Sony's plan to usurp 3DS with their PSP2 revealed

[jarrod]

Carl2291 said:

jarrod said:

psrock said:

I have said this over again, it's the control, not the games that allowed the DS to put a beating on the PSP. 

lol, no.  The best selling DS games (NSMB, Mario Kart, Pokemon) don't even meaningfully use touch interface or the microphone.

As always with Nintendo systems, it's the software that's key. 

You missed out Nintendogs and Brain Training in your list there jarrod.

I went with established brands, but yes new stuff definitely helped DS upfront.

Brain-Age and Nintendogs were innovate software titles, that were both discounted by critics beforehand.  Iwata even mentioned Brain-Age specifically as something analysts claimed was "unsellable".  The secret to Nintendo's success is that they only treat hardware as a means to an end, it's the games that are always their prime focus.  As it should be for any true games company.

To say simply interface, and not the games themselves, drove the DS platform is factually incorrect.