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Boutros on 14 May 2010
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Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Boutros said:
oli2 said:
Since it is pretty clear that DS is going to surpass the global sales of PS2, we've seen what will be the official line of thinking of the nay-sayers : the DS is not in the same market.

It started a whole back ago, when DS surpassed PS2 in Japan.

In this Thread, Boutros is doing the job ... Simple as that ! what is beautiful is that, except "It's my thinking and that's all", he does not need an argument. 10+ post in this thread : that has to be important.

On topic : the DS, the little console that could. kudos to you !

I don't really give a hoot whether it passes the PS2 in terms of sales, that's not the point. All I'm saying is that you need to compare apples with apples.

And I stated plenty of arguments. You might want to look again.

Look, you can argue all day that the DS isn't on the same 'level' as the PS2.  Yes, they aren't the same thing.  One is a console and the other is a handheld.

But the fact is, especially in Japan, that in this generation, the DS has taken up a lot of the major genres and sales that the PS2 had last gen.  That's why its going to break the record of sales the PS2 (and NES) previously held.  Why do you think so many companies are putting major titles on the system, where they previously put them on the PS2?  Dragon Quest, Okami, Metal Slug, Disgaea, Grand Theft Auto, Guitar Hero, Kingdom Hearts, etc.  In effect, the DS has become the major breadwinner for multiple companies this gen.  Just like the PS2 last gen.

And might I point out, if Handhelds and Consoles are so seperate and this isn't such an amazing feat, why didn't the GBA surpass the PS2 in sales?

The DS selling so much is a very big achievement and I've never said otherwise.

And I don't have the answer for everything.