"[Sony's Claire Backhouse] also admits that the Go is a way of responding to the increased importance of the iPhone in the gaming segment, with the PSP Mini service allowing more games to be delivered with lower prices. Sony is also thinking about adding more support for music and video streaming after the initial launch in order to emphasize the versatility of the PlayStation Portable Go."
You can read the whole interview on gamesindustry.biz
"Anti-Apple? I have a MacBook Pro and an iPhone 4. "
Yeah same here. As well as a DS, PSP, a 360, PS3...hell if you can play games on it there's a good chance I own it. I love games! Which is why it puzzles me when I see someone hate on legitimately awesome iPhone games. YES of course there are a ton of BAD iPhone games, but there are also a lot of great games.
Great...MOBILE games.
"I play my DS and PSP exclusively at home, on the couch, when I'm trying to relax."
Exactly. And like I said I mostly play my DS at home as well. Which is why I think Apple (and soon Android with Gingerbread/PSP Phone) has the mobile gaming market cornered. The 3DS and PSP2 will probably sell rather well, but I'm 100% certain most people will be gaming on their Smartphone or iPod Touch. What's the statistic? 70% of people with an iPhone and iPod Touch play games? What are the iOS device numbers at now? Yeah it's already surpassed PSP sales in half the time.
Hell that's what the PSP Go was all about. Sony thought they could fight Apple on equal ground if they released a similar product. But they don't get it. People don't want a PS2 on the go. They wany Angry Birds. They want drop in, drop out games. The shit mobile gaming USED to be about. This is why I definitely think Apple really is the future of mobile gaming.
Your post are normally anti-Apple so I'm not going to try to reason with you, but I will say that my iPhone battery last considerably longer and I play more games on it than my PSP.
In fact I'm sure the same is true for Brian Crecente and the rest of the Kotaku staff. I don't know where you're getting the idea that only casual gamers play iPhone games. My friends and I are all gamers in our late 20's and prefer the iPhone/iPod Touch to bringing our DS or PSP (ironically I usual play my DS at home).
Games like Square's Chaos Rings offer the same depth and length as anything found on the DS or PSP.
I thought Nolan said this was THE last Batman film in his series.
Didn't he say that his movies would have a definitive end. I could have sworn I heard him rant about how movies were not like comics and needed closure.