NGP/PSP2

author=mellytan
I'm a big Sony supporter in general despite all the retarded decisions they've made over the years, and would love to have an NGP. But if it's going to cost >$300 USD, I'd rather stick with my PSP-2000 and save the money to buy a PS3.

Anyway, Sony at least needs a new Monster Hunter on board for the NGP to survive in Japan. I'm hoping Capcom sticks with them instead of jumping ship for the 3DS. In the long run, if they could somehow make handheld online gaming really work, they could carve out a (again mostly-Monster Hunters) niche in the market.

Handheld online gaming= Apple I-pod.

As for your Monster Hunter comment, I don't think they need it. They just actually need more games in general. Their current release rate of games is horrible at the moment just for the PSP's out now.

It seems to have quite a bit of technology inside, despite the fact we don't know anythig about it too much. But it was a very interesting and stupid move to release it out of nowhere. Next the PS4 will randomly appear.

But yes, it has quite a few interesting Features, and cool tocuh screen interface, and no 3D, therefore, lowering the intial price of the product. However, I hope they don't make the mistake they made with the first PSP's and completely focus on features instead of games, because that's really hurting them. I mean, I know I said above that they have a lack of games, but most of the current PSP library is crap and so is the PS3's, so they need to focus on gaming more console, and portabloe wise. Oh and a little off topic with the PS3, but Blu-ray is dead/dying. So fanboys can't use that as an excuse toward Xbox 360 fans, or DS fans.

Update: I also forgot to mention the fact that I believe they want this to be download only. I really hope they change that because this idea has already failed them and adding thousands of dollars of inside parts and features isn't going to help that fact. Remember the PSP-Go?

The problem is what was the point of UMD? Because of poor sales, they already lost money off it. But since lots of people still have them, it would be smarter to have the NGP, or a different version of it, have UMD support. I mean, soon, they won't even support the PSP anymore, and all the UMDS in everyones closet will be useless.

SD cards as an alternative to UMDS and Carts are strange to me. I mean, what's the game case going to look like? A paperclip box? Are they going to put the SD cards in UMD size cases?

As for games, the Dual Analog does look useful in many cases. So it could be a godsned to send the Sony portables back up to competing with Nintendo. However, they are doing exactly what the GO did. Which is kinda stupid since the GO failed a little too hard.

Another point is the fact that most games will have to be downloaded. This also means you will have to FREQUENTLY upgrade your NGP over and over again just like the I-Pod. The PSP did this, but not as frequently as the I-pod. Now some actually don't care in the I-pods case. But frequent updates on a device that's not as popular will help it lose sales.

Of course, there are probably a very large amount of features for this thing. This aslo worries me as it seems Sony focuses way more on features then games.

Another worry is what about movies? What happened to movie UMDs? And when this comes out, will movies be on $80 Sd cards? Is Sony going to come out with Blu-ray SD?($100 per movie.) Or will movies only be downloadable? Because that's something the I-pod does to.

The device as shown is also Touch Screen. But with the actual large amounts of button on the console, what games would be able to use both touch screen and buttons. I do think the supposed "tilt" function is a good idea.

All and all, this looks way to risky for its own good. But an interesting idea.