EA says Sony must take action with the PSP to gain on the DS

[purbeast0]

Step up Sony!

Sony must take action on PSP, says EA?s Gardner

13:00, Aug 11th by Neil Long
PSP has come under fire from super-publisher EA this week in yet another PR headache for Sony.
As the criticism and negative press for PlayStation 3 continues to mount, Sony has the fresh challenge of dealing with disgruntled EA executive VP and COO of worldwide studios David Gardner, who believes that PSP is falling behind rival Nintendo DS.

?I don?t think Sony can afford to sit back,? Gardner told MCV. ?I think they still have things they can do with the price and performance of the machine ? things that they need to address.?

He went on to reveal that the strong performance of DS has now led EA to re-consider its priorities.

?There?s no doubt that EA has historically bet more on PSP. I think we were excited by the technology, but the consumers have proven that actually what they want is fun. We must never forget that what we need to focus on is fun and so EA is putting more effort behind DS games ? and creative ones that really take advantage of the hardware.?

PSP has only recently been overtaken by DS in terms of hardware sales (MCV 07/07) and, with DS titles perform

 

[Queasy]

The PSP is getting the Dreamcast treatment from EA.

 

[BobDaMenkey]

What they need to do is make unique and fun games for the PSP instead of just porting fscking everything from the PS2 that is mediocre.

 

[KillerAngel]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
Step up Sony!

Sony must take action on PSP, says EA?s Gardner

13:00, Aug 11th by Neil Long
PSP has come under fire from super-publisher EA this week in yet another PR headache for Sony.
As the criticism and negative press for PlayStation 3 continues to mount, Sony has the fresh challenge of dealing with disgruntled EA executive VP and COO of worldwide studios David Gardner, who believes that PSP is falling behind rival Nintendo DS.

?I don?t think Sony can afford to sit back,? Gardner told MCV. ?I think they still have things they can do with the price and performance of the machine ? things that they need to address.?

He went on to reveal that the strong performance of DS has now led EA to re-consider its priorities.

?There?s no doubt that EA has historically bet more on PSP. I think we were excited by the technology, but the consumers have proven that actually what they want is fun. We must never forget that what we need to focus on is fun and so EA is putting more effort behind DS games ? and creative ones that really take advantage of the hardware.?

PSP has only recently been overtaken by DS in terms of hardware sales (MCV 07/07) and, with DS titles perform

*cough*BS*cough*

 

[ballmode]

DS ftw

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
Step up Sony!

Sony must take action on PSP, says EA?s Gardner

13:00, Aug 11th by Neil Long
PSP has come under fire from super-publisher EA this week in yet another PR headache for Sony.
As the criticism and negative press for PlayStation 3 continues to mount, Sony has the fresh challenge of dealing with disgruntled EA executive VP and COO of worldwide studios David Gardner, who believes that PSP is falling behind rival Nintendo DS.

?I don?t think Sony can afford to sit back,? Gardner told MCV. ?I think they still have things they can do with the price and performance of the machine ? things that they need to address.?

He went on to reveal that the strong performance of DS has now led EA to re-consider its priorities.

?There?s no doubt that EA has historically bet more on PSP. I think we were excited by the technology, but the consumers have proven that actually what they want is fun. We must never forget that what we need to focus on is fun and so EA is putting more effort behind DS games ? and creative ones that really take advantage of the hardware.?

PSP has only recently been overtaken by DS in terms of hardware sales (MCV 07/07) and, with DS titles perform

Please, like EA has any room to talk about getting their asses in gear or addressing problems.

for the record, i don't own any handheld or console system.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: BobDaMenkey
What they need to do is make unique and fun games for the PSP instead of just porting fscking everything from the PS2 that is mediocre.

yeap. everything for the PSP is just ports . not much fun in that. At least with the DS there are some good ports and unique games.

edit: that being said the price is what @199? i am tempted to purchase it for that price. IF it hits $150 i will buy it

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: KillerAngel

Originally posted by: purbeast0
Step up Sony!

Sony must take action on PSP, says EA?s Gardner

13:00, Aug 11th by Neil Long
PSP has come under fire from super-publisher EA this week in yet another PR headache for Sony.
As the criticism and negative press for PlayStation 3 continues to mount, Sony has the fresh challenge of dealing with disgruntled EA executive VP and COO of worldwide studios David Gardner, who believes that PSP is falling behind rival Nintendo DS.

?I don?t think Sony can afford to sit back,? Gardner told MCV. ?I think they still have things they can do with the price and performance of the machine ? things that they need to address.?

He went on to reveal that the strong performance of DS has now led EA to re-consider its priorities.

?There?s no doubt that EA has historically bet more on PSP. I think we were excited by the technology, but the consumers have proven that actually what they want is fun. We must never forget that what we need to focus on is fun and so EA is putting more effort behind DS games ? and creative ones that really take advantage of the hardware.?

PSP has only recently been overtaken by DS in terms of hardware sales (MCV 07/07) and, with DS titles perform

*cough*BS*cough*

In the USA it's true. Until very recently the PSP was outselling the DS. I actually think that the original DS never outsold the PSP, but the DS Lite is what is selling like hotcakes, putting it past the PSP.