9th March 2005, 7:49 PM
Quote:How do you read the sentence "By the time they've warmed up people might not care, though. " as "OMG the DS is BOMBING it's DEAD OMGH!!!!"? I'll never understand you, Brian.
The fact of the matter is that PSP hardware has been outselling DS hardware basically since it launched in Japan, and when it launches this month in the U.S. with a lineup of games far more impressive than the DS' current lineup, Nintendo will have to start worrying about the games they have to offer. The DS really is a system that needs time to get into its groove, but with the PSP ruining the party Nintendo doesn't exactly have all of the time in the world to experiment with the system.
We'll see how the charts look in two months time.
Standard OB1 here: strong statements of a position, angry retorts when the statement is taken to mean what it means, and then a more reasonable body of the reply. Hmm... let me guess, is the 'insult everyone in sight' phase next? :)
(for the first part) Lazy obviously interpreted what you said the same way, given his post right after mine. It's not just me. It's the way you say things.
"By the time they've warmed up, people might not care, though".... that's a pretty clear statement that you think that the PSP will do really well, get a lot more press and popularity than the DS, and by the time Nintendo releases stuff that really uses the hardware no one will care because the PSP will be victorious. It's a typical statement of yours on this subject... DS is going down, PSP will win big, etc, etc... "realism"? It's not all that because these things haven't happened yet. It's stating what you think will happen, and you REALLY make it sound like that's what you want ot happen as well. So of course, this being a NIntendo place, you'll have people disagreeing. :)
Here's where you say "You're fanboys" of course. And that's probably partially true. But you are not oh so much better and mroe accurate than anyone else here. Sure, the PSP might 'win' overall. It's definitely possible. But given that the DS HAS done so well so far -- beating Nintendo's expectations in hardware sales, in fact -- I'm not exactly about to just give up and award Sony overall victory like you have so badly wanted to do for so long... Nintendo could lose it, but if they do the right things they won't. And they have all the opportunities in the world to do the right things. (Oh, the PSP will be a success either way, but Nintendo doesn't have to lose the handheld market, not by a long shot... and honestly? I think that their policy of keeping the GBA alive at the same time is a good thing. That's a very successful console that is perfect forchildren, which are Nintendo's favorite market... I really doubt that the PSP will be making strong inroads into THAT market anytime soon.
The GBA, really, is Nintendo's solution to your issue that they don't have time to experiment. They have some, thanks to the GBA.