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Has Rockstar abandoned the PSP? ROCKSTAR公司放弃PSP？
A funny thing happened a couple of months ago. After completing the PSP version of God of War, developer Ready At Dawn Studios posted a matter-of-fact news story on their site about how they were packing up their dev kits and sending them back to Sony.
一有趣的事情发生数个月前。完成后的PSP版本上帝的战争，开发商准备在晨曦工作室发布的事- -事实上，新闻报道在其网站上关于他们如何收拾自己的开发包和派遣他们回到索尼。
The company behind one of the must-play games on the PSP was giving up on the system completely. Around the same time, Sony itself announced a new partnership program where universities could buy up PSP and PS2 development kits on the cheap. It would seem that Ready At Dawn isn’t the only studio giving up on the system.
该公司背后的一对必须玩
游戏的PSP是放弃对系统完全。约在同一时间，索尼本身宣布了一项新的合作伙伴计划的地方大学可以购买了PSP和PS2的开发套件上的廉价。它似乎准备在黎明是不是唯一的工作室放弃该系统。
Presumably, there is an assembly line at Sony headquarters where the old dev kits are repackaged for uni students. Maybe they throw in some typical student freebie favourites in the box, like free condoms, and booklets about doing drugs responsibly.
据推测，有一个装配生产线在索尼总部，旧的开发工具包是重新包装为单向的学生。也许他们扔在一些典型的学生freebie收藏在方块中，例如免费的避孕套，和小册子，做负责任的药物。
At any rate, this phase-out is already being felt at retail. There are fewer and fewer new PSP and PS2 games going on sale. Or in the case of the PS2, at least, fewer titles any self-respecting gamer would play. The line-up for both systems at E3 was pitiful — developers are abandoning Sony’s older systems. And now Rockstar is joining the club. This iconoclastic software house has been a huge supporter of the PSP, bringing hit games like The Warriors to the format. Midnight Club: Los Angeles Remix is due to hit the PSP this October.
在任何率，这逐步淘汰已被认为在零售。有越来越少的新的PSP和PS2游戏去
出售。或在该案件的PS2 ，至少较少书籍任何自我尊重的玩家将扮演。线，为这两个系统在E3展是可怜-开发商放弃索尼的旧系统。和现在的Rockstar是加入俱乐部。这iconoclastic软件众议院取得了巨大的支持者的PSP ，使打击游戏一样，勇士的格式。午夜俱乐部：洛杉矶混音，是因为命中的PSP今年10月。
And let’s not forget Grand Theft Auto — arguably the biggest gaming franchise on the planet. Take-Two claims that over 8 million copies of Liberty City Stories and over 4.5 million copies of Vice City stories have been sold (though admittedly those figures include the PS2 adaptations). With the conspicuous exception of the
Wii, GTA appears (or will soon appear) on all the successful games platforms. Yet after a successful run on the PlayStation Portable, Rockstar, it seems, is finally cashing in its chips.
让我们不要忘记，侠盗猎车手-可以说是最大的博彩专营权于这个
星球。采取双声称，超过800万册，自由城的故事和超过四百五十万副城故事已售出（虽然无可否认，这些数字包括PS2的适应化修改） 。与突出的例外，该wii ，多伦多出现的（或将很快出现）在所有成功的游戏平台。然而，成功后上运行的PlayStation Portable ，有Rockstar ，似乎终于兑现在其芯片。
Unlike Sony, which can afford to churn out games like LocoRoco and Patapon to keep interest ticking over, third-party publishers like Rockstar have to make money on every game sold. That only happens if they can sell enough to cover development expenses and a healthy margin — and that only happens if there are enough active users out there seeking out and buying new games. Imagine, if you will, the installed base of Atari 2600s, Commodore 64s, and PlayStation Ones.
不像索尼，能够负担，这里的游戏一样， locoroco和patapon保持兴趣，滴答的，第三方出版商一样的Rockstar要赚钱，每场比赛售出。只有发生，如果他们可以出售，足以涵盖开发费用，以及健康的保证金-而且只有发生，如果有足够的活跃用户有寻求和购买新的游戏。试想，如果你们愿意，可以安装基地雅达利2600s ，台Commodore 64和PlayStation 。
Sure, there are millions and millions of them. But they’re all installed in cardboard boxes at the back of the garage. Time has moved on, and people have lost interest. The PSP may not be in their league just yet, but interest in it is dropping — and dropping fast. Rockstar only has one new GTA game coming out this Christmas, and it’s for a system that’s alive and well: the Nintendo DS.
