Codemasters VP Calls PSP a "Useless Waste of Space"
Posted by Chris Lansdell on 03.15.2010
He doesn't mince words...
It's probably safe to say that Codemasters vice president Gavin Cheshire does not like the Sony PSP.
"Well, speaking as a person who bought a PSP, the problem was that I always thought, because it was a better screen than iPod's, that I'd be doing more with it. But it was such a bollocking useless waste of space; just getting stuff on it was ridiculous. That was its downfall."
Codemasters did release F1 2009 on the PSP last year, which "didn't do too badly" according to Cheshire, but he is not high on the future prospects of the format.
"But regarding the future, I think they've got -- well... no. PSP Go's a lovely device, really smart, but our senior VP bought one the day it came out and has a great story, because he ended up on some customer support line just trying to do basic stuff. He had to re-download his software, do an immediate firmware update, and that's your user experience. Sony just hasn't got it right. Stuff like that will make people leave it alone."
Posted By: steve (Guest) on March 15, 2010 at 06:51 PM
For the most part, he's right. I have a PSP-2000, and it's only worth a shit because it's got custom firmware on it. NES/SNES/Sega ROMs, Jeanne d'Arc, GoW prequel, and a couple Final Fantasy spinoffs are all it's good for. That's sad, because it had all the potential in the world. Then Sony brings out an updated model - without the ability to play retail games, a smaller screen, and STILL no second analog nub. Epic stupidity.
Posted By: Soy (Guest) on March 15, 2010 at 06:58 PM
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