PSV v 3DS v PSP v DS - TRUE Aligned launch - Week 80 update. BRUTAL

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HappySqurriel said:

RolStoppable said:

pezus said:
What those graphs tell me is that PSP was once a beast

Then you are reading them wrong. What those graphs should tell you is that the 3DS did badly and the PSV is doing terribly.

PSP sales were good, but not beastly.

Essentially this ...

The DS and PSP (essentially) tied in the first year of sales with moderate/respectable sales; and, after that, the DS' sales exploded while the PSP continued to chug along at a moderate/respectable pace.

The odd thing is that many of the complaints about the PSP early on could be said about the PS-Vita; and it seems like Sony did not learn their lessons. The primary one I am thinking of was how many people said they didn't want to play home console games on the go, and the saving grace of the PSP was it was easily hacked and people could play emulated SNES games. The PS-Vita is even more of a home console gaming experience on the go, and it isn't hacked and there are many other platforms that people already carry that can play SNES (or SNES like) games.

I remember the lack of two analogs was the largest criticism. As for console gaming on the go, I hate that arguement and it makes little sense.

First, the PSP didn't really offer console like experience because of the lack of controls. Plenty of games were forced to adhere to control schemes or gameplay mechanics that were nothing like their console counterparts, i.e. Killzone liberation was a top down shooter.

Second, every game is console style gaming, every hand held has a comparable past console counterpart it can be compared to. PSV - PS3, PSP - PS2, both 3DS and the DS launched with Nintendo 64 games on them and the 3DS is graphically comparable to Wii and Gamecube. This arguement is fake and only used as an attack on Sony's introduction to the handheld market and their advertisment for it. It's a straw man arguement, don't use again please, even to make a point or reference to the concept.