NightDragon83 said:
I don't think it was a failure, but compared to 150 million + DS's, I'd say the PSP was definitely a disappointment, especially when you consider how strong the Playstation brand was when it launched compared to Nintendo's sorry state back in '04/'05, unlike today where Sony is no longer king of the hill and the PSV is on life support in some territories while Nintendo has reclaimed the #1 spot. And the only reason the PSP sold as much as it did was because it was easy to hack and to put homebrew / pirated software on it. The PSP has been dead in the West, especially North America, for years now, and the Vita looks to be following suit much quicker. I'm not sure if it's a master at all it does, but it's definitely a master at sitting on store shelves. And don't be so quick to knock the "kiddy" games and image. I know its a popular thing to do against Nintendo (see Sony's "babysitter" comment in reference to the DS/3DS), but it's the kiddy looking "babysitter" system with the kiddy games that prints money, not the expensive "cool" and "mature" looking one. Unfortunately for the Vita though, no amount of "kiddy" games will save it because no parent is going to drop $250 on a handheld for their kid in the first place. Nintendo learned that the hard way and corrected their mistake by dropping the 3DS's price by $80, and now it's back on top of the weekly sales charts like its predecessor was for the past 6 + years. Again, cheaper handheld with the bigger and better library of kid-friendly games wins every time. |
You're not sure because you haven’t spent time with one let alone touch one.
The bolded is nothing but speculation, you can't prove.
The underlined, you can leave your trollish comments at the door. It's isn't needed.
75 million is a smashing success when you consider it's their first handheld, Nintendo could have sold twice as many DS and still wouldn't change that fact. Because its success isn't measured on how well it does compared to something else.