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Tind
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Oh no, boku no PFP ;(
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Hiro94
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Well all god things must come to an end eventually. At least there are some more games coming out for it this year.
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revolutionotaku
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Another end of an era in video game history.
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Tenbyakugon
 Posts: 797 Location: Ohio, United States |
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On one hand it's like, "Finally...", but on the other it's like they should keep this and get rid of the Vita.
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Knight-Hart
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lol no it would be stupid to get rid of the Vita. It may not be doing too well, but it's still the best handheld they've got. At least Sony is trying to sell Vitas with this new deal. |
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IanC
Posts: 685 Location: Essex, England |
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Erm, doesn't the PSP still sell well in Japan? This is going to bite sony on the rear. Especially since theres no real upgrade path for games, and downloading isn't popular in Japan.
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Kadmos1
 Posts: 13617 Location: In Phoenix but has an 85308 ZIP |
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Dec. 3, '94 was the release date of the original PS console. Regardless of which version fans like the most, the fact that the various consoles have been around this long means that fans really enjoy the PS consoles.
Is it fair to say that the Vita is the SNES of the PSP? |
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mdo7
 Posts: 6377 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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Yeah just read about this on various gaming websites, I guess the PSP has "officially" ended in Japan. Took Japan long ago.
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Primus
 Posts: 2815 Location: Toronto |
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Last week PSP sold 1479 units in Japan. |
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Chrno2
 Posts: 6172 Location: USA |
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So long to an old friend. Of course it sucks that we never got any of the colors sold here. I could have used a "red" one.
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TheAncientOne
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Typo or Freudian slip indicating your feelings about the PSP? 
Now if only that one ran 3 times faster. |
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Rahxephon91
 Posts: 1859 Location: Park Forest IL. |
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The PSP was a great system towards the end of it's life. It's the real successor of the PS2 with it's tons of Japanese games and jrpgs. Hopefully the Vita is even half the system the PSP was.
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Dfens
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The PSP was a flop stateside, my best friend bought one right when they came out played it a few days and it sat in his closet for many years before selling the dam thing.
It was the better handheld system graphics wise which isn't saying much but it had no games worth buying, Then the movies fizzled out and no more where released for it. My other friend kept his this long since their where a bunch of Japanese Import games he bought for it mostly Anime inspired games. Hell I can't even think of anyone in public playing one that I can recall. But I've seen many people, especially kids with the Nintendo DS. When I was in the hospital 4 years ago my buddy loaned me his DS and it was a blast to play while stuck in bed that I almost wanted to buy one. About time they put the thing down it was long past it's time they should have did it years ago. |
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Primus
Posts: 2815 Location: Toronto |
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PSP likely sold over 20 million units in North America. That's a shocking amount for a flop platform with no games. 
You shouldn't project. |
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Rahxephon91
Posts: 1859 Location: Park Forest IL. |
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The PSP was actually a pretty good success. It's no flop. It's the software sales that tapped off.
I also find it hard to believe the system has no games when it's library is pretty incredible when it comes to exclusives. Add in the fact that it can play PS1 games and you have an amazing system with plenty to play. It's a shame it wasn't alive longer here as we missed plenty of good games. |
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