HappySqurriel said:
tombi123 said:
HappySqurriel said:
tombi123 said:
Also brand, Playstation brand is still a lot bigger/better than Nintendo brand in Europe. More people have heard of Playstation than Nintendo, my Mum for example. |
Which is exactly why the PSP has performed so much better than the Nintendo DS ... No wait it didn't
But at least the PS3 is performing better than the PSP so its fate will be different ... No wait its performing worse The fact is that the "Brand Power" theory is crap, and if people cared that much about brands the Playstation would never have caught on
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The handhelds are completely different, Nintendo has dominated that market with the Gameboy since forever. Not even Sega at their peak were good enough to break in and compete in the handheld market. Sony has done exactly that, and has about a third of the market. Just goes to show how strong the Playstation name is... |
But they abandoned the "Gameboy" Brand and faced your superior "Playstation" brand and yet the Nintendo DS outsold the Playstation Portable ... |
Nintendo made it very clear that the Ds was the follow up to the Gameboy. Also having Pokemon helps, Brain Training took off on the Ds, but Brain academy didn't for some reason on the Wii.
I should have made it clear that Brand can only go so far, it is just that the Playstation brand can go further than most. Taking a third of the handheld market away from Nintendo (which no other company has ever been able to do) is testament to that.
It should also be said that Mario isn't as popular in Europe as he is in NA. He is definitely popular, just not as.
