3/30/2005

If the tards in Sony didn’t cripple the WiFi browser in the PlayStation Portable this wouldn’t have happened.
The Sony PSP is fine but flimsy product—Sony builds ‘em the break. The PSP only has half the functionality that device can deliver. The PSP a beautiful screen and controlers as well as WiFi but its system blocks the functionality of web-browsing which the device is perfectly capable of doing.
Some too-clever people found out that a Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) game called Wipeout Pure contains a half-assed web browser: See Sony PSP Browser Hack Explained. However the hack is only that, a hack. Sony should of used it as a key sales point for bored-at-the-airport folks like me who love to check my email without having lug along a laptop. Hell, maybe I’d even buy one their damn games for when I get bored answering email.

Despite the hype, Sony PSP no sellout in debut
DALLAS—…some retailers said yesterday they were surprised at relatively lackluster interest on launch day and still have PSPs sitting on store shelves. Internet message boards over the weekend were dotted with comments from gamers around the country reporting similar stockpiles.
Greg Peterman, a store manager for a Super Target in Dallas, said he had expected gamers to line up Thursday before the doors opened. “We weren’t hit like that,” he said. “We thought we were going to be. But it didn’t really happen.” …more…

Typically, Sony treats its Japanese and American as fools that like to be reamed. The gamespot.com site reports that in May the Korean launch of the PSP will have the device’s Internet features ready for use.
See gamespot.com: PSP to have full-on net access - first in Korea?!?.