I was one of 'em who bought the PSP way back in 2006 on launch date. Since then, there's only been about 3 or 4 must play games released each year. And not surprisingly, most of those games were from Sony in-house studios. Unfortunately it seems as though the PSP never really garnered the full attention of developers who rushed out shoddy ports to the console just for the sake of a multi-platform release. Due to lack of sufficient innovative and quality titles I fear that these are the last days of this console.
Sure, you can blame the single analog stick, but then, there's been titles that have successfully overcome this challenge (again, I can think of Sony developed ones). There's also the often cited issue of piracy on the console that hurts sales. But then, every console, to date has been hacked in some form of the other. This has been challenged with updates or support services on the bigger consoles to a level not rivalled for the PSP. Why has it been forsaken?
The PSP, once touted as a portable PS2, unfortunately never achieved the acclaim of its bigger brother. All else I can say, amen my beloved PSP and I hope that your successor does not suffer your fate.
What say your thoughts?