Comments on: Why the PSP is the key to Sony's future

Don Reisinger thinks Sony can capitalize on the PSP and turn things around in the video game industry. But will Sony follow his advice and try to make the PSP the central focus in its strategy going forward?

[mjw149]

I wondered why they didn't build their business on the PSP, or a motion sensing home console based on UMDs like PSP.

It's because they don't sell any games. PSP games are tiny (a lot are ~100mbs) and so easy to share online, so they haven't been selling any titles. They sell a ton of PSPs, but no games.

You can't build a business on pirates.

[felderga]

I know this story was written about Sony, but I think it also applies to Nintendo as well. I really don't understand why Nintndo more content for the DS ans Wii. Recently, the big N did add the Nintendo channel and user are now able download demos of game, however more interplay between the two consoles would be awesome. Also Nintendo should think about dropping the price next year to keep pace with the market.

My biggest complaint about the Wii is the lack of multimedia support. I don't care so much about using it as a DVD player, but it really could do a better job of allowing users to play MP3, WMA, ACC as well and DIVX, .Quicktime and AVI files. I currently can stream media using Wimamp Remote (MyOrb), but built-in functionality would be great.

[atish505]

SONY=BIG, FAT, LAZY, Bureaucratic House. Any success of their product including PSP is luck by fluke and not a genius business strategy or product.

The company is too bloated and far too spread out to connect with its potential and existing customers. They can never be Apple (or Google).

DIE SLOW.

[go_live]

PSP Needs the Following:
1. Flash Memory - Kill UMD. CD's are dead. Would make the PSP would be half the size.
2. Playstation Store that can download directly to the PSP current/classic games.
a. Sell games by level for 99 cents. Great games keep going bad one either die or improve.
3. Support Open Platform. Only reason my PSP wasn't collecting dust was because of Homebrew. Firefox for the PSP? Slingbox for PSP?
4. Integrate an accelerometer. Sixaxis PSP anyone?

[laiyh86]

"I'm a firm believer that Sony should bring the price of its console down and drop the price of Blu-ray players to make its format more appealing to consumers." - How about you ask CNET to lower your fee to make it more appealing for them to post your stupid articles? I mean, sure, it's ALL Sony's fault that it a lot of money to build PS3 consoles, forcing them to already sell to consumers at a loss. It is nobody's right to be able to afford to buy a PS3 - I can't afford to get one yet but I understand why Sony has to sell the console at such a price.

[cheezr]

Don,
I am sitting in the smallest room in my house with a printout of your article in front of me. Soon it will be behind me...

CZR

[JCPayne]

Sony should have MERGED the PSP and the Mylo devices together.... That would have made the PSP more able to be an IM device too.

[killersign]

i have had 3 psps two of them are broke and use for parts the last one is hacked so i can play classic games which i own on my snes and n64 gba and gbc its a classic all in one device music my movies my videos my photos not to mention since its hacked my email my radio my universal remote my pda my notepad calculator translator phone tv file transfer system and a lot more (i have 6 memory sticks for it).... the psp is sonys future only if they knew how to market from what the mod community has turned it into