PSP, I’ve always thought of the device as being very successful, but Live Digitally links to a great article by Matt Whitlock with TechLore, who seems to feel that Sony’s PSP is already outdated and that they made a number of mistakes along the way. One of the mistakes that he cites is Sony’s desire to be all things to all people. In some ways this is consistent with their PS3 strategy where they are forcing consumers to buy a Blu-ray player if they want to own a PS3, yet I still have to disagree with Matt that this contributed to Sony’s “failure” in respects to their PSP. I actually think that part of Sony’s success with the PSP came because people knew that they could go beyond video games on the console and it’s multi-functionality was a good selling point for the device. By enabling the device to play movies and music, Sony created a much more compelling product then limiting the PSP just to the gamer audience. [...]