Sony's Future?

[Xantar]

Originally posted by Perfect Stu
Sony doesn't have to negotiate with developers like your Metal Gear reference. Playstation 2 is, and will continue to be the most attractive platform if you want to sell units of software. If anyone would have to make those type of negotiations, it would be Microsoft or Nintendo (like they did with Squaresoft).

I think you may have missed my point here. The Playstation 2 will undoubtedly continue to be the most attractive platform to develop for. But when it comes down to the PSP or the GBA, which do you think developers will choose? Well, the GBA has a vastly larger userbase and is cheaper to develop for. So how's Sony going to get games for the PSP? You might think that they'd negotiate with developers and pull a sort of reverse of Nintendo's tactic (whereas Nintendo said, "Develop for our console or we won't let you develop for our handheld," Sony might put it the other way around). All I'm saying is that tactic won't work.

Oh, and Xantar...do you know how much a quality portable DVD player costs? :eek:

Yes, I do. And if I'm not mistaken, the PSP will not be anything like a replacement for a DVD player of any kind. Aside from its relatively low resolution screen, it doesn't play DVD size disks.