3rd April 2005, 10:17 PM
That lead will not be sustained. You and I both know it. As I said, my store's gone two months without selling a single DS. Maybe my store is an anomaly, certainly in that particular extreme, but consider this: Even our ancient, tiny PSX software selection draws more sales, numerically and profit-wise, than DS games do.
The DS has a lead now, yes. But it won't be more than maybe two months before that lead evaporates. If even that long. Sony actually seems to have an interest in making money from their handheld machine. Nintendo seems to be continuing their devil-may-care attitude that relegated the N64 and GameCube to second-class status. I know it won't be long before we're told something to this effect:
"Sony's PSP is a do-it-all machine, a jack of all trades. It does not make games the main priority. The DS only plays games, it is a real videogame machine whereas the PSP is not, and therefore, we are not directly competing with Sony."
Just you wait.
The DS has a lead now, yes. But it won't be more than maybe two months before that lead evaporates. If even that long. Sony actually seems to have an interest in making money from their handheld machine. Nintendo seems to be continuing their devil-may-care attitude that relegated the N64 and GameCube to second-class status. I know it won't be long before we're told something to this effect:
"Sony's PSP is a do-it-all machine, a jack of all trades. It does not make games the main priority. The DS only plays games, it is a real videogame machine whereas the PSP is not, and therefore, we are not directly competing with Sony."
Just you wait.
YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER
WE STAND AT THE DOOR
WE STAND AT THE DOOR