Eurogamer has been chatting to the Senior Vice President of merchandising and marketing for Gamestop, Bob McKenzie about the year that has been.
According to Bob, the biggest disappointment this year has been the PSP offerings, or more likely the lack of offerings for the PSP. In June this year Sony went on stage at E3 and promised that we will be getting 70 new PSP titles by the end of the year…
Well unless we are about to get a whole avalanche of titles that goal is never going to be met and as such has been listed as the biggest disappointment for 2010 by McKenzie.
On the other hand Halo: Reach was apparently the biggest surprise which I was surprised about. But apparently the pre-orders and excitement wasn’t really that high before the game was released and Gamestop were not expecting it to reach the numbers it did.
Source: Eurogamer
Last Updated: November 10, 2010
Aussious XBot Leader
November 10, 2010 at 16:05
I am actually considering picking up a PSP this Christmas to download Final Fantasy VII and VIII on PSN.I wouldn’t mind playing both games on the Go!
Geoffrey Tim
November 10, 2010 at 16:10
Gamin Inc. (Incredible connection) has some psp bundles for R999 this week. Pretty sweet price.
Bobby Kotick for Dummies
November 10, 2010 at 16:21
The PSPGo? Dude seriously? You really don’t make any sense. You love Xbox 360 (sigh), xbox live (sweet heavens) and now you want a PSPGo (By Sweet Thor’s left testicle…why?)?
Are you a sado-masochist? :pouty:
Bobby Kotick for Dummies
November 10, 2010 at 16:22
@Aussious – Just get a normal PSP 😀
Aussious XBot Leader
November 10, 2010 at 16:46
Nah its not that crazy, I have nothing against the PSP I just don’t like the PS3! especially since I can play some of those PSOne gems on it like the two best FF games of all time!Hope they release the original MSG on PSN but I won’t hold my breath…
Aussious XBot Leader
November 10, 2010 at 16:46
Thanks I’ll check it out!
Bobby Kotick for Dummies
November 10, 2010 at 17:02
But you can play PSOne games on the PS3… (and not only the ones you download from PSN but your ancient PSOne CDs). By the way, I saw a box of old PSOne games, being sold for R15 a pop at a Cash Crusaders in Milnerton.
Luna
November 10, 2010 at 17:53
I don’t understand why the PSP could do quite this badly. Yeah, the UMD drive is painfully slow, but overall it’s a great little system. But it’s the only system to go up against Nintendo and make a big dent. There are still millions of them out there.
Oh well….
But PSP Go? Don’t waste your money. Games on UMD allow you to have more on your memory stick. Standard PSP has a much bigger screen and the whole thing costs less. 🙂
Bobby Kotick for Dummies
November 10, 2010 at 18:26
@Luna
Yeah, I love my little PSP. It’s a nifty little device, because you can play mp3s, movies, read comics and play games on it.
As for the PSP Go.. wwwaaasstteeeee!!!
aussious
November 10, 2010 at 18:31
Noted luna I just saw a PSP on sale bundled with Tekken for 799.99 so I’m getting it tomorrow now I just need to get acquinted with PSN, does it work like PSN on the PS3?
Luna
November 10, 2010 at 18:51
The PSN store is almost identical, but will only show you PSP content. Here’s the areas it differs:
– You can only have it attached to one PSN account. You don’t have users like you do on PS3.
– You’re not logged in whenever you’re using the system, probably because that uses up more battery power.
– You don’t have your friends list available on it, which I find a disappointment.
But you CAN do things like remote play, which allows you to control your PS3 from anywhere, play videos and music, and even some games like Peggle and PixelJunk Shooter. Most movies and video can be transferred to the PSP, too.
Tekken huh? I wouldn’t mind having that on the go… Gotta finish Lunar, first. ^_^
AC!D
November 10, 2010 at 19:10
The original MGS was released about 2 years ago buddy. Its actually been discounted from its original R95 price a while back also. If you get PSN Plus you can get it for R45.
