Will the launch of PSV affect PS3 sales in Japan?

[Michael-5]

M.U.G.E.N said:

Michael-5 said:

I do remember a lot of talk about gameplay and controller interface, but I dunno. Guess people view it very differently then PSV.

Question, did PSP's release hurt PS2 sales in Japan?

dunno, never really followed sales data at the time..but the 3ds release didn't have much of an affect on the wii sales in japan afaik. will be similar in this case as well

See I just view 3DS and Wii as completely different systems, where I view PSV and PS3 as moderatly similar consoles. So far the only big games announced for 3DS are remakes or similar games to Wii (Mario Kart, Super Mario, Paper Mario), however the experience is different overall. 3DS is about 3D gaming, where Wii is about motion controls. I know the 3DS is motion sensitive, but you have to look at the screen, so you can't use it in the same way as on the Wii (e.g. Wii Sports).

The only PSV game that strikes me as unique is something called "Little Deviants." It's a game where you basically move landstructures via touchpad to move little deviants around. Similar to Pikmin.

I mean, what does the PSV do that makes it so different then PS3? Trophies, social networking, and the types of games are all the same. The controller doesn't seem unique enough for me to see a difference.

I'm going to have to look back and see if PSP made a difference to PS2 sales.... maybe a bit, but not much, PS2 was downhill since 2003, with a noticably larger drop in 2005. So... It's possible (off a very quick glance) that PSP took off 400k annual sales, which would be 15% or so. Nothing major, the drop due to age would be a larger affect.