It’s safe to say that Codemasters has had a rough time with the PSP. Speaking to Edge, company VP Gavin Cheshire has lashed out at Sony’s flagship portable platform, calling it a “bollocking useless waste of space.”  These fighting words rage on in the full quote:

Well, speaking as a person who bought a PSP, the problem was that I always thought, because it was a better screen than iPod’s, that I’d be doing more with it. But it was such a bollocking useless waste of space; just getting stuff on it was ridiculous. That was its downfall.

Relatively speaking, we didn’t do too badly on F1 PSP. But regarding the future, I think they’ve got – well… no. PSP Go’s a lovely device, really smart, but our senior VP bought one the day it came out and has a great story, because he ended up on some customer support line just trying to do basic stuff. He had to re-download his software, do an immediate firmware update, and that’s your user experience. Sony just hasn’t got it right. Stuff like that will make people leave it alone.

Zing. Do Cheshire’s points hold any merit, though? While Codemasters isn’t the first to express their disdain for the PSP, few developers have quipped in such an outspoken manner.

Like any platform, the PSP is far from perfect. Majority of studios seem to be relatively pleased with it. Apart from rampant piracy that is, which remains as an issue that still has yet to be curbed. Although Sony is actively exploring solutions, we’re told.

Codemasters Exec: PSP User Experience Not Right [Edge]

Follow this author on Twitter.

Read more: PSP Firmware 6.35 HBL Surfaces, Exploits Minna no Sukkiri Demo,  Traveler’s Tales Founder: PSPgo Will Die Unless Game Downloads Are Made Cheaper,  Codemasters Acquires SEGA Racing Studio,  Update: PSP Firmware 5.01 Out Now,  PSP MAC Address Spoofer