Is Sony back on top?

[samus aran rules]

c0rd said:

samus aran rules said:

Slimebeast said:

I disagree. They're different entities. I almost never see any threads or discussion about handheld games on gaming sites on the internet. Consoles is where it's at.

Well there should be and I think that more people are going to recognize what has happened in the industry of videogames. Things have changed this generation compared to previous ones escpecially in Japan where a lot of highquality and big titles are announced for portables where they previously would be developed for consoles. It wasn´t like this previous gens but it sure is very clear today. I used to think the way you do but there is much evidence today that all systems share the same arena and compete with eachother and therfore should be compared.

It hasn't yet changed in the west, though. Just because Japan is now handheld dominated, does not mean the west will follow (though it's possible).

Slimebeast seems to be primarily interested in western games, and western devs have yet to put their major titles on handhelds. Until this starts to change (if GTA Chinatown Wars sold tons), I don't see the problem.

We can see changes in the west as well. NDS is for example leading the way in NPD hardware sales every month now. And I don´t think you understand the full meaning of japanese developer support. They are still very important and a huge factor in the industry. They are today mostly supporting portable systems which in the long run affects what kind of games we who live in Europe and America get to play on our systems.

It cannot be argued against that consoles and portables compete in their quest of attracting developers attention. They are competetors and should be valued against each other. So the winner of the console war right now is Wii but the winner of the overall race is without a doubt NDS and nothing Sony can do will change the letter fact (and most likely not the former either).