Zlejedi said:
I think everyone expected that it will beat all previous sales records. |
It did beat all previous sales records, for Nintendo consoles. The PSP had a huge launch because Sony is huge in Europe, and was much more popular with core gamers in 2005. Not to mention the fact that the IPad 2 launched the SAME DAY as the 3DS.
Its expensive, its technology that you really have to see to believe and its coming off the back of a company whos most recent console was most famous for family friendly entertainment. Believe it or not, its a difficult transition to make, and you only need look at Japans continued PSP love for evidence of this.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
