PSP is dead?

wiiU is outselling the psp in japan now...

so you know for sure its dead.

KBFloYd

Its still on its last life. There has been a few game releases this year already.

there are still games being released for it, but not many, and a lot of them dont come state side. If you are looking for new games for the psp, for the most part, you are out of luck, but there are still tons of great games already released for it that you can get.

its still supported on the PSN too, at least there is that.

In Japan, PSP is, most likely, in its last year, and it's living an amazing ending, with lots of games of good average quality and consistent software sales. Of course, the flow of AAA games has ended, but every week some PSP games (RPGs, Tactical RPGs, Visual Novels, etc.) enter the Japanese top 10, selling well above the 100,000 units just in the first week. In the last 30 days, three good hits have been 7th Dragon 2020 and Shining Ark (Sega) and Sword Art Online (Namco Bandai).

On the contrary, in the West, someone decided that, for some reason, "PSP is dead". This mantra spread out so quickly and strongly that PSP died for true, leading Square Enix to cancel the 2012 release of Final Fantasy Type-0. As for western developers, their contribution to the PSP in the last year has been, basically, zero.

So, yes, if you don't know Japanese and don't import Japanese games, the PSP is dead, just when in Japan is living a beautiful (final) phase.

there are still games being released for it, but not many, and a lot of them dont come state side. If you are looking for new games for the psp, for the most part, you are out of luck, but there are still tons of great games already released for it that you can get.

its still supported on the PSN too, at least there is that.

Jehuty08

wiiU is outselling the psp in japan now...

so you know for sure its dead.

In Japan, PSP is, most likely, in its last year, and it's living an amazing ending, with lots of games of good average quality and consistent software sales. Of course, the flow of AAA games has ended, but every week some PSP games (RPGs, Tactical RPGs, Visual Novels, etc.) enter the Japanese top 10, selling well above the 100,000 units just in the first week. In the last 30 days, three good hits have been 7th Dragon 2020 and Shining Ark (Sega) and Sword Art Online (Namco Bandai).

On the contrary, in the West, someone decided that, for some reason, "PSP is dead". This mantra spread out so quickly and strongly that PSP died for true, leading Square Enix to cancel the 2012 release of Final Fantasy Type-0. As for western developers, their contribution to the PSP in the last year has been, basically, zero.

So, yes, if you don't know Japanese and don't import Japanese games, the PSP is dead, just when in Japan is living a beautiful (final) phase.

michel3105

wiiU is outselling the psp in japan now...

so you know for sure its dead.

KBFloYd

A gaming platform dies when it hasn't got new SOFTWARE anymore, not when some other HARDWARE sells more... :)

my gamestop dont even sell psp ne more they take system but no games are in stock only sports titles and movies

In North America and PAL region. But PSP is still going in Japan/asia some games are still being released. So the PSP is for all intents "Dead" Japan may continue to get a few PSP games until 2014.

The PSP has sold 76 million worldwide or so. That is a great run for Sony's handhald system but for North america R.i.P PSP.

Piracy killed it in the US. I haven't seen a new PSP release in over a year.ItsEvolution

But NISA released the English version of Black Rock Shooter four days ago (download only)...

It's about as dead as a dead horse. Can we just get over this already?Granpire

No, we can't.

Not while Namco Bandai and Tecmo still plan to release titles like God Eater 2, Summon Night and Toukiden. And not while games like Sword Art Online or Shining Ark sell more than 100,000 units in few days...

I think that we will put this platform to rest at the end of this year, but not before...

It's coming out later this summer, I guess. And for both PSP and PSVita, so it will be a chance to assess the "liveliness" of the Sony handhelds in respect to eachother.

But, as usual, an English version is not confirmed... :(

More like PSV is dead. PSP still sells and it gets more games than the PSV.

More like PSV is dead. PSP still sells and it gets more games than the PSV.

lilnazar

It's a shame that the PSP has almost no new western releases. I want so much to play a localized Final Fantasy Type-0 :cFaeLKuN

More like PSV is dead. PSP still sells and it gets more games than the PSV.

lilnazar

PSP is dead. (in north america at least) People were not aware of this?

It is my favorite system though, and I'm still playing it.