HappySqurriel on 29 December 2007
| MikeB said: @ HappySqurriel handhelds based on what 'new' things they offer not because they provide prettier graphics I thought Nintendo already had near 100% market share of the handheld market before the release of the PSP, so why should anyone have thought the DS-lite wouldn't be popular as well? The Gameboy (+color) sold 120 million units! The were much more powerful handheld consoles than the Gameboy, but form factor, battery life, etc are more important for practical purposes. I own 2 Nintendo DS systems and I owned a Gameboy Advance, my expectations for a handheld console are way different than for home consoles, also note there have been many touchscreen games before the release of the Nintendo DS, for PDAs. |
Most people shouldn't have doubted the success of the Nintendo DS, but when it was released everyone thought Nintendo was crazy; analysts claimed instant success for the PSP, third party publishers focused their efforts away from the DS, and the only people who saw the potential of the DS were Nintendo fans. One of the main reasons that EA, Capcom, Ubisoft and Sega are some of the earliest developers to really support the Wii is because they were the developers who were so badly burned by the PSP.
