UPI tracked down Peter Dille, senior vice president of marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment America, to "grill him" about the future of the PSP.
While the questions are well conceived and often very pointed, the answers leave much to be desired.
Essentially, Dille defends the lack of Hollywood support for the UMD, mostly lackluster titles for the PSP and weak music support by not really answering the questions.
An example:
Q. Will future firmware upgrades improve the PSP's music capabilities by including support for playing music in random/shuffle modes?A. While we have nothing to announce today about additional music capabilities, Sony Computer Entertainment is committed to continuing to build on the functionality of the PSP system. To date, we've developed seven firmware upgrades that help users get more from the device, from expanding the types of music file formats supported to making TV programs recorded with a TiVo available for viewing on a PSP. We will continue to look at ways to enhance the consumer experience going forward via additional updates.
Just how long does Sony expect consumers to wait and see before they just give up and either sell their PSP or decide not to buy one in the first place? Come on Sony, I know you want to make some big, well-times splash, but get on with it. We want to know what's going on with the PSP.
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