DS is no competition for PSP, says Sony

[hunter_alien]

thekitchensink said:

hunter_alien said:

thekitchensink said:

hunter_alien said:
Man ... the hate in this thread is amazing . And pathetic in the same time .

Yes , the PSP is partially competing with the DS , but I do agree that game library wise the PSP has an entirely different market . Just looking at a chart a couple of months ago I saw that the PSPs game library had almost 50% of its games made out of M and T rated games , while the DS game library has ~ 75% E reated games ... that says a lot ...

The PSP didnt create this market tough . Its mostly built out of technology lovers , Sony loyalists and ex GB owners . The DS on the other hand opened up a totally new market and thats why its so successful . So yeah , I dont think that the PSP and DS are battling for the same crowd ...

 

Picture this: I have a DS and a PSP (I don't really, but work with me). I am in the market for one handheld game. I go to a game store and check out both sections. I have my eye on New Super Mario Bros. or Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. I choose NSMB.

 

Are you honestly telling me that Sony DIDN'T just lose a sale to Nintendo?

 

Yes, more than half of my 20-odd DS games happen to be rated E. I also happen to be 18 years old. And yet NSMB, Animal Crossing, the Phoenix Wrights (rated E thru T), Bomberman, etc, all compete for my time with other 'Mature' games (which I do also play a lot of).

 

I'm also an ex-GB owner btw.

 

Picture this : Im a PSP owner and I had 2 PSPs and 2 DSs ( bothe the original and the redesign of both systems ) . When I go in store Il rather buy MPO and not NSMB . Your comparison is similar to this one : somebody goes into the shop and has an eye on a washing machine and a fridge . He chooses the fridge . They are both houshold products , but still extremely different .

Also from my ~50 PSP games I have ~20 M rated games and they often take away my gaming time from my T/E rated games . Also Im an ex-GB/GBC/GBA owner .

 

See , we can both do this , but the fact still remains , both systems game library is made for mostly a different crowd . Yes , they intercept ( LocoRoco/NSMB , Daxter/M64 etc. ) but overall they are almost entirely different , and even tough I know that the DS has many hardcore games , the fact still remains that the majority DS owners are softcore , Nintendogs/Imagine Babiez gamers ...

 

I think you're missing my point--maybe I'm not communicating it properly.

 

I'll use your example, if someone goes into a shop, knowing that they need a washing machine and a fridge, but can only afford one. After looking at all the models for both machines, he makes the decision that, at this point, it's more important to have something that keeps his food cold than something that cleans his clothes, so he buys a nice refrigerator. The man found them important enough to consider the same market (household necessities), but he decided the fridge was better for his needs at the time.

Just as I might decide to play NSMB over MGS:PO (or vice versa). I like both games at different times ('Intense' vs. 'Happy'). Since I thought about both of them, but decided on one, the other lost out on a sale. That is the very definition of competition in the marketplace.

 

 

Now I understand what you are saying , an dif you read my first post that I made here you can see that I to agreed untill a point that they are competitors . The ones that like both 'happy' and 'intense' are much fewer than the ones who like either one or the other . The PSP crowd is mostly based on people who like 'intense' while the DS crowd is more into 'happy' . There is only ~ 30% of PSP or DS owners whom own both , and for only this 30% they are competing software wise , or later on hardware wise when a redesign will arrive ( 30% is just a presumtion ) and the rest are the ones whom only have one , and they know they only want one of them ...

 

Yes they are competing to one point , but luckily both have a pretty big 'exclusive' market for themselves .