肯定的是，有千百万他们。但他们都是安装在硬纸板箱，在后面的车库。时间已提出的，和人民都失去了兴趣。 PSP的未必是在其联盟刚才，但有兴趣，这是下降-下降快。有Rockstar只有一个新的大多伦多游戏走出来，这圣诞节，和它的一个系统的生存和福祉：任天堂的DS 。
For a game that’s coming out in just four months, there’s been surprisingly little info on Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars. But the choice of format speaks volumes. The question remains: what is Rockstar up to? It’s a safe bet that GTA will hit the Wii — perhaps by around the middle of next year. With the Rockstar Advanced
Game Engine now a proven technology, GTA V on
PS3 and 360 is a certainty.
一个游戏的走出来，在短短4个月内，有被出乎意料的小信息，侠盗猎车手：唐人街的战争。但选择格式发言卷。问题仍然是：什么是有Rockstar最多？这是安全的打赌多伦多将达到wii -也许大约在明年年中。与先进的Rockstar的游戏引擎，现在证明的技术，大多伦多V对PS3和360是必然的。
But each day that passes without a concrete announcement re. GTA on the PSP, it becomes increasingly obvious that Rockstar has consigned the technology to the dustbin. It is, of course, worth noting that Sony is backing the PSP to the hilt. At the recent Leipzig games convention, the Japanese electronics giant announced a new-and-improved PSP Version 3: the PSP-3000.
但每一天的通行证，没有一个具体的宣布重新。多伦多对PSP的，它越来越明显的Rockstar已委托技术向垃圾桶。这是的，当然是值得注意的是，索尼支持的PSP到极限。在最近的莱比锡游戏公约，
日本电子产品巨头宣布了一项新的和改良的PSP第3版： PSP- 3000 。
The new unit will feature a built-in microphone, a brighter screen, and other upgrades. New first-party software is on the way, too, including killer games like Riff: Everyday Shooter. It’s also worth noting that Sony’s attitude to the PSP is not a reliable barometer of its success. Sony never, ever gives up on its formats. Sony never gave up on Betamax. Sony never gave up on DAT. Sony never gave up on Minidisc.
新的股将具有内建麦克风，一个更光明的屏幕上，和其他的升级。新的第一方软件是对的方式，也包括杀手游戏一样， riff ：每日射击游戏。这也是值得注意的是，索尼的态度， PSP是不是一个可靠的晴雨表，它的成功。索尼从来没有，任何时候都放弃就其格式。索尼从来没有放弃对的Betamax 。索尼从来没有放弃对数据。索尼从来没有放弃对了MiniDisc
These formats eventually found limited success in niche markets, but failed to meet up to Sony’s mass market ambitions. So too with the UMD/PSP combo. It’s already been some time since the major retailers dumped their UMD movies into the bargain bins. Early in the new year, the remaining UMD games could follow. Come what may, Sony will keep the dream alive, selling new games for download over the PlayStation
Store.
这些格式最终找到了有限的成功，在利基
市场，但未能满足到索尼的大众
市场的野心。因此，过于与UMD格式/ PSP的组合。它的已经一段时间以来，主要零售商的倾销他们的部UMD格式的影片进入讨价还价的垃圾桶。早在新的一年里，其余的UMD游戏，可以仿效。来什么可能，索尼将保持梦想活着，出售新的游戏
下载超过PlayStation的商店。
So: will Sony’s determination inspire the third-party developers to stick with the system? Can Rockstar be persuaded to come back to the fold? Probably not. At the rate they’re going, the next GTA for a Sony handheld will be for the PSP 2.
所以：将索尼的决心，激发第三方开发要坚持与制度呢？可以的Rockstar说服回来褶皱？大概不会。在利率，他们正在准备，未来多伦多为索尼公司的手持式将为PSP 2 。
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本帖最后由 ironli 于 2008-9-6 10:07 编辑 ]
