Sony and analyst agree: PSP needs a defining game

 KBC Securities Japan director of research Hiroshi Kamide says that the “big problem” with Sony‘s handheld game machine, the PlayStation Portable, is that “the games are not so different from those you play at home on the PlayStation 2. Most of the software is knock-offs of PlayStation 2 titles and that won’t do Sony any favours.”

Kamide says that while there’s an abundance of software for the platform, there aren’t any titles in particular that really sell software by the millions unlike games that come for its nemesis the Nintendo DS.

Chief financial officer Robert Wiesenthal of Sony Computer Entertainment America seems to agree with that analysis, as he was quoted saying “there have been a number of titles that have been terrific, but not the one title that defines the product.”

However, Wiesenthal re-assured users of their high-end handheld that if such a title was to come along, it would “galvanize the sales” of the system and make better the chances of the product to reach its target 12-million unit sales mark. Recent estimates made by Sony, however, suggest that the PSP should target a 9-million unit benchmark to be more realistic.

This is not to say that games on the Sony platform haven’t done well. In fact the Monster Hunter franchise, Metal Gear Portable Ops and lately Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War have shown that A-class titles are possible on the platform. However, as Sony puts it, there’s always room for that one big game that will blow everything away.

Via CVG

 KBC Securities Japan director of research Hiroshi Kamide says that the “big problem” with Sony‘s handheld game machine, the PlayStation Portable, is that “the games are not so different from those you play at home on the PlayStation 2. Most of the software is knock-offs of PlayStation 2 titles and that won’t do Sony any favours.”

Kamide says that while there’s an abundance of software for the platform, there aren’t any titles in particular that really sell software by the millions unlike games that come for its nemesis the Nintendo DS.

Chief financial officer Robert Wiesenthal of Sony Computer Entertainment America seems to agree with that analysis, as he was quoted saying “there have been a number of titles that have been terrific, but not the one title that defines the product.”

However, Wiesenthal re-assured users of their high-end handheld that if such a title was to come along, it would “galvanize the sales” of the system and make better the chances of the product to reach its target 12-million unit sales mark. Recent estimates made by Sony, however, suggest that the PSP should target a 9-million unit benchmark to be more realistic.

This is not to say that games on the Sony platform haven’t done well. In fact the Monster Hunter franchise, Metal Gear Portable Ops and lately Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War have shown that A-class titles are possible on the platform. However, as Sony puts it, there’s always room for that one big game that will blow everything away.

Via CVG