http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/12/17/news_6115270.html Thats good to hear. Maybe they can WORK OUT SOME OF THE PRODUCTION PROBLEMS.
Re: So, the North American and Europe PSP launch is before M One can only hope. As of right now I don't think I would buy one, especially after reading NFG's review.
The production problems are a lame (but oh so effective) way of generating hype and [artificial] demand for a console. I bet you the launch units will be pretty f***ed, but I'm still gonna buy like 5-10 and make a quick couple grand. :smt033
Yeh. Again, we are nothing but consumer whores for falling into their gimmicky traps and having to snatch one due to "low availabity because we can't keep up with demand". NFG is right. Sony needs to put functionality first. Nintendo did that with its handhelds and look where they are now. But again I think they might lose a big chunk of that market.
It is artificial if Sony creates the "major demand" for it by releasing small quantities. Say, for example, there are 250K people who want to purchase a PSP at launch. So Sony releases 200K units, and then says "Look at how many units we sold and how much people want it!" Then there seems like many more people wanted it than there actually were. Therefor, Sony creates inflated or artificial demand for their console by doing this.
And by the same questionable behaviour say they "sold out" when they are taking figures from pre-orderes. If only one person pre-ordered and actually collected the thing, they would still have "sold out" because they sold all that are in that demographic.
I don't think that Sony is really happy with that situation. PSP's planned release was 2005 - putting it on shelves on december was just a matter of prestige. Software line-up is bad, hardware problems and not being able to sell effective numbers - that just leads potential buyers directly to Nintendo. If that's a "wicked" marketing strategy i'm sure someones head in the upper Sony managment will soon be cut off.
^-- Agreed. To think its an actual ploy to create "demand" is ridiculous. The more PSPs they have out there, the more money they get in, and the more games (which eventually generate any profit they may have) they will sell.