| twintail said:
Look, we have past this why the DS was released discussion. We know why. Constantly bringing this up is not going to change that the GBA was first affected by the release of the DS before the PSP. That is just how it is. THere are many reasons why the N64 failed. Launching later was not the sole, of even major reason. Their bullish attidude towards 3rd parties, and their desire to not adopt CD`s as a medium played a larger impact on how the N64 would ultimately be recieved. PSP launched in JPN in 2004. The 1st PSP MH launched in Dec 2005 and only sold around 120K (not 500k) and moved about 89k hardware. It launched in other regions a year after their PSP too. So I have no idea where you are getting these facts or figures from. Well your experiene is not the same but I think its absurd anyone would think the WiiU smash was going to sell better than the 3DS version taking into account 1) late release or 2)massive install base changes. But it is what it is is. |
Nope you cannot deny what I've posted and that's what it comes down to PSP is the main factor in ending the GBA no matter how you try to spin it.
Nintendo were bullish towards 3rd parties since the early 80s and PS1 wasn't the only console to use CDs either, what it comes down to is the delay, why? Because consumers had little choice but to consider the PS1, the Saturn cost £400 which as inflation goes would be more then the PS3 and X1 launch prices and and with the N64 two years away Sony took full advantage of being left unchecked for two years. It's not tech or anything complicated because if the N64 had released with the Saturn and PS1 it would have dealt with both of them quite well but Nintendo gave up the market taking their time and couldn't recover, the was not shortage of other consoles for third parties to support the PS1 even though a good platform had the fortune of being handed the market by Sega and Nintendo.
