9th March 2005, 8:26 PM
Uh, OB1, pre-PSP DS numbers are not irrelevant! They are an installed base. Not all of those people are going to go out and get PSPs. So you can't just ignore them, start from when the PSP comes out, and start counting then. The sales from before then are just as relevant in the overall sales picture as the sales after the PSP launch will be.
Sure, a continual loss of the overall market share isn't good, but if you look at the total sales you see Nintendo at least has some time to do something to stay ahead... it's not until they're behind overall that there's a big problem. And that won't happen in the next few weeks. Or months, probably, given Sony's normal production and distribution problems that have been mentioned here...
This is true, and it's why the DS is being aimed older. But keeping the children's market means something, anyway... especially, in Nintendo's case, for handhelds -- I'm sure plenty of kids have PS2s, but they all have Gameboys, and not too many will actually be able to get PSPs no matter how much they want them.
As usual, Nitendo's problem wasn't the competition, it was itsself... you never had any hope NIntendo could win despite itsself while I do. I still do, and they've made progress. The question is if that progress will mean substantive change fast enough for it to win or if it'll be too little too late... and at this point, for handhelds, it's really too early to say. Sony HAS NOT won yet. But Nintendo hasn't defeated them. And unlike the NGPC, Sony won't helpfully go belly-up and self-eliminate an until-then successful competitor to the GB...
So let's hope we see Nintendo's internet strategy soon...
Oh yeah, and as for the PSP vs. the DS hardware-wise, the PSP ended a bit better than I expected (low battery life, but not as low as it could have been. High price, but not as high as it could have been. Analog. Pretty good graphics... though so far they haven't exactly lived up to their potential for sure...) and the DS a bit worse (no analog? Shorter battery life than the GBA? :().
Sure, a continual loss of the overall market share isn't good, but if you look at the total sales you see Nintendo at least has some time to do something to stay ahead... it's not until they're behind overall that there's a big problem. And that won't happen in the next few weeks. Or months, probably, given Sony's normal production and distribution problems that have been mentioned here...
Quote:The child market is not the largest market anymore, not by a long shot. It's the 15-30 crowd that brings in all of the dough, which is why Sony has been dominant over the past several years.
This is true, and it's why the DS is being aimed older. But keeping the children's market means something, anyway... especially, in Nintendo's case, for handhelds -- I'm sure plenty of kids have PS2s, but they all have Gameboys, and not too many will actually be able to get PSPs no matter how much they want them.
Quote:You and others here have been mocking the PSP since it was first announced, saying that it would be yet another failed challenger to the Gameboy. Then the DS was announced and you admitted "okay, so maybe Nintendo needs more than the GBA to combat the PSP", and now that the PSP is selling better than the DS in Japan you are still in denial. The only fanboys here are you and several others here, ABF. Not me. I love Nintendo games more than you ever will, but I do not let that blind my judgement. I have no biases one way or another.
Sucks to be wrong, don't it?
As usual, Nitendo's problem wasn't the competition, it was itsself... you never had any hope NIntendo could win despite itsself while I do. I still do, and they've made progress. The question is if that progress will mean substantive change fast enough for it to win or if it'll be too little too late... and at this point, for handhelds, it's really too early to say. Sony HAS NOT won yet. But Nintendo hasn't defeated them. And unlike the NGPC, Sony won't helpfully go belly-up and self-eliminate an until-then successful competitor to the GB...
So let's hope we see Nintendo's internet strategy soon...
Oh yeah, and as for the PSP vs. the DS hardware-wise, the PSP ended a bit better than I expected (low battery life, but not as low as it could have been. High price, but not as high as it could have been. Analog. Pretty good graphics... though so far they haven't exactly lived up to their potential for sure...) and the DS a bit worse (no analog? Shorter battery life than the GBA? :().