The PSP seems to be coming into its own with a strong lineup for 2009, especially with the recent announcement of PSP versions of Motorstorm, LittleBigPlanet, Assassin's Creed and Rock Band. However, a senior member of SCEE admitted that Sony didn't pay nearly as much attention to the portable as it should have. In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Ray Maguire, senior VP and MD for the UK, Ireland and Nordic region, stated that the system lost ground because of the company's focus on its consoles. "It has been, yes. It was slightly under-supported, mainly because a lot of the energy was going into stuff we're doing for PlayStation 3. There was an added complication in that the UMD model wasn't brilliant for third parties, either," Maguire said.

However, he did mention that because of the growth of the platform, he thinks that more people will look at the PSP as a viable platform this year. "The PSP has become one of the best-selling formats ever, and I think people are seeing that they need to get back into it. I think we had a bit of a barren year last year, and this year we seem to have a bumper crop." When asked about the future of games on the PSP and the UMD format in particular, Maguire was still positive on the small discs, although he felt that downloadable titles would play a larger role in the system's future. "[UMD] still represents a reasonably cost-effective way of getting data to the consumer. My gut feeling though is that people are looking for more snack-type content, and the downloads side of it will increasingly become a bigger part of its future."