Topic: Sales Figures

[Artimus]

But the PSP isn't unique. Ridge Racer? Metal Gear Solid? I can play those at home. The Gameboy had Pokemon, Kirby, etc. and the DS has well, 2 screens and a touchscreen. The PSP IS a portable Playstation. I'd rather a PS2 myself...

[nickmitch]

I only take my DS out of my room to play Boktai2 'cause I hate getting up to got to my window and once for semester exams.
Oh and the SP was supposed to be for casual gamers and adults as it could fit into a breast pocket.  

[Mario]

Media Create sales for the week 20 - 26 Dec

DS -- 396,674 (1,286,074)

PSP -- 107,217 (352,295)

[KDR_11k]

DS is to PSP as PS2 is to Gamecube? (technically inferior, four times the sales)

[Renny]

I guess you mean technologically inferior, which is certainly true. And maybe the analogy will hold up with exclusives. [hopes]

[kirby_killer_dedede]

Why aren't you listening!??!  NINTENDO IS d000med I SAY d000med!

*runs before Caustic reads anything*

[NWR_Lindy]

[NWR_Lindy]

Wow, hit the Reply button by accident - brilliant.

I'm beginning to wonder if the adult portable market is there too.  The GBA SP caught on with adults because it was small, cheap and cool-looking.  Still, to this day I only know one adult non-gamer that has one (my sister, and she didn't buy hers - I gave her my SP when I bought my DS).  I'm still wondering exactly what market the PSP is hoping to serve...I don't think that an "adult portable market" will be as easy to create as the "adult console market" was for the PS2, simply because there really isn't a need there.

I think that only the hardcore will buy the PSP, whereas the DS will attract the "Oh, it's a newer GBA?  Cool, I'll get it" market.  The PSP won't catch on with adults like, say, the iPod has.  The iPod does one thing and does it well; it's easy for people to understand.  The PSP is trying to be a jack-of-all-trades so it'll be more difficult for people to grasp the reason why they need the product (not to mention the fact that a convenient way to play music is higher on the mainstream's priority list than playing video games).

When I look at the PSP I see a product with a potential identity crisis.

silks

[Artimus]

The thing about the iPod is, like a cellphone, you do it WHILE doing other things. You listen to music as you jog or read a portfolio for work. You talk on your cellphone as you drive, or as you walk to the office or in a taxi to plan your day. Neither hinders your ability to work or to be involved in the world. They're supplements. Gaming isn't a supplement. You cannot play a game as you work. You can't read a book and play Gameboy. So when are these people supposed to play? The 20 somethings have jobs too. The iPod is a culture thing because of those little buds and how cool it is. The PSP is not 'cool' and it's definitely not something people have never seen before. I showe people my DS and they think it's really cool. For a GameBoy. It's a gaming thingy you hold, it's been around for a long time. Grand parents know about that. MP3 Players are newfangled thingies. "You can fit 5000 cds on THAT!?" That's a wow factor. A little color screen isn't going to wow Grandma Moses.

That's the problem the PSP has.

[nitsu niflheim]

People, please stop calling the DS a GameBoy or anything of the like, it's not.  

[KDR_11k]

You talk on your cellphone as you drive, or as you walk to the office or in a taxi to plan your day. Neither hinders your ability to work or to be involved in the world.

I beg to differ. Talking on the cellphone while driving does hinder your ability to drive and it CAN hinder your ability to further participate in the happenings of the world.

Silks: I suppose your sig is a joke as pretty much everyone has heard this quote attributed to Ben Franklin at least a dozen times since the introduction of the USAPATRIOT Act.

[Artimus]

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
You talk on your cellphone as you drive, or as you walk to the office or in a taxi to plan your day. Neither hinders your ability to work or to be involved in the world.

I beg to differ. Talking on the cellphone while driving does hinder your ability to drive and it CAN hinder your ability to further participate in the happenings of the world.

Silks: I suppose your sig is a joke as pretty much everyone has heard this quote attributed to Ben Franklin at least a dozen times since the introduction of the USAPATRIOT Act.

Maybe that's true, but that's not how the majority of people feel and it certainly doesn't stop them from using them. Sometimes the way things are and the way they should be are different.

This forum is so frustrating, everyone is out to defend everything even if noone is attacking it...

[Bill Aurion]

Which do you think is worse: someone defending something or someone attacking the same thing?  We're sorry we don't have the same opinions as you do...

[Renny]

I'd say having the forum reduced to the same few contentious asses would be worse.

[Artimus]

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Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
Which do you think is worse: someone defending something or someone attacking the same thing?  We're sorry we don't have the same opinions as you do...

But you're not even discussing this entire point. It has nothing to do with opinions, it has to do with the discussion. My post wasn't even ABOUT cell phones. It was a minor detail of little overall importance. And yet he goes after it? Why? It was barely even five words!

[Infernal Monkey]

Hey guys, we're all missing the big issue! The PSP can play MP3's! If you buy the value pack for another 7000 trillion dollars you can have up to 32MB or MP3's! iPod is DOOMED. Everyone will be all "32MB or MP3's! I can store FIVE SONGS, iPod is DOOMED" outside Apple's HQ. Oh wait, DS. DS IS DOOMED BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE 32MB OF MP3'S RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX.

DOOMED.