Analyst: DS to becaome the best selling console by October or November

[thetonestarr]

Boutros said:

thetonestarr said:

Boutros said:

jesus kung fu magic said:

Boutros said:

Kyuubi Ricky SSJ2 said:

Boutros said:
*Portable* Console



Because: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console

Still a console. It's like separating Laptops from Desktop PC's.

I never considered handhelds and consoles the same. It's different market.

It's more like comparing a Mac with a Ipod.

Technically , they are consoles with their own screen and power source....so they are consoles just portable.

And that analogy is horrendous...a mac is a fully functional computer while the Ipod/touch is just a multimedia device.....the Ipod/touch cant do all the things a mac can do.

The DS can play games.....just like the rest of the home consoles.

Going by your logic, we should consider the Tamagotchi as a console.

Except you missed two incredibly important words in his statement and went straight for the last line.

"fully functional".

I'd like you to come up with a single gaming feature that ANY home console offers that the DS can't.

Controllers, motion controls, downloadable content, local multiplayer, great graphics and so on. There's a lot of difference.

But a console is not only for games you see. I personally bought my PS3 for the blu-ray at first which shows it might appeal to a different market while handhelds are exclusively for gaming on the go.

(1) DS has the "controller" built in.

(2) There are multiple DS titles with motion controls

(3) Hello, DSiware. And even if this didn't exist, DLC is only a feature of current-gen systems. How about the previous six gens - INCLUDING the PS2, which this discussion is primarily about? Are you going to disqualify all of those for not having these features?

(4) DS offers up to 16-player local multiplayer.

 

And the DS has Internet browsing, online/wireless chat, educational services, MP3 playing, art programs, etc. It's not just a gaming machine either, as you attempt to claim.