NGP could outperform 3DS if price, innovation and games are right

[Degausser]

jarrod said:

Degausser said:

 Also my take on third party support is that 3DS will get alot of the Japanese guys behind the device (Who'll put stuff on the NGP too) however the western publishers (Outside of Ubisoft) will just neglect the device pretty much like they did the DS. The NGP fits very well with what EA / Activision do nowadays, in terms of specs and demographic.

This is pretty much what I expect.  Japan's going to move wholesale to 3DS, while the west ports all their HD stuff to NGP.  And honestly, I think there's a decent market there for both.

 I think EA / Activision won't go on port overload to begin with, there'll be a unique Call of Duty, Need for Speed, GTA etc and I guess the sales of those will dictate what sort of support they give from there on. I don't expect Japan to go 'wholesale' to the 3DS either given the PSP's success in the country but I'd look at that on a publisher by publisher basis. 

 The wildcard for Sony is whether they can get studios like Epic, iD, Valve etc behind the device. They typically shied away from handhelds as they're tech based companies, but the NGP looks like it plays well into their interests this time.