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PSP is going to dethrone and kick the **** out of Gameboy and any other handhelds (pg. 5)
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| CONNERMAN2000 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Lac
1.) All I gotta say is that all businesses want to attract consumers so they can gain the market share and money. Isn't that what business is all about? Don't tell me Sony has never done that?
2.) The only reason why Sony got lucky on playstation is because Nintendo gave it up. If Nintendo did not give up their idea of the playstation then Sony will be forever be held in the music and multimedia business. Also if your thinking that Sony destroyed nintendo in the 90s your talking off topic since that doesn't have to do anything with "handhelds". If you are so sure that they crushed nintendo why are they still here?
3.) If I were sony I'd rather start making PSP its own games then jsut porting. Who would buy a ported game when you can play it big screen? You pay exactly the same difference of the games. What? your going to own two cuz its l33t. Seriously to think of it, I'd refer that back up to number 1 and say Sony is doing the same thing "Sony just wants to make more money by attracting dumbass consumers who are willing to buy the same games on the ps2 on a PSP handheld in a short period of time."
4.) The battery life for the PSP is 10 hours max. If you want to know the facts for a lithium battery I suggest you read it. Think of it as a laptop on lithium batteries. You ever try leaving your colored cellphone on for the whole time. If you know how that is then you know how long that PSP will last since there is no way a PSP can stand more then 10 hours with a motor drive spinning.
5.) Nintendo will redesign their system if it is necessary. Its the reason why they introduced it to E3 so people can get a feel and then get input so they can finalize the product. E3 is only the tip of what nintendo is showing.. wait till Space World. |
1. Sure Sony has, but have they ever released two consoles and/or handhelds within an extremely short period of time just to take advantage of idiots? I just think its ridiculous that Nintendo is treating the DS as a "test", because then me, as a consumer, doesnt want a buy a handheld that the company who made it is only going to support for like a year anyway.
2. This one doesnt make sense. It doesnt matter HOW the Playstation came to be (which is what you are referring to), what matters is what happened because of it. So, the Playstation was created, big deal, Nintendo should have stomped on them like concrete, because Sony was a huge noob at making consoles, and Nintendo had been in the business for a quite a while. In the end, Sony came out victorious.
| quote: | | Also if your thinking that Sony destroyed nintendo in the 90s your talking off topic since that doesn't have to do anything with "handhelds" |
Well it does here, because people are doubting the PSP's ability to take over a part of the market because of Sony's "lack" of experience, when in fact this same exact situation occurred a decade ago.
| quote: | | If you are so sure that they crushed nintendo why are they still here? |
In the 2003 World Series, the Cubs lost to the Marlins. So does that mean that the Cubs are no longer allowed to play in the MLB? Just because Nintendo got crushed by Sony doesnt mean they cant compete in the next-generation.
3. This one is up in the air at the moment. You state a good point, but I think its HIGHLY unlikely that they will straight-port every game. Surely there will be additional content in all of the games to differentiate the versions.
4. 10 hours is plenty. The GBA SP with the back-light only lasts 5 and without only 8!
5. We'll just wait and see. Space World is in August right? |
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| DJ Lac |
Ya spaceworld is in august
All businesses have different strategic ways to hold their business. If your comparing the MLB to gaming you shouldn't because thats sports and its way different in the Gaming market. Since the state of that team will obviously keep it supported. Look at Sega and atari they dropped out of the console race cuz tehy had no support, and were being crushed by the competition, and look at nintendo they are still here. It's a risky business.. MLB is not a risky business since fans of the team will buy the merchanidse either way and if there is no team where is the fun and entertainment? If MLB was a risky business mostly half the states would have no MLB teams by now.
Also when I meant about the 10 hours is that if you are playing Final Fantasy and cut scenes take a load of battery life you aint going to be happy playing it short. Since they said that a movie on a PSP takes up 2.5 hours of battery life before it dies. Now to me if thats the case then if they port over the ones with cutscenes you'd rather be playing at home instead of on the bus or wherever. GBA there are no cutscenes so practically you can get pretty far without even being disturbed with a cutscene and save at a point where you know the battery won't die on you.
