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MARCUSDJACKSON on 22 December 2011
Jumpin said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
TrevDaRev said:
hatmoza said:
Yes, Nintendo:

Wii
DS
DSi
DSiXL
3DS
and soon to be
Wii U
and Modified Dual Stick 3DS


That's only 3. DS, Wii and 3DS. DSi, DSIXL are both DS's.

both of you are wrong. DS,DSi, AND DSXL are platforms that support the same games, so they're more like remodels then different platforms. Different models for different taste.

3ds is a separate platform like psp a psvita. you can't play 3ds games on ds or the other models, and modifications or peripherals are not consoles.

Sony will be the first with 5 consoles when PS4 releases.


DSi and DS were different platforms - but DSi and DSi XL were the same platform. DSi had exclusive games available at retail, and also exclusive downloadable games - although, people bought DSi for the DS platform, so it doesn't really count in that respect - no retail DSi game was major - so for its intended purpose, DSi is more or less a DS with extra features and platforms available.


yea i relized that after i posted lol.



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MARCUSDJACKSON on 22 December 2011
spurgeonryan said:
I wanna say GBA, N64, GC, GBC or Micro? Micro was basically a GB right?

Also N64DD was different enough I think.

So if all of those were that would be Five! And I believe in Japan the Snes had a fe late comer games as well. So six.

i heard the nes (famicom) was still selling in Japan in 2002



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Marks on 23 December 2011

PS2 is dead dude. Hasn't had a good game made for it since Persona 4 in December 2008. Only other games it's gotten in the past 2 years is sports games. I give credit to Sony for living up to the 10 year plan though, PS2 is the best of all time...but its gone now.

And also the PSP is pretty much dead already (5 games over 80 metascore in 2011, none over 88)...and I'm guessing 2012 won't be any kinder on it, especially with all the big games going to Vita and 3DS.

I would pretty much already consider them down to just 2 (PS3 and Vita)...but if you want to get technical then yes they do have 4 consoles on the go, two of which don't get good games anymore.



Galaki on 23 December 2011

If it still sells, it'll be on the market.
Demands. Demands. Demands.



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Seece on 23 December 2011

The real achievement comes when they have 5, can the PS2 last 2 more years though? It's shipments are finally dying down and PSP is pretty low for this FY (6m) when the Vita is only in the west for 1 month of that.



 

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supermario128 on 23 December 2011

No, this has happened every time a gaming company has both a console and a portable, and then they launch both new consoles at a similar time frame. Nintendo has had 4 different consoles on the market 3 different times already; soon to be 4 once Wii U is released.




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VMEfinn on 23 December 2011

Sony:

PS2, PSP, PSP GO, PS3, PS Vita, Playstation Phone.   (Sony has at least 5 seperate gaming platforms as the PSP go is well...)



VMEfinn on 23 December 2011

Sony:

PS2, PSP, PSP GO, PS3, PS Vita, Playstation Phone.   (Sony has at least 5 seperate gaming platforms as the PSP go is well...)



kain_kusanagi on 23 December 2011

At one time Sega was supporting the Master System, Genesis/Mega Drive, Game Gear, Sega CD, Sega 32X, and Saturn in various places around the world. That's six seperat game platforms if you count the expansions and four if you don't. I count the Sega CD and 32X because the games were seperate and Sega marketed it as whole new systems. It probably contributed to their downfall since it costs so much to maintain all those factories. Even the glorious Dreamcast couldn't dig them out of the hole they got themselves into.



kain_kusanagi on 23 December 2011
VMEfinn said:

 

Sony:

PS2, PSP, PSP GO, PS3, PS Vita, Playstation Phone.   (Sony has at least 5 seperate gaming platforms as the PSP go is well...)

 


I don't consider the PSP and PSP Go seperate platforms. But I don't consider the DS DSi and DSi XL seperat either. PS Phone is debatable. I wouldn't count Windows Phone 7 as a Microsoft platform along with Xbox 360 even though it plays games too.

The way I see it Sony has 4, Nintendo has 3, and Microsoft has 1.