DS sales if the PSP didn't exist??

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hunter_alien on 01 October 2008

superchunk said:

Gnizmo said:

hunter_alien said:
I dont think that the DS would even exist if the PSP wouldent... Nintendo made the DS to be able to compete against Sony in a different way. Going head-to head wouldent have been a good decision, so they opted for something different, and it was a success. IMO if the PSP wouldent have been the market would be still ruled by a Game Boy ;)

I would have to agree with this honestly. After fiasco with the Virtual Boy I can't imagine anyone at Nintendo was chomping at the bit to try something radically different. Their inability to compete head to head with Sony sort of forced their hand however. Direct competition had not worked, and the GBA was still a safe fall back if the gamble didn't work out. The fact that they removed the term "Game Boy" and called the DS a "third pillar" for the company is very strong evidence of this. Sony tried to challenge whatever unholy pact Nintendo signed to dominate the hand-held market and caused a massive reversal in fortunes that continues to this day.

I think the history of the matter disproves that thoery.

1. DS came out first.
2. DS had zero features that really matched the PSP. No video, music, etc.
3. DS is simply the beginning of Nintendo's blue ocean strategy. It was their way of breaking the typical game mold first in the domain they already controlled.

Yep, the DS came out a week before the PSP :P

But anyways, IMO they would have tried their new startegy in the home console market... they had nothing to loose there, but in the handheld arena, it was a totally different sittuation...

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