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"Mattinglyfan" <Estoscacahuates@comcast.net (deez nuts)> wrote in message
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> "Richard Strong" <richard.strong@ntl'remove'world.com> wrote in message
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> > "Fred Liken" <fredliken@toocool4school.com> wrote in message
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> >> "MS#1Fanboy-JoJo" <jojo@cox.net> wrote in message
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> >> They called it to be sold out everywhere? Huh, where?
> >>
> >>> Word of advice to Freddy. Stop reading after the first few paragraphs
> >>> and you
> >>> will go away happy because the last five or so paragraphs are gonna
kill
> >>> you.
> >>
> >>>
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/03/31/news_6121383.html
> >>
> >> "Sony's come out and said their target customer for PSP is 18- to
> >> 34-year-olds. And that's really what they did with the original
> >> PlayStation. That's what grew console business from being a $2 to $3
> >> billion a year business in the US to what it is today. I think we have
> >> the same opportunity here with portable."
> >>
> >> He's speculating that "18 to 34" year olds are going to buy hand helds
> >> because they bought consoles. Quite a leap of logic. We'll see. So
> >> far, it's been as I predicted, limited interest.
> >>
> >
> > I have to agree with this point, it's just not the same market. It's a
> > handheld gadget... people buy them because they "look cool", it's more
of
> > an impulse buy than anything else.
> >
> > As a movie player it isn't particularly great, and it isn't much of a
> > rival to the iPod...
>
> That isn't what financial experts are saying. As a matter of fact, there
> was a story on CNN (don't know for sure) about Ipod's price drop being
> directly connected to the release of the PSP.
>
> >I don't think those features are going to significantly elevate it above
> >past handhelds to the level of consoles. To me, the prospect of playing
on
> >a PSP doesn't *feel* the same as playing on a console.
> >
>
> Some deal in prospects while those of us who are playing are experiencing
> the reality and it has squashed the aprehension.
>
> > I'm not going to buy a PSP because experience tells me I'm going to
become
> > bored with it, that's the way it was with the gameboy series (although I
> > would buy the next generation gameboy...) and it's the way it's going to
> > be with the PSP.
> >
> > It's all especially true when you look at the games being released for
the
> > PSP; they're games you could find on the PS2. You're not going to sit at
> > home, and play on a tiny PSP when you could be playing the same kind of
> > games on a PS2 in front of a massive television. No one in their right
> > minds would buy a huge library of games for their PSP (cost
> > considerations) if they're just going to play them on the move.
> >
>
> I guess there are a lot of people not in their right mind. There are
> 100,000's of people who are at home playing their PSP's as we speak. It
is
> something I can do while watching TV which is something I couldn't do with
> my PS2 unless I put it on split screen and then you lose quality sound
with
> either TV or the game. I understand everything you are saying and it is
> quite logical. Unfortunately, logic goes right out the door as soon as
you
> start playing with one of these bad boys. You can believe all the hype
you
> want about it not being a good MP3 player or video player but anyone who
has
> used it extensively as either (I have only done video to any great degree)
> will be able to tell you much different. I used the software and
converted
> an episode of The Office and it is so sweet.
I agree. I fully expected to be interested in the PSP almost solely as a
game machine, yet for the first three days after purchasing one, I spent
more time watching Spider-Man 2, listening to MP3's, and organizing pictures
into slide shows. It's like I almost entirely forgot about it from a game
playing perspective! And all the non-gamers I've shown it to have expressed
an interest in the device because a) it's a cool new electronic gadget, and
b) it plays movies and music and shows pictures, and c) it also plays games,
which they aren't interested in for themselves but for their kids.
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