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weezy on 04 March 2008

It makes some people mad Nintendo is whooping so much ass.. why?

I dont understand?

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thekitchensink on 04 March 2008

^^I know! I was an Xbox/GC person myself, but the PS2 being in the lead never got me so mad as some people get! For a little while, I was shocked and angry at Sony when they announced the PS3 price, as a lot of people were, but I got over that quickly!



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Squall_Leonhart on 04 March 2008

@weezy

It doesn't bother me in the slightest, i'm not that sad! But its obvious you seem to like bashing the PS brand anyway, which is rather sad... I enjoy gaming and thats all that matters to me, not who is 'winning' lol



weezy on 04 March 2008
kingofwale said:
Squall_Leonhart said:
@weezy

Sure... whatever you say! *rollseyes*

 Squall_leonhart. Don't mind him. His post isn't targeting at PSP, he's just targeting at me.

 

lol, I was acutally surprised he put PSP in, Most of the time, all his posts contain is "you fail, kingofFail"


And I've grown to ignore it since it's pointless to reply to useless personal insults. Don't believe me? keep on eye on most of his posts. :)

Paranoia.

Kingof_______<- insert here,dont get butthurt that I(and countless others) think you fail most of the time you post!

nobody is after you. roflrofl



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Final-Fan on 04 March 2008
FreeTalkLive said:
No one ever made a serious attempt at a handheld except for Nintendo until the PSP came along. However, the DS has so many more game features (splint screens, touch screen, smaller, mic, multi-play from one game) and a wider selection of games types and costs. I'm playing less for many DS games than I paid for GBA and even GB games. It's funny, consoles game prices have gone up, but not so for the DS where many games retail for $20 or less.
Actually, there have been several "serious attempts" before the PSP. The PSP has simply been the most successful. In particular the Sega Game Gear was far and away the most successful Nintendo competitor before the PSP. It got to 10 million. Do you know why it failed? Battery life. In the days before rechargeable internal batteries were practical for handheld gaming devices, the only power source was AA batteries. (Rechargeable battery packs were available, as peripherals.) The Game Gear's beautiful backlit color screen burned through six AA batteries in as little as six hours! The Game Boy's ugly-ass greenscreen lasted much longer and only took four at a time. (Later models used only two and improved the screen.)

To be sure, games are important, but the Game Gear did have games. But good games and superior graphics weren't enough to overcome the fact that it burned through batteries at twice the pace (or more?) of Nintendo's beloved brick. Maybe if one of Nintendo's challengers in those days had realized what a DISadvantage superior technology in handhelds became when battery life is considered, there would have been much stronger competition in the handheld arena before now.

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__XBrawlX__ on 04 March 2008

Sega, Atari, and Sony have been asking this same question for quite sometime...



 

 

 

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Yakuzaice on 04 March 2008
weezy said:
kingofwale said:
*By having a lot of games.. and a lot of games fitting for portable handheld that is easy to pick-up-and-play
*by being inexpensive
*by having a lot of colours
*by been the only product in handheld market for over 20 years.
*by having a lot of IPs people grow up with


Need more reasons?

 you continue to fail everytime you post

 

PSP is inexpensive and has sold 35+ million less. THIRTY FIVE MILLION..lol

Sorry PSP isnt getting its ass kicked because DS has more colors

 

The PSP launched at $100 more than the DS at launch.  I'd say the PSP was expensive compared to the DS. 

 



FreeTalkLive on 04 March 2008
Final-Fan said:
 
Actually, there have been several "serious attempts" before the PSP. The PSP has simply been the most successful. In particular the Sega Game Gear was far and away the most successful Nintendo competitor before the PSP. It got to 10 million. Do you know why it failed? Battery life. In the days before rechargeable internal batteries were practical for handheld gaming devices, the only power source was AA batteries. (Rechargeable battery packs were available, as peripherals.) The Game Gear's beautiful backlit color screen burned through six AA batteries in as little as six hours! The Game Boy's ugly-ass greenscreen lasted much longer and only took four at a time. (Later models used only two and improved the screen.)

To be sure, games are important, but the Game Gear did have games. But good games and superior graphics weren't enough to overcome the fact that it burned through batteries at twice the pace (or more?) of Nintendo's beloved brick. Maybe if one of Nintendo's challengers in those days had realized what a DISadvantage superior technology in handhelds became when battery life is considered, there would have been much stronger competition in the handheld arena before now.
I guess you are right.  Sega, you, and likely others considered the Game Gear a serious attempt.  However, I never did.  I remember playing the Game Gear back then.  The battery life made the handheld a joke and the best game I remember was a not so great version of Sonic which I already owned on my Sega. 

 



 

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FreeTalkLive on 04 March 2008
Yakuzaice said:
 
The PSP launched at $100 more than the DS at launch. I'd say the PSP was expensive compared to the DS.

 

 The higher launch price and the higher game price are both very noticable.  A few of DS's best sellers (Brain Training, Brain Training 2, Flash Focus) sell for around $18 and many go for $20.  Also, several older DS games retail for $15.99 at Costco.  I don't know about PSP games because I never see them at Costco.

 



 

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kingofwale on 04 March 2008
FreeTalkLive said:
Yakuzaice said:
 
The PSP launched at $100 more than the DS at launch. I'd say the PSP was expensive compared to the DS.

 

The higher launch price and the higher game price are both very noticable. A few of DS's best sellers (Brain Training, Brain Training 2, Flash Focus) sell for around $18 and many go for $20. Also, several older DS games retail for $15.99 at Costco. I don't know about PSP games because I never see them at Costco.

 

 PSP games are selling mostly close to a Normal console game price than a portable game price.

God of war is selling for 40 bucks, Crisis Core the same... that's the normal PSP game price. Too high for just a casual fan, but Sony can't lower then because of the production cost.

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