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Analyst: PSP may miss March 2005 launch
American Technology Research's PJ McNealy says "internal issues" at Sony may delay its portable's launch.
Sony executives got a jolt of adrenaline with their caffeine this morning when they read they latest memo from respected game-industry analyst PJ McNealy. The memo's title says it all: "Sony PlayStation Portable Launch at Risk?"
In the memo, the American Technology Research analyst outlines his reasons for suspecting Sony's upcoming portable may not make its March 2005 release window. "We continue to monitor the status of development for the upcoming Sony PlayStation Portable and believe that wide publisher support may be challenging for a North American launch in the March 2005 quarter."
One reason for McNealy's supposition is that Sony has not sent out the PSP yet. "From a developers perspective, they would have ideally already had an SDK for a March 2005 launch, as the later the arrival of an SDK into July or August, the odds of having a game ready drop," read the memo.
Another, more sinister-sounding reason comes from within Sony (SNE) itself. "We believe there may be internal issues for SNE with the PSP that are not only technical, but also business-model related" warns the memo. (emphasis in the original). McNealy cites complexity of launching a multimedia device like the PSP as the main factor. "In order for it to have a successful launch, [the PSP] needs support from several different SNE divisions such as SNE Pictures and SNE Music," read the report. "This also means that development kits must be made for not only the game developers, but also members of the movie and music divisions to be able to put content on SNEs Universal Mini-Disc (which is being used for the PSP)."
McNealy also points out that any non-game company which wants to create UMD media will also need the PSP SDK. "To make things even more complicated, if any of the other six major movie studios, or any of the other four major music labels, or any of the TV media companies want to put content on the PSP, they, too, will need SDKs."
What's Sony's response to McNealy's charges? So far, there hasn't been one--attempt to reach American Sony reps were unsuccessful as of press time.
By Tor Thorsen -- GameSpot
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Wobei Analysten (Analüsten ?) ja nicht immer so stark zu trauen ist
American Technology Research's PJ McNealy says "internal issues" at Sony may delay its portable's launch.
Sony executives got a jolt of adrenaline with their caffeine this morning when they read they latest memo from respected game-industry analyst PJ McNealy. The memo's title says it all: "Sony PlayStation Portable Launch at Risk?"
In the memo, the American Technology Research analyst outlines his reasons for suspecting Sony's upcoming portable may not make its March 2005 release window. "We continue to monitor the status of development for the upcoming Sony PlayStation Portable and believe that wide publisher support may be challenging for a North American launch in the March 2005 quarter."
One reason for McNealy's supposition is that Sony has not sent out the PSP yet. "From a developers perspective, they would have ideally already had an SDK for a March 2005 launch, as the later the arrival of an SDK into July or August, the odds of having a game ready drop," read the memo.
Another, more sinister-sounding reason comes from within Sony (SNE) itself. "We believe there may be internal issues for SNE with the PSP that are not only technical, but also business-model related" warns the memo. (emphasis in the original). McNealy cites complexity of launching a multimedia device like the PSP as the main factor. "In order for it to have a successful launch, [the PSP] needs support from several different SNE divisions such as SNE Pictures and SNE Music," read the report. "This also means that development kits must be made for not only the game developers, but also members of the movie and music divisions to be able to put content on SNEs Universal Mini-Disc (which is being used for the PSP)."
McNealy also points out that any non-game company which wants to create UMD media will also need the PSP SDK. "To make things even more complicated, if any of the other six major movie studios, or any of the other four major music labels, or any of the TV media companies want to put content on the PSP, they, too, will need SDKs."
What's Sony's response to McNealy's charges? So far, there hasn't been one--attempt to reach American Sony reps were unsuccessful as of press time.
By Tor Thorsen -- GameSpot
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Wobei Analysten (Analüsten ?) ja nicht immer so stark zu trauen ist
) gesehen hat ist zwar was neues, aber ein Auto, das den Motor auf dem Dach hat, und das Lenkrad unterm Sitz ist auch neu - und scheisse...
Du wohnst doch nicht wirklich in Haag (sprich Hooogg). Direkt neben der Allee, oder 
Na ich weis ja nicht...
