PSPLite on the way?

Patent

The patent for a foldable screen which was featured on QJ yesterday has been causing a stir across the internet. So what could this lead to? Maybe Sony are targetting home territory with the introduction of something smaller, sleeker and overall more ‘cute’. As you will know Nintendo currently dominate the handheld market in Japan and both DS sales were high and the DS lite. Sony could be planning a stab back with a much smaller PSP that has a better design.

The Japanese market is always a hard one to crack. To most people who don’t live in Japan, their gaming market seems to be completely alien to what we would call ‘ours’ in the western world. Sony would certainly be quids-in with a PSP redesign, with the success of the DS lite speaking for itself. Also, things like the low battery life hit Sony hard in the Japanese market, so maybe a higher-capacity battery on a PSP could turn the handheld market in Sony’s favour.
PSP

The problem is, Sony’s PSP is the more technically-advanced handheld console, which most DS gamers will admit. The problem with the PSP is the range of UMD games on sale. There just isn’t nothing good to buy for the PSP. The UMD movie format was another technically advanced feature of the PSP that failed, and UMD games just aren’t selling all too well.

Sony need to pull their finger out and think. Okay a PSPLite would be great, but with a redesign of the PSP there needs to be new features, and the ability to do other things. If all PSPs were homebrew capable, Sony would sell a lot more of their homebrew consoles. There are at least 10 people that I know would buy a PSP, or use their PSP more if all PSPs were homebrew capable. So, listen up to my demand Sony: A PSPLite with a decent price tag, and the release of a new homebrew capable firmware version to keep people buying PSPs! We don’t need kernel mode access as most homebrew games now work in user mode, so there’s no need to worry about ISO loaders. Help us out here and support your customers!

Patent

The patent for a foldable screen which was featured on QJ yesterday has been causing a stir across the internet. So what could this lead to? Maybe Sony are targetting home territory with the introduction of something smaller, sleeker and overall more ‘cute’. As you will know Nintendo currently dominate the handheld market in Japan and both DS sales were high and the DS lite. Sony could be planning a stab back with a much smaller PSP that has a better design.

The Japanese market is always a hard one to crack. To most people who don’t live in Japan, their gaming market seems to be completely alien to what we would call ‘ours’ in the western world. Sony would certainly be quids-in with a PSP redesign, with the success of the DS lite speaking for itself. Also, things like the low battery life hit Sony hard in the Japanese market, so maybe a higher-capacity battery on a PSP could turn the handheld market in Sony’s favour.
PSP

The problem is, Sony’s PSP is the more technically-advanced handheld console, which most DS gamers will admit. The problem with the PSP is the range of UMD games on sale. There just isn’t nothing good to buy for the PSP. The UMD movie format was another technically advanced feature of the PSP that failed, and UMD games just aren’t selling all too well.

Sony need to pull their finger out and think. Okay a PSPLite would be great, but with a redesign of the PSP there needs to be new features, and the ability to do other things. If all PSPs were homebrew capable, Sony would sell a lot more of their homebrew consoles. There are at least 10 people that I know would buy a PSP, or use their PSP more if all PSPs were homebrew capable. So, listen up to my demand Sony: A PSPLite with a decent price tag, and the release of a new homebrew capable firmware version to keep people buying PSPs! We don’t need kernel mode access as most homebrew games now work in user mode, so there’s no need to worry about ISO loaders. Help us out here and support your customers!

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