Posted on Friday 11-Feb-2011 1:19 PM

Sony NGP won't kill off PSP - Yoshida

Firm won't abandon PSP at a time when its "struggling to meet demand"

By Tom Ivan for computerandvideogames.com

Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Computer Entertainment worldwide studios, has told Edge that Sony NGP and PSP will co-exist when the former launches later this year.

The exec said it wouldn't make business sense to kill off the original PSP because the company's currently "struggling to meet" consumer demand for the platform, which launched in late 2004.

"The NGP features everything Sony can and wants to do today," he said. "It's a platform looking forward with great ambition.

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"It can't replace a platform that has already been on sale for seven years now. In terms of pricing, we can't sell the NGP for the same price as a PSP. The PSP has become very affordable and popular, especially with younger generations.

"I think the NGP needs time to mature and get adopted by users," he added. "So, for the time being, both platforms will coexist."

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    AussieCrysis on 11 Feb '11 said:

    They said exactly the same thing about the PS3 which leads me to believe that it could very well be expensive, which would be an odd decisions considering Nintendo already has the time advantage.

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    Barca Azul on 11 Feb '11 said:

    No it was pretty much DOA! Resuscitated a few times on the way, but time of death was recorded a few years ago.

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    Balladeer on 11 Feb '11 said:

    Said the same about GBA -> DS. I'll believe it when I see it.

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    damoxuk on 11 Feb '11 said:

    PSP is pretty much already dead in US/Europe in Japan I predict it (PSP1) will still sell fairly well but NGP will crush any remnant of PSP in the West. And the japanese will rape buy this machine too.

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    jimsondanet on 12 Feb '11 said:

    Sony NGP won't kill off PSP - Yoshida

    Cause its already DEAD!!!

    oh wait, to late for that one? awww nuts...