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Originally posted by Xantar
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.
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.
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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?
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 It's because the technology is outdated, and people want what's new.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...
*btw, you're making some good points. nice to see some respectable discussion from clashing opinions
(for whatever that's worth)
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