SCEE: PSP connectivity with PS3 is a key factor

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There's so much speculation right now on how [Only registered users can see links. ] will handle [Only registered users can see links. ]. The recent interview with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe ([Only registered users can see links. ]) VP of Publisher and Developer Relations [Only registered users can see links. ] sheds a lot of light regarding the matter.

To begin with, Colaco said that the PSP is actually doing good but people tend to compare its performance with the success of the [Only registered users can see links. ] and PS2. The vice president commented that people always forget that they were new to the handheld space. Concerning main competitor Nintendo DS, Colaco admitted that the PSP was somehow behind it,

Nintendo can take a lot of credit for launching a different type of product for a slightly different consumer and it's done exceptionally well. I think some of the DS games have been fantastic. Where in hindsight we've been short is one or two killer apps that would have been able to drive PSP forward.



Despite that, the official still believes that the business model being employed by Sony with the PSP remains very strong. That said model is actually 20:80 meaning 80 of business will come from the games of the third party developers and publishers. The remaining 20 , needless to say, will come from Sony itself.

When asked about the handheld's future, Zeno Colaco mentioned that the technology behind the PSP is still top-end so that doesn't need to be addressed. The future, the official added, belongs to what the PSP can do in conjunction with the PS3 and the [Only registered users can see links. ],

I think the downloadable element of PSP will be a key factor as we move into 2008; connectibility with PlayStation 3 is a key factor. We've soft pedalled this to date, because we had to concentrate on PlayStation 3, but the PlayStation Network isn't just about PS3 going forward.


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