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Aielyn on 16 February 2012
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Dr.Grass said:
thekitchensink said:
I'm not going to give this article any real consideration because there is no name behind the source, but you have to admit it would be hilarious if the tables were turned in the eighth generation and developers started 'flocking to' Nintendo and dropping support for the competition.
Not that I want anyone to lose support, but it would be sooo ironic XD


I'm sorry but that's just not a very well thought out statement coming from a writer.

I mean;

Firstly, the DS was way more popular than PSP and was submerged in support. "...if the tables were turned...". Oh come on.

Secondly, your statement "eighth generation" along with the context of that whole paragraph implies that this has something to do with home consoles - which it hasn't.

Thirdly, (and this is as much aimed for the article as anything else) there were TONS of games listed as in development for the Vita. I'm not sure fo the exact numbers, but perhaps even more than for the 3DS.

Fourthly, "...dropping support for the competition", (a subsidiary to point 2) are you talking about portable consoles!? Because if so you might as well put 'Sony' there instead of 'competition'. There is no other dedicated handheld device. If you were to argue: IPAD, then I would say well the dev support is increasing for iOs platforms.

So no, it wouldn't be "sooo ironic" if devs dump the PSVita completely and focus only on 3DS (taking the protagonist stance here for a moment). Who ever (EVER) stated that the PSVita would beat the 3DS in any way shape or form? Well, maybe a few fanboys on the internet, but these people you are basing your irony on are a smaller percentage than the percentage of people that believe the earth is 5000 years old.

Pretty sure the comparison was meant to be with the events of the 5th generation, with the mass exodus from Nintendo and the N64 to Sony and the Playstation. Keep in mind that, while it is true that the DS saw a lot of support, the list of big third-party franchises that turned up on the system was relatively slim, with most of the bigger franchises that did show up getting spin-offs or low-budget titles. I think the only real exceptions to that pattern, in the end, were Call of Duty, which saw consistent DS releases and only a couple of PS2-port versions for the PSP, and Resident Evil, which really only appeared on the DS and not the PSP. Note that I'm not referring to the many smaller popular franchises (such as Harvest Moon), nor the many franchises established on the DS.

And noticing that thekitchensink was speculating, it seems reasonable to suppose that he was referring to the theoretical case that this happens for the consoles as well as the handhelds - not because it's likely, but because it's amusing to consider.

Now that I've actually explained the joke, and thus sucked the actual fun out of it, I'll be on my way.