Games Sony needs to save the PSP in 2009

These games would be guaranteed to sell PSPs.

The PSP isn't doing too badly when you think about it. Sony entered a handheld market that had been completely dominated by Nintendo for years and managed to take a decent chunk. The problem is that there just aren't enough games. When you think back to all the great PSP games you've played this year, and what's on the horizon, there aren't too many. So, in an attempt to spur Sony and the rest of the video game world into action, we've put together a list of the PSP games that, if they were ever to come to fruition, could save the PSP in 2009.

World of Warcraft Handheld Edition

World of Warcraft is played by over 11 million people across the world. It's the most popular MMORPG on the planet, but once you leave the house, and the comfort of your PC gaming chair, that's it. No more Warcraft. What if a handheld version of the game, one that allowed WoW players to genuinely affect their in-game characters, perhaps through item creation, auction house interaction, character customisation and guild management, were to be released on the PSP? We reckon that would sell bucket loads, and would probably make many of those 11 million WoW players at least consider buying a PSP, if they haven't got one already. You wouldn't even have to be online via a hotspot for many of these gameplay elements. You could, after importing your character data to the PSP, level up trade skills and professions offline, as well as check statistics, fiddle with weapon and equipment set-ups and anything else that doesn't require interaction with other players, and then sync your character data up when you got back to your home PC. If there's one title that's a stone wall system seller, it's World of Warcarft, and with Blizzard's merger with the multi-platform kings Activision, it's more likely than you think.