The constant Sony blunders come in at such a rapid pace that we don't even get fanboy hatemail anymore. I think everyone is just weary and discouraged about the entire debacle. This is not a Sony blunder so much as it is a peek into the various markets for the various consoles. But I could not pass this up. 4-Color Rebellion's writer Vinnk, who keeps his PSP in a DS Fat case, brings us this harrowing report from the Junior High School where he teaches:
You see, my students had become accustomed to playing with the ever-present DS lite. After class, some girls came up and asked, "Can we play Mario?" I explained that I didn't have my DS with me, but one girl pointed to the case and its DS logo. I opened the case and watched their faces fall as they saw the PSP. I asked, "Would you like to play with this instead?"They replied, "No."
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To these students however, it is not an end-all multimedia device. It is just some shiny black thing that doesn't play Animal Crossing. Even still, I never expected that kind of reaction. One 11-year-old boy actually cried. Cried. You can't buy brand loyalty like that.
Crying eleven-year-old speaks more to me of "total pussy" than it does of "brand loyalty", but it's a powerful image all the same. I feel that I must stick up for Sony for a moment here, so I will reiterate that I am enjoying the living crap out of Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror and that God of War is some sort of masterpiece. But please, gamedevs, start using the PSP's hardware to its full extent before it's too late!
PSP Makes Children Cry [4-Color Rebellion, via Digg]
