Ha ha too funny. I've never been impressed with either the dongle or Sony's marketing/handling of it.

Not really familiar with the PSP-piracy scene, but then again, my PSP has been collecting dust for a while.

I wish there were more amazing games for it could of had lot of awesome games that were never were,makes me wish i didnt buy it.

I am a fan on the PSP, but also I am well aware of its flaws.  One of the reasons I am a fan of the system is because of the piracy and emulators.  Sucks that is also the demise of the system.  I guess its obvious though.

Honestly, I don't even mind. My PSP is my fourth most-used game system (behind my 360, PS3, and catching up on my Gamecube), and I already have a pretty big back catalog because a) I don't play it was much, and b) I got one years after it came out, with a pretty handful of great games already out for it. To me, and I'm betting a lot of other people, PSP games are the ones they play when they CAN'T play their big consoles for whatever reason.

I wouldn't blame piracy for the PSP's failures... Support for the PSP has been terrible since launch. Alot of the first wave of games where ports of PS2 version of games. It was a time when the thought process was, I think for many, why buy a ps2 version of a game when i can get the HD PS3 version? Or the 2nd tier question why buy a PSP version of a game when I can get the PS2 version an play it on the tv. In the end people prefer TV over portable. And the big problem for like the first 2-3years of the PSP life was that most or any "big" games where simply inferior ports of PS2 versions of games that had alot more content on the PS3! Most people that I know that have CFW dont even use it to pirate PSP games. The use it to play emulators of NES, SNES, etc... How pathetic is that? Piracy on the PSP is rampant but its not even for PSP games!

I mostly use my PSP to play the PSone classics. And since I carry it around for the those games, I also made it my main MP3 player. I've had it a few years and I've only bought a few UMD games. It had been collecting dust until Sony added the PSN store to the PSP menu. It does do alot and I think it has much more potential than it's ended up with.

Never been a fan of the PSP, and the lack of anything worth (to me) buying the system to play has led to me not caring about it.

Well I doubt anyone wants to make a game and give it away for free. I've known for a while now that piracy was rampant on the PSP, but I never connected the dots, never thought it was the reason for the lack of support. Nobody wants to spend money on developing software just so their intended audience can download it for free.

I hate piracy!!!!!!!!

So Sony makes a system that can be hacked, doesn't address that, then says support for the system is lacking because of it?  I've never looked into this piracy thing, but he sure seems to encourage it.

i think the hardware engineering flaws are more to blame than pirates.  you shouldn't have to have a next gen psp to get dual analogs for one.  socom on psp could have been a real hit with some serious staying power, but the necessary(?) autoaim really ruins the fun.  if i wanted to play a game where the first person to see the other gets the kill, i'd still play mw2.  

Sony could always put out a firmware update to address the issue, they certainly had no problem killing the "Install Other OS" option on the PS3  and other updates blocking the USB hack in attempts to kill piracy on that machine....

It seems to me whenever a corporation fails in some way, they very often pass the blame onto some external source. It isn't Sony's marketing or the fiasco of the PSP Go, it's the piracy. This smells awfully similar to the music industry's accusations of their sales going down for the same reason; people are stealing music and cutting into their profits. God forbid it be they are either a) marketing crap to appease the masses, or b) they are unwilling to adapt to the demands of the market. In either case, the fault lies on the corporation, and very little seems to be in the hands of piracy. People wouldn't turn to "alternate" methods if there was quality (I don't mean flashy) goods being produced. Gimmicks only work until the next gimmick comes out.

Which begs the question, why bother making a PSP2?

I don't understand why people think there aren't good games for psp. It's like a nasty rumor that won't go away. I absolutely love my psp and the deep library of quality titles. Off the top of my head: Metal Gear Peace Walker, both G.O.W, Patapons, Locco Rocco, Gran Turismo, Monster Hunter, LittleBigPlanet, Jak and Daxter, Motorstorm, Tekken. You can't get graphics or deep experiences like these on any other mobile platform. Not even close.

This year Metal Gear Solid Peacewalker, Valkyrie Chronicles 2, Kingdom Hearts, and Modnation Racers.

2nd Tier: Hot Shots Tennis, Patapon 3,

Ever: Loco Rocos, Patapons, God of Wars, Metal Gear's, Pixel Junk, Little Big Planet

Comic Books, Music, Sony Video Store

Put you're own videos on a PSP

Free Skype

Free Demos

Street Fighter 3 Alpha

Ratchet and Clank's, Jak and Daxter's

It's the system of the future. It's the best system since the PS2.

Two of it's own shows (Pulse, Tester), Free rentals and TV, no membership fees...

He's not lying. The PSP hacking scene is huge.

There is always away around piracy. They're just being lazy and throwing in the towel.

Yeah yeah, maybe your platform is just that terrible and your company screwed up every way possible.