Climax: PSP Developers May Abandon Ship

Developers and publishers might start to abandon the PSP unless the portable platform gets its act together, says Karl Jeffrey, CEO of Climax, the developer responsible for Sony's first-party ATV Offroad Fury PSP games:

"To be honest and frank about it we worry about the future of the PSP," said Jeffery.

"In terms of sales of the actual units, it's not doing so great. The DS is going gangbusters, the sales volumes are going up exponentially. But the PSP worrys us, because we're sitting here thinking about what Sony is going to do to get the platform back on track and we're not hearing much from them."

Jeffrey -- whose company is also developing Silent Hill Origins (above), one of the most anticipated PSP titles -- suggests a redesign that makes the unit easier to carry around and a downloadable games initiative that takes advantage of the mass Memory Stick storage.

Sony must act on 'worrying' PSP performance [GamesIndustry.biz]