More than game : Sony moves against Apple with PSP Tunes

[Arkaign]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11...sp_media_tool/

My question is, is Sony focusing on everything *BUT* games for the PSP?

That said, I'd take a PSP over an Ipod in a heartbeat.

Still, even with 10 million PSPs sold supposedly, I think they need to raise the bar on games production, and work on lowering the price to $199 or so. I know it will be pretty hard given the price of the components, especially that screen.

Sony looks like it's going to be a real tough nut to crack for Apple, in terms of mobile multimedia. Wonder what will be selling for Xmas 06, Ipod Video, or PSP?

[EricRyan34]

Before the PSP was released, I said to myself that i would never buy one. But all the recent talk of Emulation on it sounds friggin cool, I would take PSP over anything Apple anytime of any year

[chrisbid]

300 dollars for 1GB of storage and a big screen or
300 dollars for 30GB of storage, a smaller screen, and TV out capabilities

the problem with convergence is that the value-add features are either a)not very practical, or b)come at the expense of the units main feature.

the PSP has the word playstation in it. it is supposed to be a game machine first and foremost. so far it has not, and until it establishes itself as a game machine, it will continue to flounder.

[sharp]

Why I would take a PSP isntead of the iPod. Ipod is designed for music in the first place, much smaller and has much more storage space. I really don't get what SOny is doing with the PSP. I just see loads of stupid movies being released which I won't buy anyway. The only game I would like to play is Lumines. I am happy to own a iPod and DS and as long as Sony try to keep making playstation a multimediacenter I didn't ask for I won't buy one.

For emulation I will go for the new version of the GP32. I prefer this for emulation as it's complete open source so you won't have all the crap with new firmware.

[Ed Oscuro]

Note that all new versions of the iPod are shipping with an integrated screen for video. Really and truly. They aren't making non-video iPods anymore, and their video line has been collapsed into the iPod line.

[boatofcar]

In related news, iTunes Video Sales Top One Million.

[kevin_psx]

(shrug)

Technologies merge. First we had calculators. Then graphing calculators. Then calculators/e-pads. Now the calculator is all but dead - replaced with a mini-computer called Palm.

The same thing's happening in portables. We used to have games or TV or music. Separate. But over time these technologies are merging into a single entertainment portable.

That's life.

Course i still don't need/want portable music, tv, games so I won't buy any of those, Ipod or PSP.