However, for those games which may not meet company expectations, in order for a publisher to properly recoup development time from the title’s lackluster sales, they may find it necessary to port the game to a more popular platform to capitalize on its larger base installment of gamers.

You may see a increase in sales thanks to spreading out the product to different platforms, but I find this only leaves to alienate the fanbase, especially when it comes time for a sequel. After all, there’s no point in purchasing the PSP game when the title could very well turn up on a different console at a much cheaper price. The same thing happened with Rockstar’s GTA Stories games, they basically doomed the PSP installments by later releasing the same titles on the PS2 at a lower price.