Nintendo's Press Conference

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But not in the handheld arena.

That's because Sony hasn't released a handheld yet, silly.

How? The GBA has already sold something like 20 million units worldwide and the SP is selling like mad. Yes, having no competition certaintly helps, but you're crazy if you think the PSP is going to take over in the blink of an eye.

Did I ever say that the PSP would take over the market in "the blink of an eye"? Of course not. It will take time, but if Nintendo doesn't change their business and marketing practices then Sony will become the leader of the handheld market eventually.

History is said to repeat itself, but people also learn from the past.

Not Nintendo. Just look at the current situation of the Gamecube. It's in third place behind Sony and new-comer to the market Microsoft.

A tenth? The GAME BOY ADVANCE is probably more than a tenth as powerful as the PSP.

Oh, and even Sony of Europe's President doesn't think the PSP will directly compete with the GBA. Here's what he said:

Maybe it might compete with people on planes, but in the schoolyard, I don't think people will be able to walk around with it and treat it as roughly as you do the Game Boy.

The GBA is about twice as powerful as the SNES. The PSP is about two or three times (maybe even greater) more powerful than the PlayStation. In terms of 2D processing power both systems with probably be pretty comparable, but when it comes to 3D processing power there is no comparison whatsoever.

I don't see these "huge changes". I think the electronics the batteries are running have changed (lessening power consumption) far, far more than the batteries themselves... alkalines are pretty much the same now as ever. Any difference is fairly small and won't help Sony enough. Unless you know of something else?

You actually think the PSP will run on alkalines? Don't bet on it, ABF. The lithium battery that Nintendo is using for the SP isn't nearly as powerful as other rechargable batteries, but it wasn't even an option for Nintendo until a few years ago.

I doubt it. Not with all the other issues the PSP probably will have... and plus, it'll spur Nintendo to do stuff too...
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Sure Nintendo will be motivated to get their act together (like not relying almost entirely on SNES ports) with their next handheld, but no matter how many good games there are for the GBA, the PSP will most certainly be more popular. Just look at the PS2's winter lineup and compare it with the Gamecube's lineup from the same time. The GC lineup was several times more impressive yet the system still sold poorly and the most-acclaimed game of the entire year (Metroid Prime) sold less than Splinter Cell on the X-Box and the crappy DBZ PS2 fighter. Nintendo simply isn't popular anymore, unfortunately.

[quote]It is amazing to see you continue to insist that those unequal shots equally represent those games...

Those were the best shots I could find, and they do a decent enough job of showing the graphical differences between the two games.

And you even admitted to me that you only played BK for a few minutes, so you trying to argue against this is insane.

Oh, SO sorry for forgetting that playing five hours of a game in a few days makes me completely ineligible to discuss it...

I AM JUST COMPARING BT AND DK64. AS I SAID. And I DON'T see this big difference in any way.

I don't expect you to see any differences between the two games.

I know plenty to have a discussion mostly about B-T and DK64, which is what I have been discussing in this thread. You aren't able to /don't want to acually try to talk about these two games in comparison, it seems... because I keep talking about mostly just them, but you constantly compare them to BK then say how amazingly superior BK is (a game I really have been trying to avoid discussing here...), etc, etc... HOW ABOUT JUST STICKING TO WHAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL ALONG?

It'd also make this discussion make more sense, for sure. As of now it is a bit confusing...




Now...

I know, I know, you think B-K is the best of all of Rare's platformers and that it has so much more platform jumping, better graphics, etc... from the limited stuff I have seen I don't see any proof for that, but I won't argue it much given how I don't have B-K. Now I know SOME people here do either agree with me or think B-K and DK64 are equal... I just wish they'd POST, because this is really getting annoying. I am just trying to discuss the games I have!

Then why did you try to claim that BK is inferior-looking than DK64?? Just another example of you basing your arguments on nothing.

I should have thought of that arguement when you started insulting text-based adventure games... its the perfect "you're an idiot so I don't even have to try to refute your points" arguement that avoids the whole issue of if they are valid...

Because, of course, YOUR OPINION ISN'T THE LAW. Other people CAN disagree with you and not be wrong from an objective standpoint, and it doesn't make them idiots.

I manage to have perfectly normal video game discussions with other people that I disagree with, but you are the one that started to claim that your opinion is fact, even when you were completely ignorant of a certain subject (like the graphics debate).