While Satoru Iwata chimed in with his dismissive opinion of the iPad , Sony had a different reaction. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal [thanks Kotaku], SCEA's Director of Hardware Marketing John Koller gave what he sees as the upside for Sony.
"Apple's entrance into the portable gaming space has been a net positive for Sony," said Koller. "When people want a deeper, richer console, they start playing on a PSP."
While this sentiment may be hard for some people to buy, the success of the iPhone, iPod Touch and games on the App Store has not surplanted portable game consoles. Right now, the PSP and DS fulfill different niches compared to Apple's product, and until the quality gap is lessened and Apple puts out a device with tactile buttons dedicated for gaming, that situation likely won't change.
6 Comments
February 1, 2010
This makes no damn sense.
February 1, 2010
It makes sense if you're Sony! "Hey look, this person just spent like $600 on iPad - I bet he wants to go buy a PSP now too!"
February 1, 2010
I`d say it does makes sense, but maybe Koller should paraphrase a little bit.
February 1, 2010
Sort like "Apple`s iPad makes Sony`s PSP more appealing since the former just doesn`t offer what it is supposed to"...
February 1, 2010
I still don't understand the logic. I spent $300 on an iPhone and it replaced my PSP.
February 2, 2010
I don't entirely buy that the iPhone has somehow helped the PSP; I put in the article what I think is a better way of saying that one device does not necessarily replace the other.