Sony Worldwide Studios head Shuhei Yoshida has criticised third-party publishers for failing to devote output to the PlayStation Portable. psp_render
“It’s really, really disappointing and it’s a lost opportunity for the third parties,” he told IGN. “They should look at what the PSP can do for their titles and the potential for the business that their IP has.”
Yoshida cited Monster Hunter as evidence of that potential. “What’s happening in Japan is interesting,” he said. “Because of the massive success of Monster Hunter, Japanese publishers realise, ‘here’s a resource’. Lots of people are playing PSP in groups of fours and when you go to Japan it’s hard to find a train or a bar where you don’t see some people playing a PSP. So other publishers in Japan are seeing these consumers, and thinking, ‘Wow, we can make games for those consumers’.” [PSU]

“And this is a usage that really sits well with the PSP,” Yoshida continued. “The most recent example is the Phantasy Star game from SEGA, and it’s really catching on. Some of these will come over to US and Europe, and hopefully other third parties will start thinking about the PSP in the same way.”
Sony will be setting an example itself, of course, with many upcoming projects still under wraps. “This year the big title was God of War, there’s Buzz and next Spring we’ll be releasing Resistance. We’ve been consistently leveraging our existing franchises but creating unique content for the PSP, customising how the game works in terms of interface. That’s been working for us very well. We have many more games that we haven’t announced for next year.”