If they ever do roll out a USB keyboard for PSP and add skype I'll definately get one too! It will be like my old Xbox, I use it all the time but never play games on it!!!!
That's the problem the PSP has had from day 1. It's MEANT to be a discounted games console (in the mould of the Gillette Razor - cheap or loss leading basics, overpriced consumables = profit) so Sony can sell you more games. The more neat things it does, the less likely people are to buy it to buy it for the games.
If it wasn't for that, it would have shipped with a USB keyboard, external HDD via USB and a mouse from day 1. They can do that stuff easily, but they won't as it interferes with Sony Games profit margins.
The flip side is that the more hardware they sell, the more casual gamers they will get but I admit I never buy games for mine any more, the games aren't generally that great compared to full size console or PC games and I don't need the portability these days. I bought mine when they came out fully expecting a keyboard to give me a decent web browsing and email client and it's just not happened.
Skype is nice though, turning it into an IP phone is long overdue, didn't BT announce a deal for the UK about a year ago now? All gone a bit quiet on that front...
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If they ever do roll out a USB keyboard for PSP and add skype I'll definately get one too! It will be like my old Xbox, I use it all the time but never play games on it!!!!
That's the problem the PSP has had from day 1. It's MEANT to be a discounted games console (in the mould of the Gillette Razor - cheap or loss leading basics, overpriced consumables = profit) so Sony can sell you more games. The more neat things it does, the less likely people are to buy it to buy it for the games.
If it wasn't for that, it would have shipped with a USB keyboard, external HDD via USB and a mouse from day 1. They can do that stuff easily, but they won't as it interferes with Sony Games profit margins.
The flip side is that the more hardware they sell, the more casual gamers they will get but I admit I never buy games for mine any more, the games aren't generally that great compared to full size console or PC games and I don't need the portability these days. I bought mine when they came out fully expecting a keyboard to give me a decent web browsing and email client and it's just not happened.
Skype is nice though, turning it into an IP phone is long overdue, didn't BT announce a deal for the UK about a year ago now? All gone a bit quiet on that front...
But the more consoles they sell, the more developers will want to make games.
Mr Noisy, what are you talking about? A MOUSE on a PSP?..... : shakes head: I do not even what to know how you came up with that......