And the fact they made the DS is they want to settle it in with the developers because they will use that similar code with the newer systems that will come out. So by the time the new systems arrive they'll already know how to handle it. Instead of wasting time in thinking how the code is and releasing a game months after the release which nobody likes to do cuz its time consuming. So they are using the DS to ease the developing for the new things that nintendo has yet to offer. Thats called strategy and really not a waste of the consumers money if they buy it. Heck I'd love to get my hands on a 1 gig semiconductor memory and neither sony or xbox has ever done that. Just think of all the posibilities of programming your own on the DS. Think of it as a PDA or PPC. |
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| CONNERMAN2000 |
| quote: | | All businesses have different strategic ways to hold their business. If your comparing the MLB to gaming you shouldn't because thats sports and its way different in the Gaming market. Since the state of that team will obviously keep it supported. Look at Sega and atari they dropped out of the console race cuz tehy had no support, and were being crushed by the competition, and look at nintendo they are still here. It's a risky business.. MLB is not a risky business since fans of the team will buy the merchanidse either way and if there is no team where is the fun and entertainment? If MLB was a risky business mostly half the states would have no MLB teams by now. |
I think you just misinterpreted what I said. The Playstation sold more than the N64, a lot more. Thats all I was trying to say. Seeing as how the PSone sold a lot more than the N64, I used the word "crushed" to emphasize. Both the N64 and Playstation were successful, but the Playstation was more so. All I was trying to say.....
Also, not sure yet, but I think I am heading more of a neutral position in this argument. I just read an article that said that the PSP's battery life is no longer than 2.5 hours. That sucks. That will probably hurt PSP's sales if Sony doesnt fix the problem. I dont know which handheld to root for now.... |
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| Akridrot |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aldrian
saw it at E3. was blown away. graphics are nearly as good as in the 128 bit machines.
more stylish, more mature, and more powerful. even the nintendo DS (Dick Sucking) won't match up a bit.
GO SONY!!!!!!!!!! |
Haha, this guy was so wrong. :D
GO NINTENDO!!!!!!!!!!
/Blastfromthepast |
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| nfekted |
| lol haha what a funny thread to bring up. yup the DS is owning no doubt. Castlevania, Final Fantasy anyone?:D |
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| chach |
| quote: | Originally posted by nfekted
lol haha what a funny thread to bring up. yup the DS is owning no doubt. Castlevania, Final Fantasy anyone?:D |
+ juan |
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| Spam |
Wow, way to dig up a buried thread :) 2 years after the last post. Not bad :)
LOL @ PSP fanboys who are now officialy pwned by everyone who knew Nintendo would win this battle.
Funny, considering the DS wasn't even meant as the PSP's main competitor. This just goes to show how lucky Sony got with Nintendo sticking with cartridge in the 64 era, and then the purple Gamecube fiasco. |
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| CONNERMAN2000 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spam
Wow, way to dig up a buried thread :) 2 years after the last post. Not bad :)
LOL @ PSP fanboys who are now officialy pwned by everyone who knew Nintendo would win this battle.
Funny, considering the DS wasn't even meant as the PSP's main competitor. This just goes to show how lucky Sony got with Nintendo sticking with cartridge in the 64 era, and then the purple Gamecube fiasco. |
Then again, if you consider the PSP to NOT be a competitor of the DS, then nobody "won", because they arent meant to be made in a comparison together anyway. I'm only nitpicking here though :)
I admit however that Nintendo, through smart marketing tactics and well thought out usage of the unique double screen, has continued to prevail in the handheld arena, and they should be commended for that.
Also, the PSP aint doing that bad now is it? I'm honestly not even sure. |
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| DarkAngel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Akridrot
Haha, this guy was so wrong. :D
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And that guy is so gone. Good riddance. Just as bad as that twat vanchorball. |
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| Spam |
| quote: | Originally posted by CONNERMAN2000
Then again, if you consider the PSP to NOT be a competitor of the DS, then nobody "won", because they arent meant to be made in a comparison together anyway. I'm only nitpicking here though :)
I admit however that Nintendo, through smart marketing tactics and well thought out usage of the unique double screen, has continued to prevail in the handheld arena, and they should be commended for that.
Also, the PSP aint doing that bad now is it? I'm honestly not even sure. |
PSP sales have slowed dramatically as DS's momentum has increased.
A lineup of bad Playstation ports and sub-par games have held it back as a gaming system. And all the other stuff Sony markets it for is done better by a blackberry.
The main problem Sony's having, I think, is that the handheld market demands a different type of game, primarily because the handheld market is driven by a younger age group (kids, and we all know Nintendo owns that niche). People want something quick that they can play on the bus, in the car, on the plane. And Sony keeps releasing console-style full-length games that just aren't suitable for the handheld market. The screen is also extremely glary, whereas the DS has no glare problems (Does PSP even have a light for playing in the dark? I've never bothered to check). That means that playing with too much light is actually a bad thing with the PSP, and to see the screen properly, you need to play with too much light. The analog stick is also awkward to use. But no more awkward than the touch screen I suppose. |
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| chach |
| quote: | Originally posted by Spam
But no more awkward than the touch screen I suppose. |
you gotta master that
:p |
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| Mmanu |
| I play on a 100" screen... Owns any kind of handheld ever :D .. |
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