Why do people say PSP failed?

Fanboys, duh?

The PSP didnt fail whatssoever, it actually did pretty good for sony's first handheld.

because it was hyped to destroy the DS.sxdx89

• Well with the whole bringing the handheld out of the ghetto and destroying the DS it failed. 
• With creating a multimedia handheld it failed
• UMD movie format failed

It really didn't 22 million units sold over 50 AAs (Go check for your self) Sure it didn't beat the DS but it put up a good fight which was better than any other handheld sense Gameboy.StarFoxCOM

thats why :|

proof of sold 50 AAs? you got no link no proof nothing

cow said

psp is going to destory ds"

:roll: it didnt that way if it dosent beat or destory ds it a faliure in system wars

It did do a huge amount of damage market-share-wise to a market previously dominated by nintendo. Has any other handheld came anywhere close to nintendo besides Sony? nope.lilrush

Not really seeing as how the DS is selling faster then its precedessor. 

the system is a failure because it didnt live up to this qoute 

"The PSP will elevate portable entertainment out of the handheld gaming ghetto,"

the console is a failure, cause of this.

It did do a huge amount of damage market-share-wise to a market previously dominated by nintendo. Has any other handheld came anywhere close to nintendo besides Sony? nope.lilrush

proof link ??? thought so :|

[QUOTE="StarFoxCOM"]It really didn't 22 million units sold over 50 AAs (Go check for your self) Sure it didn't beat the DS but it put up a good fight which was better than any other handheld sense Gameboy.wavebrid

thats why :|

proof of sold 50 AAs? you got no link no proof nothing

cow said

psp is going to destory ds"

:roll: it didnt that way if it dosent beat or destory ds it a faliure in system wars

He said it sold over 22 million units and has over 50 AA games.

The PSP was supposed to slaughter the DS.  But it didn't.  That is why it failed.-The-G-Man-

Oh please, gamecube and Xbox wanted to destroy PS2 but they didn't. Guess they are failures too :roll:

because the way sony quoted everything was just garbage

i have both DS is alot better but PSP didnt do bad it still wasnt what it was cracked up to be 

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]The PSP was supposed to slaughter the DS.  But it didn't.  That is why it failed.jechtshot78

Oh please, gamecube and Xbox wanted to destroy PS2 but they didn't. Guess they are failures too :roll:

I think Sony blatantly stated they were going to kill the DS with the PSP, if memory serves.  If they didn't, forget what I said.  I don't know if Nintendo or Microsoft said they were going to kill the PS2, but if they did they failed, too.

If a company says their system is going to kill this one but doesn't, it fails.  Otherwise, other systems are just there to compete, not kill each other.

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[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]The PSP was supposed to slaughter the DS.  But it didn't.  That is why it failed.-The-G-Man-

Oh please, gamecube and Xbox wanted to destroy PS2 but they didn't. Guess they are failures too :roll:

I think Sony blatantly stated they were going to kill the DS with the PSP, if memory serves.  If they didn't, forget what I said.  I don't know if Nintendo or Microsoft said they were going to kill the PS2, but if they did they failed, too.

If a company says their system is going to kill this one but doesn't, it fails.  Otherwise, other systems are just there to compete, not kill each other.

To call PSP a blatent failure for any reason is foolish. It has done better than ANY other non nintendo Handheld, and gets bashed way more than deserved.

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[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]The PSP was supposed to slaughter the DS. But it didn't. That is why it failed.-The-G-Man-

Oh please, gamecube and Xbox wanted to destroy PS2 but they didn't. Guess they are failures too :roll:

I think Sony blatantly stated they were going to kill the DS with the PSP, if memory serves. If they didn't, forget what I said. I don't know if Nintendo or Microsoft said they were going to kill the PS2, but if they did they failed, too.

If a company says their system is going to kill this one but doesn't, it fails. Otherwise, other systems are just there to compete, not kill each other.

I guess Sony got arrogant at that time cuz of PS2's success and now they're having trouble with the PS3. 

[QUOTE="sxdx89"]because it was hyped to destroy the DS.Blackbond

• Well with the whole bringing the handheld out of the ghetto and destroying the DS it failed.
• With creating a multimedia handheld it failed
• UMD movie format failed

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"][QUOTE="jechtshot78"]

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]The PSP was supposed to slaughter the DS.  But it didn't.  That is why it failed.jechtshot78

Oh please, gamecube and Xbox wanted to destroy PS2 but they didn't. Guess they are failures too :roll:

I think Sony blatantly stated they were going to kill the DS with the PSP, if memory serves.  If they didn't, forget what I said.  I don't know if Nintendo or Microsoft said they were going to kill the PS2, but if they did they failed, too.

If a company says their system is going to kill this one but doesn't, it fails.  Otherwise, other systems are just there to compete, not kill each other.

