Comments on: 8 Ways Sony Can Make Sure That The PSP2/NGP Is The Best Handheld Ever

By: tareq salah

tareq salah — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:21:38 +0000

just make games cheaper i would rather pay for ps3 games than psp

By: jbg0623

jbg0623 — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 11:54:19 +0000

ok….see…..that’s BS you can bring a console like expirience on the go. If fact, it was the lack of hardcore games that faulted the original PSP. If they try to release too many casual games, then they might as well be making a smartphone. This is the NGP we’re talking about. Screw the casual gamer.

By: your mother likes it

your mother likes it — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:19:57 +0000

they already bit off Nintendo w/ the NGP’s touch screen XP

By: Lunias

Lunias — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:45:40 +0000

I agree with almost everything posted here. The only exception is the ‘multiple sku’s ‘ section. PSP now has 4 versions, while the DS has… let’s count, shall we?… DS, DS Light, DSi, DSi XL, and coming to the ‘true successor’, the 3DS. Nintendo has multiple versions, just like Sony. It’s still a good point, though.
Good article! If Sony did everything on the list, the NGP would surely succeed!

By: aquaman22

aquaman22 — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:48:35 +0000

Damn gamingbolt i’ve been preaching the SAME thing to my friends and on blogs man lol. I really liked what you mention in the article about opening the NGP to more than just hardcore gamers, because there’s a very wide market out there. I also liked what you mentioned about the sdk although i would assume that Sony has shipped out and reached out to developers about that already, having learned the lesson from the OLD PS3 days, when developers did not “understand’ the console. Lastly of course and most importantly the price SHOULD remain at 250.00 if it’s to compete with 3DS. So get your game faces on Sony and Help a brother out in affording the NGP PSP XYZ or whatever you want to call that new baby lol Aqua Out!!!

By: rak33n

rak33n — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:58:35 +0000

what they should do is make it in 3d to compete with 3ds

By: Austin

Austin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:59:14 +0000

In reply to Red. you absolutely nailed it, mate

By: Austin

Austin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:57:30 +0000

The DS is the most popular handheld of all time not because it tries to be like a console with the most powerful specs, but because it offers a true handheld experience. Light, fun-centric entertainment.

By: Ad

Ad — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:56:43 +0000

I don’t think the SKU point is completely fair – when they released a new model they discontinued the old. Compare to the DS, where you can still buy the DS Lite, DSi and DSXL at the same time.
Definitely with you on the price and games, although my own view is that the 5 minute games – sudoku, Angry Birds etc – are well served on phones and bringing a handheld to play these is almost redundant. However, we don’t need a Final Fantasy lasting 30 hours on a NGP either.
A good measure might be – you should be able to finish a game on a single charge if you play straight through. 5-6 hours on a campaign would last the best part of a week when travelling to & from work/school.

By: Red

Red — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 18:54:32 +0000

One of the great overlooked facts about the DS’s popularity was the fact that it may have the most eclectic library this generation. “Hardcore” gamers are as casual as casual gamers, they play a handful of games from a scant handful of genres and call themselves hardcore because of the subject matter within those games. Core gamers, however, have always been the type to play anything because, let’s face it, gaming used to have a far greater variety than it does now, so these gamers grew up on being exposed to everything under the sun. This is why the DS had appeal among core gamers, because it provided a library that, despite being wrought with shovelware, offered the kind of variety and willingness to experiment as home consoles used to have before the “hardcore” market drove the price of development too high to produce games that don’t have blanket mainstream appeal.

If Sony wants to make a successful handheld, then they need to learn that creating a console experience is not the route to take. I can get plenty of mainstream console experiences on my consoles. The mobile market has become the defacto risk taking platform because of the lower cost of development, so they would do well to use the PSP2 as a means of taking more risk in the creativity department.

Honestly, if the PSP2 is popular with its promise of mainstream console gaming on the go (Call of Duty mobile? Someone give me a break), then it could drive the price of development just as high as it is on consoles, effectively killing off the last bastion of creative risk taking game design outside of the PC. All in how you look at it.