The co-founder of arguably the most successful PSP development studio agrees. Ru Weerasuriya, co-founder of Ready at Dawn (makers of Daxter and both God of War PSP games), recently spoke candidly about how he views the PSP as a system that was doomed from the start.
Here is what Weerasuriya had to say about the PSP in an interview with Edge Magazine:
As a PSP owner who averages playing only one game a year on the system, I have to agree with what he is saying. When the PSP came out we were all blown away with the graphics and functionality of the system. However, along with the PSP’s impressive graphics came publishers wanting to make games or ports as if it was a full console. With just one analog stick, the device just was not built for that control-wise. Pretty much since the launch of the system people have been complaining about that lack of a second analog stick. Add to that all of the restrictions to media playback and the rampant piracy, and the system that lost its high first impression quickly.
Hopefully, the rumors of a new PSP2 are true and Sony will take a lot of input from the community on how to make the device better. Give it two analog sticks, the ability to buy games at any store – not just PSN – and stop piracy so publishers actually want to make games for it. Weerasuriya agrees saying:
Game Rant recently reported on a leaked dev kit image of a PSP2 and it looks like Sony is at least pointed in the right direction on controls. It remains to be seen how other issues, such as purchasing games, will be handled.
Readers, do you agree with Weerasuriya’s thoughts on the PSP being doomed from the start? Do you wish more people inside the industry would show this kind of honesty?
Source: CVG