To call PSP a blatent failure for any reason is foolish. It has done better than ANY other non nintendo Handheld, and gets bashed way more than deserved.

It's not a blantant failure.  It was actually competition in the handheld market, something Nintendo never had.  But it was a failure at what it set out to do, which was take the crown from Nintendo's head in the handheld market.

Thing i'm a bit confused about is why do people say the PSP has failed when this current generation of portable systems hasn't ended yet?

Just wait until the next gen of portables come out and discontinue manufacturing then we shall see how they both turned out. 

[QUOTE="sxdx89"]because it was hyped to destroy the DS.Blackbond

• Well with the whole bringing the handheld out of the ghetto and destroying the DS it failed. 
• With creating a multimedia handheld it failed
• UMD movie format failed

The first is kind of right but the others are just BS,The umd format failed not the PSP.Also they created a multimedia handheld.You failed.

The PSP was supposed to slaughter the DS.  But it didn't.  That is why it failed.-The-G-Man-

[QUOTE="-The-G-Man-"]The PSP was supposed to slaughter the DS.  But it didn't.  That is why it failed.FrenziedRaldo24

Maybe I should have explained this a little better....

The PSP didn't fail COMPLETELY.  It failed at killing the DS, which it is safe to say it didn't do.

because it was hyped to destroy the DS.sxdx89

Thats the only failure of PSP.    people predicted Sony taking over handheld.

No not really! Yes the DS is winning but the PSP isn't far behind in sales especally now when there are alot of good games starting to come out now. sparkypants

There are simply not enough awsome games to attract most gamers. That is the only reason that I do not have one right now.

because it was hyped to destroy the DS.sxdx89

right there. the amount of hype that piece of crap got was ridiculous. 

I like mine, Its quite the swiss army knife of handhelds.  I like have about 15 UMD movies, and 11 games.  I still think its awesome.  I had a DS, and played the castlevanias, but other than that, it didnt appeal to me as much as PSP.

It really didn't 22 million units sold over 50 AAs (Go check for your self) Sure it didn't beat the DS but it put up a good fight which was better than any other handheld sense Gameboy.StarFoxCOM

now look at the game sales.

http://vgchartz.com/aweekly.php

http://vgchartz.com/japweekly.php

psp is in single digit percent.

ds is in the 40's for percent of software for the week.

it's failed as a game system. it's doing okay as a piece of multimedia hardware. 

How many times do I have to explain this?

Okay, here's the deal. Sony had 3 goals for the PSP.

1) make UMD the successful format

2) beat the DS in sales

3) make a profit

#1 and #2 didn't happen, and I'm very doubtful about #3.

So after that Sony decided to go for taking a chunk out of the DS's sales.

sadly, the DS soon became the most successful and highest selling handheld console nintendo had ever made. Not only did the PSP fail to grab a chunk out of the DS's sales. But the DS actually made the handheld market GROW. The DS was more successful with compition then the GBC/GBA ever was without it.

The PSP failed to meet it's goals, that is the definition of a failure.  

love my psp, sure it doesnt beat DS sales, but compared to everything else PSP sells great. ds is just so far ahead of everything now though.AdamPA1006

as hardware the psp is selling better than most systems this gen except the DS and the wii. but then why are software sales much below that of the 360 (psp has double it's userbase). simply because the users aren't buying the games. they bought the psp to play movies not games. it fails as a gaming system. 

The PSP may not have sold as many as the NDS but it's doing great capturing the core market. Many of my favorite games like MGS Portable Op, Pirates!, Burnout, Outrun, Capcom Collections simply cannot be done right on the NDS.

 It's chipped a sizable chunk off a market dominated by Nintendo and IMO it's a huge success.

[QUOTE="sparkypants"]No not really! Yes the DS is winning but the PSP isn't far behind in sales especally now when there are alot of good games starting to come out now. Carmilla31

It was hyped as a Nintendo Gameboy/DS killer and did nothing of the sort except get killed itself. It had a shoddy movie format in umd which failed miserably. It had a shoddy game format which had excessive loading. It had a shoddy mp3 format which couldnt hold a candle to an ipod. Its losing to Nintendo in America, Europe, AND Japan. The PSP is an 'ok' portable machine and wont be remembered in the future because it did nothing exceptional. People remember Super Mario, Zelda Ocarina of Time, Halo 1, Resident Evil 1. There are no 'classic' PSP games that we will still talk about in 10 years. PSP = failureCarmilla31

yes UMD failed, any "special" person can tell you that. but you arent restricted to using UMD for movies you know. rip and paste.

the loading thing is only up to the devs. lots of PSP games have virtually no load times. please dont play crappy games. its bad for you

 shoddy mp3 format? i dont even understand this. MP3 is a compressionformat, sony didnt make a new format for music. Ipods are horribly over priced and people complain about the PSP's small screen for videos.

and yes PSP does have classic games. every system has them.