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fedfed on 11 April 2012
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RolStoppable said:
Gilgamesh said:
RolStoppable said:

That's a pretty broad generalisation of the VGC community, don't you think? I am pretty sure that there were many people that tried to reason with you, but your answer usually boiled down to the obligatory: "Anything is possible. Anything can happen." Which is the epitome of banking on hope and dumb luck.

Still no different then people saying "well the DS sold 150 million, Gameboy sold 120 million so the 3DS is garunteed over 100 million in sales, all Nintendo handhelds do this well" We all know that's what there thinking. If you can forget Nintendos past and PSPs past and put the two consoles together like this is Sony/Nintendo's first hanhelds they ever released and think which would do better.

It is different. Track record does count, Gilgamesh.

If Nintendo is capable of releasing a bunch of games that sell over ten million copies (and they obviously are), then that's already a big guarantee that the system will be successful. These are first party games after all, so the only way these games wouldn't come would be if Nintendo for some reason decided to not make them.

On the other hand, Sony has no such big sellers and worse, the biggest games on the PSP were third party titles. As such, there isn't even a guarantee that Sony's handheld will be successful, because they are dependent on third parties.

And right now, a year after the 3DS launched and a month after the PSV launched, it looks like the 3DS will be the clear winner. It already has a couple of big games (Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land) with another two already confirmed (Super Mario Bros. and Monster Hunter 4). Plus new Brain Training and Animal Crossing games which may or may not become a big success. Meanwhile the Vita has nothing big released for it so far with nothing big announced for it. Call of Duty seems to be the best bet at the moment, but it largely depends on what it will be and what features it will have. But regardless of what it will be, it's going to be dwarfed by Super Mario Bros.

It's the known (3DS) against the unknown (PSV), that's why believing in a PSV victory at this point in time is most definitely solely a matter of hope. The 15m lead of the 3DS doesn't hurt Nintendo's chances either.

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