By December of 2005, there will be nearly 300 UMD movies available for the Sony PSP, and only about 41 game titles.
June 26, 2007 (Press Release) --
The Playstation Portable plays up its other features:
In the ensuing drought months of less-than-stellar game releases, Sony began introducing dozens of UMD movie titles designed to take advantage of the PSP's media capacity, justifying the extra $100 consumers put down for the PSP over the Nintendo DS.
Stop by the video game display of your local Wal-Mart and count how much of the Sony PSP area is dominated by UMD movies; about 70% movies, 30% game titles.
When you combine weak game releases with a strong marketing push by Sony to hype the PSP's media features, many have complained that Sony is neglecting the PSP's games in favor of its video and music.
iPod Video enters the ring:
Thus, the Apple iPod Video enters the ring. The latest iteration of the #1 handheld music player in the world, capable of playing music, displaying pictures, and playing video. While it is completely incapable of playing games, the iPod does everything the Sony PSP can do in terms of media - in its commercial form - but with a smaller screen. Aside from screen size, the iPod does multimedia better.
Media storage:
While the Sony PSP can play MPEG4 video that you create on your home computer, it requires a Sony memory stick to do so. At the time of this writing, the largest memory stick available is 2 gigabytes, and costs around $200. In contrast, the iPod Video ships with 60 gigabytes internal memory, or 30x the storage capacity, and sells for only a bit more than the PSP memory stick alone. The iPod Video claims to be capable of holding 150 hours of video, though this varies depending on compression rates used, and videos watched. This also means it can hold more music and pictures than the PSP, even with the largest memory stick avaliable.
Source: http://yahoo.com
In the ensuing drought months of less-than-stellar game releases, Sony began introducing dozens of UMD movie titles designed to take advantage of the PSP's media capacity, justifying the extra $100 consumers put down for the PSP over the Nintendo DS.
Stop by the video game display of your local Wal-Mart and count how much of the Sony PSP area is dominated by UMD movies; about 70% movies, 30% game titles.
When you combine weak game releases with a strong marketing push by Sony to hype the PSP's media features, many have complained that Sony is neglecting the PSP's games in favor of its video and music.
iPod Video enters the ring:
Thus, the Apple iPod Video enters the ring. The latest iteration of the #1 handheld music player in the world, capable of playing music, displaying pictures, and playing video. While it is completely incapable of playing games, the iPod does everything the Sony PSP can do in terms of media - in its commercial form - but with a smaller screen. Aside from screen size, the iPod does multimedia better.
Media storage:
While the Sony PSP can play MPEG4 video that you create on your home computer, it requires a Sony memory stick to do so. At the time of this writing, the largest memory stick available is 2 gigabytes, and costs around $200. In contrast, the iPod Video ships with 60 gigabytes internal memory, or 30x the storage capacity, and sells for only a bit more than the PSP memory stick alone. The iPod Video claims to be capable of holding 150 hours of video, though this varies depending on compression rates used, and videos watched. This also means it can hold more music and pictures than the PSP, even with the largest memory stick avaliable.
Source: http://yahoo.com
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