Hero said:
I was talking about Kirby in Japan, in which it also came out on the same day as new colors for the DS.
You're not even taking into consideration Animal Crossing, which is doing better than any other DS title in Japan and should have good sales here as well. The DS is getting more and more good games finally and sales are speaking for itself.
The PSP is mostly selling off of the multimedia function in Japan based on the software ratio, and we'll see how the PSP does here in NA after the holidays.
Metal Gear Acid 2? Are you kidding me? The first one didn't sell well, why will this one?
Ys, Pursuit Force, Field Commander, Loco Roco, and Katamari are all non-variables. Untold Legends 2 will probably fare as well as the first one did, but I hav this feeling that Daxter will suffer the same fate as previous PS2 franchises have done on PSP. Tomb Raider will have to be nothing short of amazing since that franchise has been run into the ground over the years.
I'm not saying that the PSP is going to stop selling or be pulled from shelves, but Sony has released most of the blockbuster franchises and none of them have had an impact like their console counterparts have. That's the source of the problem, as Sony still hasn't found a title that's suitable for a handheld ala Pokemon, Nintendogs, Brain Training. They (Sony and Developers) are treating the PSP like a portable PS2 by putting PS2 like games on it and expecting it to sell as well when the userbase is so far off it's not even funny.
The fact that DS games cost less to make and developers are going to see their efforts and money go to waste on the PSP will begin to show halfway of the 2006 year. Unless some unknown PSP game suddenly pulls a Goldeneye/Halo/GTAIII/Nintendogs, the handheld war is over.
First, we're talking about North American Sales.
Even so, Kirby had little affect on Japanese sales of DS.
DS didn't have a large game drought in Japan. It also didn't have significant sales drops like in North America and Europe.
PSP is selling because of software here, based off the tie-ratio. It'll continue to sell based on the software in the future.
We're talking sales here. The games i mentioned will SELL.
Why would I be kidding about Metal Gear Acid? It's the 7th highest selling title on PSP to date in NA.
Ys, Pursuit Force, Field Commander, Loco Roco, and Katamari are all good-great games that will help show that PSP has a varied game library, which will motivate people to buy PSP just as the previous library did.
Untold Legends 2, Daxter, and Tomb Raider will all sell well despite their quality (or lack of)
NFS is the highest selling PSP game and is by far NOT the best quality title.
Third party developers on the whole are not making money off the DS like Nintendo is. Do you think they'll continue to support it if that trend continues? Particularly western developers.
The PSP isn't like previous portables. This will create growing pains for developers, but they are getting the hang of making titles for the unit.
Developers are seeing plenty of return on their investements already with PSP software. Particularly third party developers.
Saying the handheld wars are over is premature and extremely fanboyish.
Sony has obviously expanded the handheld games market as well and Nintendo.
It can honestly be said that the PSP and DS will easily both survive and flourish in their market(s).