Topic: PSP to target apple and iPod? huh? as low as 60 dollars?

[seven_chaos]

yes yes, Steve Jobs is KING!!!!

[Fluke Worm]

I would love to see Nintendo and Apple team up to kick M$ in the teeth.

[manunited4eva22]

When was the last time apple kicked microsoft in the teeth anyway?

[Fluke Worm]

Quote
When was the last time apple kicked microsoft in the teeth anyway?

ok.. Maybe with a little encouragement from Nintendo Apple could get all huffy like; then get all up in Microsoft's face; mutter some slur and run away.
Seriously though I don't know how praticle or feasible  it would be for Apple & Nintendo to make any kind of "alliance" but it just seems to me that they're in a somewhat similar boat and more importantly they both have a very large common enemy. You know the saying> "The enemy of your enemy..."

[Majexto]

Why do they put so much junk into one device, its just more for the thing to break.  Why do they have to add a cell phone?  I think a mp3 player + gaming system would be tight but with a cell phone no.  And the PSP design or what they say is the design looks way better than the ngage.  If Apple and Nintento came togethor that would be awsome.

[darknight06]

Check this article from Gamespy out.

http://gamespy.com/solefood/january04/sf16/

Made me come real close to choking on my drink...

Oh yeah, and they say the PSP is going to be released in November of this year.

[KDR_11k]

May I ask what makes the PSP better than the other competition the GB has faced?

[vudu]

sony is a household name.  3do isn't (wasn't).

name recognition is very big, especially among mainstream consumers who doesn't do massive research on the internet like the people on this forum probably do.

plus, since sony is already established in the videogame industry with the playstation name, the psp has a much better chance than the zodiac or the ngage.  especially if sony can get some of its bigger franchises on board.

[darknight06]

I still can't imagine that thing being under 300 dollars unless some serious stripping down was done.  I mean, capabilties between the N64 and a PS2 IIRC?  I just don't see it.

[manunited4eva22]

The people who backed the 3DO were however.  AT&T, Panasonic, a few others, all threw their weight behind the project.

[Chongman]

The only way PSP could ever hope to compete with gba sp lay in two factors

and yeah, i know they've been said a thousand times.



1) Battery Life~ It in all cases MUST have a batterly life of over 15 hours. Estimating though, I've heard rumors of a mere 6 hour battery life, which isn't surprising when you look at all the needless unecessary features. And with a screen that big and graphics supposedly that good, theres no way it can last nearly as long as the gba does. Oh, and it must be rechargable.

2) Cost~ Heres one point we can almost be 100% sure of...its going to be too expensive. Like Nintendo has pointed out, sony is confining themselves to a very narrow demographic, the older mature gamer. And while there are a lot out there, even a working stiff would be reluctant to cough up aroun $300. People say the target price is from $150 to $500, and with these features, you think its going to be anywhere under $200? Doubt it. Sorry millions upon millions of kiddies. No psp for you...go play your sp's.


Of course there are many other factors but i see these two as the largest. If it IS targeting Ipod price, then it'll be one of the more expensive ones. The $150 dollar model JUST came out, and besides, thats a special cut back model.


By the way, that article from gamespy pissed me off like no other. Ign and Gamespy...together they form a huge pile of crap.
 

[KDR_11k]

Gartner believes that PDA buyers don't want additional features, but a cheap device that does what it should and wouldn't mind carrying up to three different devices if they needed them. I think something similar works for handheld game devices.

[RDG]

$60?  Give me a break.  Even Sony has stated that the system will be at least $300.

And in my humble opinion, it will also be a total failure.

[void]

Well... there is potential for both companies to benefit greatly here.

Apple's iPod is being attacked by Sony's PSP.
Nintendo's GameBoy is being attacked by Sony's PSP.

If Apple were to make an iPod that could play GameBoy games, for a reasonable fee payable to Nintendo, then the iPod has a model to compete with PSP. Apple benefits from having the full GameBoy library playable on their machine.

No need for Nintendo to make hardware that has all the features of the PSP. They would continue to make theire GameBoy only hardware at a much cheaper price, while the iPod/GameBoy 'hybrid' would compete directly with the PSP in there own expensive market.

Nintendo would still be selling all the software and making big money, which is exactly what they want.

Apple would be filling the space needed to combat the PSP.


I am assuming this is for the Gameboy Advance SP successor.

Forgive me if i'm stupid and don't know what i'm talking about but it seems like a fair idea...

[Chongman]

What's with everyone and this supposed apple/nintendo love fest? I do admit, void's idea sounds cool, but I really dont see all the grounds for a apple/nintendo partnership. Though it would be cool is it likely?  

[Guitar Smasher]

I don't understand the partnership either.  Nintendo has demonstrated that they are capable of  maintaining their success in that market, without any outside help.

[manunited4eva22]

Go to an apple fanboy forum, you will see from where the source of all this crap comes.  It's not apple, it's not nintendo, it's apple and nintendo fans with nothing better to do.