Sony trumpets PS3, forgets PSP
Playing favourites
With Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton hailing 2009 as a banner year for PS3 in a statement last week, he forgot to mention one little thing: PSP.
As though tacitly acknowledging that 2009 was the worst year yet for the faltering handheld, Sony glossed over PSP without so much as a mention. Instead, Tretton focused entirely on PS3, without mentioning PSP once.
It's understandable that Tretton would want the focus on PS3: sales in January were up 36% over last year. In contrast, PSP sales fell 58% from levels last January.
Much of the decline has to do with a lack of compelling new game releases and the expensive price tag attached to PSPgo, but the success of iPhone and iPod touch plays a role too. Record DS sales have been a problem for PSP as well.
