MaxwellGT2000 said:
NYANKS said:
MaxwellGT2000 said:
NYANKS said:
I'm pretty sure the argument basis isn't over whether the DS is a "thing that plays games", its over a possible inherent advantage that handhelds have over consoles. They are portable, possibly enhancing their consumer base. They're usually cheaper, as are their games. There is a much greater tendency for a household to have multiple copies of them. How many houses have two 360's or PS3's. There's probably not even that many dual Wii households.
And on top of that, Ps2 is undertracked by quite a bit on the site.
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I know quite a few with multiple 360s in fact I know quite a few with multiple PS2s...
Usually in both cases its because of system failures weather that be after a system died or a preemptive measure to get the newer more reliable models.
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True, but as you say, it is an anomaly as most systems don't fail, at least not for a long time. I think we can forgive the PS2 being replaced once or twice at this point in its life. For most people, even core gamers, two of the same console in one house is pushing it. And you haveto admit, multipple Ds's in a house is far from an anomaly. Between my brother and I, my house has bought 3 Ds's, because of the multiple updates. The DS is simply prone to this. Not a bad thing really, just a fact.
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Core gamers like new models of home console as well, in fact if it isn't system failure then remodels are probably the next biggest reason for a gamer to buy the same console again.
I mean you remember all the people that came on the forums to post how they bought the PS3 slim and the 360 slim, theres a number of people that did that with PS2 slim as well or the PSP slim.
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True, but I kind of feel that a lot of us aren't the average buyer of gaming goods. My house has 3 Ds's, a 360, two Ps3's, a Wii and 4 PSP's. Not normal rofl. I'm not disagreeing that some of us definitely rebuy consoles, I'm just saying the effect is much greater with handhelds. For me, it's 7 handhelds over two units to 4 home consoles, over 3 (6 if you count the two PS2's I've had).
And "casual" folks would usually not buy repeated consoles save to replace a console, and they may even go used. :X
