According to PSLS, Sony will be releasing an updated PSP handheld before the holiday season this year, one that will add significant hardware changes.
The PSP-4000 revision, according to sources, will be announced at the upcoming E3 event.
Debunking past rumors, touchscreen will not be added but the proprietary UMD format is a thing of the past. With the removal of the disc drive, ... [ read the full article ]
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Heh heh. Blaming piracy does seem to be the new way of doing things. I wonder if that allows them to get some sort of write off in taxes or something.
When did companies stop accepting their own failures? Seriously.
Doesn't anyone remember the Nintendo Virtual Boy? Thing was a HUGE gimmick that gave a lot of people serious headaches... Nintendo accepted failure. They didn't blame other things, they stopped production, and began working more on other things.
Heck, look at the Dreamcast. It really did fail because of piracy, I mean, you didn't even have to mod the system to do it. Thing was begging to be demolished in sales. But when it failed, even then, Sega admitted defeat. They didn't say "If people weren't downloading it would've worked!" or "Sales are down because people are ripping us off!" Nope. They just opted to stop making hardware, decided that it wasn't a profitable way for them to go.
It seems that five or ten years ago, things shifted. Statistics have shown that since the RIAA formed, illegal downloading has decreased by a huge margin... But companies are blaming piracy for their losses more than ever. I don't condone piracy at all, but companies need to stop using it as an excuse/crutch with investors. They need to take responsibility and say "Yes, this did badly. Here are some new ideas that might fare better." Look how well something different worked for Nintendo, they're still raking it in, they didn't even need to be cutting edge, they used hardware that is basically the last generation, and their motion technology is more than a decade old, it's just something that hadn't been done in a home gaming console before. (Gameboy's aren't considered a 'home' console, they are a portable console.)
I really hope things improve soon, and companies start learning real lessons about their sales.
Dunno if piracy stopped sales of the Dreamcast... there were plenty of other factors imo.
"Motion Control"? Wasn't that an effort to encourage people to fling their controllers at the wall in frustration? Thereby having to purchase a new one lol? ...just kidding.
On a lighter note, the figurehead for Ninty in Oz is Olivia Newton-John (Xanado anyone?). Oh yeah, doing her Brain Training, steppin up on the Wii-Fit, go for it Oli, you've still got it baby! "Grease" those sales! I guess it is innovative going after the granny market rofl.
