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ALKO on 15 May 2007
windbane said:
ALKO said:
jjseth said:
I don't know about you, but 20 million PSP's is far from a failure. In fact, before the DS Lite came out, I recall the PSP outselling the DS. I'm happy that there is actually some good competition in the handheld market, that means that there will be better products and games for those units. Whether you prefer the DS or the PSP, it's good to have the choices available and get what fits you the best.

not so true...

psp is an half console.

because they designed also to work as a media player.

psp is between consoles and media player.

sad for sony and for us psp is not next walkman as they hope.

add the format.

bluray is on the way on umd.

sony hasn't good history about it look:

http://kokirivillage.altervista.org/e107_files/downloads/burial.jpg

 

(ehehe on kv we are so sarcastic...)


Yeah...just an MP3 player. I'll give you that the UMD was a bad decision. I play all of my games off the memory stick so load times and battery life are better. However, calling the PSP a bad console is just stupid. There are fantastic games both out now and coming this year and after. The reason software sales are down is piracy. That's why Sony trys to fix the firmware every month.

However, paying $50 more or so to play music, videos, and store photos is not a bad thing. It makes the device a much better portable alernative. Being able to store a few movies, hundreds of songs, and a few games at one time has been awesome.

The PSP can do a lot of things, making it a more complete console than the DS. What jjseth said IS true, the PSP has been a success despite the ridiculous success of the DS. This year should be a great year for the PSP as well. ALKO, you are just wrong. Also, there is no comparison for UMD and Blu-ray. One is an inferior format, the other is a superior format.

 

uhm....

 

NO!!!

if piracy is a problem...

nds software never existed!!!

let's face truth...

psp is bad designed..and games are stupid(to use words like you used to)...

this is an excuse...

there is piracy-->sonians have pirates culture.

I don't think that sonians as a pirate culture...

the truth is that many many passme were sold...

but this doesn't affect software sells for ds.

it's not piracy the problem.

 

the problem is that a sonians prefer to pirate a game on psp because he never would pay for such a game...

 

on DS people owning a passme still buy games because there are so many games that worth to spend money for...

if you want to find an excuse in piracy this is the truth that you find.

 so i don't think that problem is piracy ,but that psp is bad designed...

umd failed...

waiting for bluray failure...

 



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kber81 on 15 May 2007

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DKII on 15 May 2007

kber that was uncalled for I suggest you edit your post.



JSF on 15 May 2007

Hey, listen, because I signed up just to reply to this thread. Yep, the mumbo jumbo was sooooo bad this time around, I had to say something.

The PSP is not dead. Look at the numbers. The PSP is giving Nintendo a serious run for its money in the U.S. @ 12 million (DS) versus 8 million (PSP). That's not bad at all for a rookie system in a category (handhelds) with a huge kiddie audience you'd think would easily go Nintendo's way (portable gaming systems shut kids up on roadtrips and visits to the grocery store). The DS has also gone through two iterations (DS and DS Lite), so many people may actually own more than one which makes the numbers quite deceiving. Outside of the U.S., Nintendo is far more dominant. You guys can go on pontificating as to why that might be as you usually do. Just don't lump the PSP in the U.S. as suffering similarly.

 To those who complain about the price of the PSP versus DS Lite, you need to run - not walk - to your local FYE store right now. They have PSP for $139 after $30 rebate. I think it might be an error or something and that it was supposed to be $30 off $199 to match Sony's recent price drop, but they're now honoring the $169 PLUS the added $30 rebate off.

Just wanted to throw in one last tidbit that goes back to what I was saying about portables formerly being a kiddie-infested market.  Look at all the "adult" portable consoles in the past: the Sega Nomad or the Turbografx Portable.  The PSP has seriously ripped past those sales and then some.  This is like the first time an "adult" portable console has gained this level of appeal.

 



FishyJoe on 15 May 2007

It's hilarious that Sony fanboys keep calling DS software for 'kiddies'. Titles like Brain Age, English Training and many others have a big adult audience. If anything, the success of the DS is in large part due to the adult audience it attracts. Calling the PSP a more 'adult' platform is complete nonsense.



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JSF on 15 May 2007

I have both a PSP and a DS Lite. I even own Brain Age...you know, one of the games that Nintendo of Japan really came down hard on Nintendo of USA for because it sold so terribly versus in other countries? Oh yeah, were you trying to make a point about something or another? I might've missed it. Run it by me again.



windbane on 15 May 2007
DKII said:
kber that was uncalled for I suggest you edit your post.

Lighten up.

@ALKO: Look, you don't like the PSP. That's fairly obvious. But the fact remains it will be more successful than any system other than Nintendo Handhelds and Sony's systems in the last 10 years. That puts it only behind the GBA, DS, PS2, and PS1. Think about that. More than the Xbox, Gamecube, N64, Dreamcast, Saturn, and all non-Nintendo handhelds during forever. The PSP is also receiving many exclusives this year and on.

 



PinkPoop on 15 May 2007
a.l.e.x59 said:
PinkPoop said:
Sony is not in the games business, they are in the consumer electronics business. They will not "fail" as a hardware developer.

If they are not in the game business, then why are they in the game business?


Because it's CE. They are no different than Panasonic/Phillips/Toshiba in that they want to move entertainment devices.



Sometimes it hurts to go number 2.

CrazzyMan on 15 May 2007










DOES SOMEONE STILL THINKS, THAT PSP IS DOOMED? =))

Every 5 seconds on earth one child dies from hunger...

2009.04.30 - PS3 will OUTSELL x360 atleast by the middle of 2010. Japan+Europe > NA.


Gran Turismo 3 - 1,06 mln. in 3 weeks with around 4 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Gran Turismo 4 - 1,16 mln. with 18 mln. PS2 on the launch.

Final Fantasy X - around 2 mln. with 5 mln. PS2 on the launch.
Final Fantasy X-2 - 2.4 mln. with 12 mln. PS2 on the launch.

 

1.8 mln. PS3 today(2008.01.17) in Japan. Now(2009.04.30) 3.16 mln. PS3 were sold in Japan.
PS3 will reach 4 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 25k.

PS3 may reach 5 mln. in Japan by the end of 2009 with average weekly sales 50k.
PS2 2001 vs PS3 2008 sales numbers =) + New games released in Japan by 2009 that passed 100k so far

Smash_Brother on 15 May 2007

A better question is, "Does anyone care?"



"I mean, c'mon, Viva Pinata, a game with massive marketing, didn't sell worth a damn to the "sophisticated" 360 audience, despite near-universal praise--is that a sign that 360 owners are a bunch of casual ignoramuses that can't get their heads around a 'gardening' sim? Of course not. So let's please stop trying to micro-analyze one game out of hundreds and using it as the poster child for why good, non-1st party, games can't sell on Wii. (Everyone frequenting this site knows this is nonsense, and yet some of you just can't let it go because it's the only scab you have left to pick at after all your other "Wii will phail1!!1" straw men arguments have been put to the torch.)" - exindguy on Boom Blocks