Will the launch of PSV affect PS3 sales in Japan?

[Michael-5]

Shinobi-san said:

Michael-5 said:

I doubt that my english is bad...

3D is a game changer, it's the entire platform of 3DS. Wii can't do 3D, and 3DS can't do Wii Sports. They are completly different consoles, with different games, and audiences. I know people who only have Wii for Dance Central, and no DS/3DS, and I know people who have a DS just for Pokemon. Different demograph, with some overlap.

How many major PSV titles are centered on the touch pads? Uncharted is the crown gem so far and it's just a watered down version of the console interation (which isn't a bad thing).

bold - That's my point, so wouldn't launching the PSV in Japan affect PS3 sales? After all the Japanese audience is largely migrating to handhelds, if PSV is PS3 portable, some sales must be lost. This is my question in the OP.

You just said the PSV is marketed as a portable PS3, and now you are saying it's a completly different market place. You say the PSV is not unique in it's games, yet it is.

Make up your mind before you debate, you can't say PSV is both the same and different from the PS3 for opposite reasons.

PSV might do better then PSP, but that's not my point. I only asked in in Japan will PSV's launch hurt PS3 sales? In Japan, lots of people who look at consoles also look at handhelds. The market is migrating.

I didnt say your english was bad, i said it wasnt that great, which is true. Point is dont go around pointing out how bad people's english is. This site has many foreigners, if you dont understand something ask them. Tolerance would be useful here.

No matter what you say, 3D is not a game changer. It does not change the core gamplay experience. My point here was that wii can do whatever the 3DS can do, not that the 3DS can do whatever the wii does.

Give it time....the console hasnt even launched yet. There should be a range of games designed around touch controls.

To address your other points. I think i can boil it down to the fact that a portable ps3 is not a ps3. By default the experience is different and a portable platform serves a different purpose. Irrespective of what the games are. However in saying that, the psv looks to have games made specifically for portability as well. This way its gona nail both experiences and in the process create a unique platform. Its not unique in how you are seeing it though its a different kind of unique.(i dont think i explained this well in my previous post i apologise.)

And even if the psv is successful in doing this, which it hasnt proved yet. Personally i havnt played the thing yet so i cant really say. But best case scenario it does this. It wont hurt ps3 sales, the ps3 , home entertainment, bid screen experience is different from a portable, again irrespective of the games.

And this should answer your question again, no it wont hurt ps3 sales.

you also talk about the japanese market moving towards portables...i think that becomes a separate issue. Because then its no longer just a case of psv hurting ps3 sales, its rather portables hurting home consoles, which is a different case.

A lot of people rush comments, and use slag. I'm not a fan of text messaging language, and I'm not going to spend time trying to decyfer someones broken message. I'm tolorant towards gamers of all nations and ethnicities, but not the new generation of Justin Beaver followers. However I was rush, so I appologize.

3D is only of the strongest focus's of Sony, for their TV's and PS3. Nintendo made 3D gaming without glasses. This is a game changer, I'm sorry. You might not be a fan, but it's a bigger change then the DS was with two screens.

I know PSV will be great, but right now it looks like a portable PS3, and my only question was will that hurt PS3 sales? Japan is after all, slowly migrating towards handheld gaming.

PSV is different from PS3, I don't deny that, and I agree with you that a Portable PS3 is not a PS3. However there is overlap between what the two consoles offer. Specifically for the region of Japan, if someone was interested in a Playstation console for say Final Fantasy games. Wouldn't PSV take away some (maybe even just a tiny fraction) of PS3 sales?

To your last point, I'm argueing if PSV as an advanced portable system, capable of doing what the PS3 console does at the same price, will hurt sales. Will PSV push the migration to handheld games even more, thus hurting PS3 sales? I want to address all reasons pro/con.