Too few games could set back PSP launch - Sony exec

No_Style · Oct 18, 2004, 05:23 PM

Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) will miss its Japanese shipment schedule if games developers don't get titles finished in time, a company executive confessed last week.

Interviewed by Japanese site PC Watch, Izumi Kawanishi, who runs Sony Computer Entertainment's network systems division, indicated that the end-of-the-year launch window depends on games publishers.

The comment follows concerns expressed by analysts that Sony has misjudged the device's development cycle. This past summer, American Technology Research analyst P J McNealy questioned Sony's ability to meet its deadline on the grounds that the company had, by early July, not yet sent out consoles on which to test new titles. On the basis of past console roll-outs, he suggested, that might not leave enough time to finish games before the year-end Japanese ship date.
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Oct 18, 2004, 05:23 PM	#1
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Too few games could set back PSP launch - Sony exec Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) will miss its Japanese shipment schedule if games developers don't get titles finished in time, a company executive confessed last week. Interviewed by Japanese site PC Watch, Izumi Kawanishi, who runs Sony Computer Entertainment's network systems division, indicated that the end-of-the-year launch window depends on games publishers. The comment follows concerns expressed by analysts that Sony has misjudged the device's development cycle. This past summer, American Technology Research analyst P J McNealy questioned Sony's ability to meet its deadline on the grounds that the company had, by early July, not yet sent out consoles on which to test new titles. On the basis of past console roll-outs, he suggested, that might not leave enough time to finish games before the year-end Japanese ship date. _______________ Read More/Source: The Register __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here