AC!D
November 10, 2010 at 19:17
Personally i love my PSP. I spent about 80 hours playing the brilliant Valkyria Chronicles 2 and another 60 hours playing the best game on PSP MGS Peace Walker this year. GTA Chinatown wars was also fantastic and ive got GOW: Ghost of Sparta ready to go after i finish putting some time into Black Ops. Next years also looking pretty good with Valkyria Chronicles 3, The 3rd Birthday and FFXIII Agito!
I cant wait for PSP2 and the 3DS next year. Portable gaming has definitely grown on me quite a bit
Luna
November 10, 2010 at 19:19
Let’s pay more for a smaller screen, no UMD, and cramped controls. Meh. 🙂
Luna
November 10, 2010 at 19:20
And Lunar! My driving force for buying any and all systems that have the game. ^_^
Luna
November 10, 2010 at 19:23
And Lunar! It has Lunar! ^_^
No, I’m not obsessed with that game. Honest. *eyes darting back and forth*
Bobby Kotick for Dummies
November 10, 2010 at 20:44
Awesome man, that’s an incredible deal. If you’re into comics, you can also download them from the PSN store (there are a couple free ones)
lans
November 10, 2010 at 20:53
@Bobby Kotick dude that comic book store is pathetic, dont give him false hope, he should just get custom firmware get a comic book app, that is actually awesome and gets good comics ie naruto, or one piece, or even justice league stuff, marvel stuff
aussious
November 10, 2010 at 21:02
Wow thats awesome clearly i’ve been missing out! The GOW games on PSP are on point and I will mos def get dem but its all those PSOne games Im rely looking forward to… My DS will have to forgive me ima put it aside for a couple of months.
aussious
November 10, 2010 at 21:08
One last question how do u hook up the PSP to th internet? I hope its not Wifi reliant like my DS, eventually I had to get a special usb for PC to go on the net with it.
lans
November 10, 2010 at 21:15
@Acid the psp is wifi reliant, but you dont need a psp to download stuff
get this program called Media Go, and you can Access the PSN store on your PC then just plug in your psp via usb to transfer your downloads
The software is called Media Go just google it, its official as well!
there is no better way!
lans
November 10, 2010 at 21:15
@Aussious the psp is wifi reliant, but you dont need a psp to download stuff
get this program called Media Go, and you can Access the PSN store on your PC then just plug in your psp via usb to transfer your downloads
The software is called Media Go just google it, its official as well!
there is no better way!
AC!D
November 10, 2010 at 21:38
As far as i know you said you had a PS3 right??? Well if you do then just buy the stuff off PSN on your PS3. Install it to your PS3 HDD where you can keep it and transfer it over to your PSP via USB cable anytime you want. I use this method because storage on PSP is limited and even the PS1 games like MGS, FFVII, FFVIII,FFIX and others range between 1 to 2 GB. So basically if you run out of space on your PSP you can delete without the need to download off PSN again. This is helpfull if you want to play again months later since youll have it saved on your PS3 HDD.
AC!D
November 10, 2010 at 21:40
Also rather purchase a PSP3000 over a PSPGo because not all games are available to download off PSN and some youll need to buy at a retail store on UMD. Stupid by Sony i know but what can you do.
Luna
November 10, 2010 at 21:59
Just basically confirming that all these methods are correct. ^_^
Media Go is Sony’s official software to put stuff on the PSP very easily from your PC. It even has the PS store available, and all you need is a standard USB to mini USB, which I think comes with it.
And yeah, downloading to your PS3 is easy. Then you just hit X on the thing, it’ll tell you to transfer it to your PSP, which just hooks up with the same cable your controller charges with. PS1 games are a lot harder to trasfer. You have to hit triangle and tell it to copy. *phew* A real challenge. ^_~ lol sorry, just sarcasm there.
And then, you can use it with wifi and download directly to the PSP.
lans
November 10, 2010 at 22:04
@Luna i can’t believe you actually agreed to something i said,o.o
thanks for not freaking out on me i make lots of mistakes anyway so i can breath and be myself
thank you
aussious
November 11, 2010 at 07:14
Thanx lans now that you mention it I actually have the software on my PC it came with my Sony Ericsson phone it even has shortcuts to the PlayStation store!