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Originally posted by Perfect Stu
what did you mean by this ("Movies won't look too good on that thing. And if the screen size isn't very big anyway, people might prefer to just get a dedicated movie player"), then?
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Let's put it this way:
We've been watching TV at 640 x 480 resolution for a long time now. That resolution is about as old as television itself. At this point, people will not accept anything less for watching movies and shows. Your average PSP owner will either buy a dedicated movie player or just give up on watching movies on the road altogether and do something else like play games or read a book. Very few people will put up with the lower resolution. I don't think that there is so much demand for portable movie watching that people will settle for subpar quality. Movie playback on the PSP will be a gimmick, not a selling point.
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And about attracting developers, at the very least they'll have all of the dedicated 3D software. I would assume that a lot of companies would like to venture into making 3D handheld games for a handheld Playstation system. There's a reason why relatively nobody makes PSone or N64 games anymore, and it has nothing to do with the console's installed base. It's because the technology is outdated, and people want what's new. Just something to think about...
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I think you are approaching this the wrong way here. Companies follow demand (or what they think will be in demand in the future). It's true, nobody makes Playstation or N64 games any more. But that has nothing to do with developers wanting the latest and the hottest. It's because nobody buys Playstation or N64 games any more.
Companies are not going to start developing for the PSP just because it's the latest thing with technology that makes the GBA somewhat outdated. If that were true, the Game Gear would have gotten a lot more support than the Game Boy and probably beaten it, too. They have to see the demand there first. For that, people have to buy the thing. But why would anybody buy it? Well, it will have to have games that people want. But how's that going to happen if the developers don't see a reason to develop for it? That's what Sony is up against.
I'm not saying that nobody will support the PSP. For one thing, I'm willing to bet money that Final Fantasy games will show up on it. The question is whether the PSP will get
more developers than the GBA. At this point, with the GBA being a giant in the industry, I don't think that's going to happen. And as we know from the console industry, the platform with more developers wins.