Originally posted by Pulse2
Are you saying that you immidiately expected the PSP to be brought to a new market and have more and better games then the DS and outsell it on its own turf? Yeah right, that was never going to happen, unlike Nintendo, Sony doesn't have it own large brand of games under its own brand name, they are usually done by another buisness under its name, so the lack of games was expected, its just common sense to know full well that the PSP was not going to survive one week with just games playable, first it needs to have the developers in order to make the games for it in ithe first place, Nintendo would have ease with the DS, gaming isn't even an issue with Nintendo, knowing full well that the games on the other gameboys are definatly going to draw more people in, they just recreated those games to be intigrated with its new touch screen features, tell me, how on Earth would PSP have competed with that being just games based and completly new, how in Gods name would it have even lasted the few short seconds it was released, it would have been the biggest flop, the biggest let down from Sony in the Playstation brand, Sony can't afford that, they had to have something the DS doesn't have, something different, something new, something to show people the power of the PSP even with the lack of games, slowly the developers would notice the PSP and start making games specifically for it.
No, I never expected the PSP to be able to go blow for blow with the DS, but a lot of people did expect it, including Sony. After all, they did it with the Playstation, came into a new market and totally dominated it, so people thought it may be the same thing here. I was never one of those people, nor did I insinuate that I was. So this whole segment of your post is worthless, seeing as it's asking me questions and retorting against something I never said (once again).
Originally posted by Pulse2
To many the extra stuff was pointless as they wanted games, but to millions of others, the extra crap stuff was great, as it would replace and conjoin many things people didn't have or did have. If PSP could play games etc, why buy a seperate MPS, why buy a seperate handheld, why buy a seperate portable DVD player? This PSP does it all, the games are slim but yet increasing, and slowly but surely, it will have great games on it too, not that it already doesn't. I've played some fun games on my PSP, so there is no lack of entertainment there.
Once more, stop acting as though I've said that the PSP doesn't have good games, or that I think the system is bad, I don't. I know the system has some great games, I know the systems good, again responding to shit that was never said or purposely insinuated. If my saying "The DS has outsold the PSP, PSP sales have slowed down substantially over the last year, while the DS sales have picked up" equates in your mind to "The PSP sucks, it has no good games and is dying" then that's your problem, but for gods sake stop responding to shit I've never said, it's just making your posts stupidly long.
Originally posted by Pulse2
About that correction you made regarding the stats, nobody mentioned anything about DS outselling nor the November stats untill you came in:
What difference does that make? It was still incorrect information. What? Because someone stated something incorrectly after I came in, I'm not allowed to correct it?
Originally posted by Pulse2
Go have a look, my argument was focused at Anomaly before you came in about his negative veiwpoint of the PSP. The november stats as unrelated to the topic as they were came in reply to your point about DS outselling the PSP which we already know about.
Yes, and I corrected these incorrect statistics, nothing more. It's you who have taken my correction as an insult to the PSP (despite the fact that I've made it as clear as humanly possible that I DON'T think the system is bad, and even said that I plan on buying one once the price comes down).
Originally posted by Pulse2
So basically, that whole Novenber stats and DS outselling is no fault of mine. I'm just making simple facts clear to someone who is showing negativity towards something they don't like when they could have simply ignored the topic and not reply to it if they dislike it. Nobody has forced you to buy a PSP and quite frankly we couldn't care less if you liked it or not, bought it or not, we did, and from that, am I not entitled to give advice to a fellow PSP gamer without someone else interrupting?
Good lord, I'll go ahead and repeat this since you've failed to grasp this fact: I don't dislike the PSP, and I'm not showing negativity. Stating factual statistics about sales is not showing negativity. Apparently nothing short of lying is positive enough for you when regarding the PSP. And of course it's your fault, you're the one who backed the false statistics that claim the PSP outsold the DS in November. It's my fault that you lied because you lied in response to something I said? Wonderful.
Originally posted by Pulse2
And I could understand if what your saying was worth interrupting the topic for, but its not. So I don't understand why you (not you in particular) would waste your time defending the DS when someone else recommended it for no reason whatsoever considering we aren't interested in DS. If you like the DS, I'm sure there are other DS threads you could bash the PSP in and mention its poor sales, but this topic certainly isn't it.
And why are you even talking to me about this person who suggested buying a DS, I didn't' do this, I simply came in to give my view on the sales statistics and later to correct false information. It's now my fault someone ELSE decided to recommend a system other than the PSP? Excuse me all to hell. And Apparently what I'm saying IS worth interrupting the topic for, since you're actively taking part in...well...interrupting the topic to respond to what I'm saying (and a few things I'm not saying).
Originally posted by Pulse2
And from the small list of good games you put up, it is obvious you simply dislike the PSP because the PSP has various other game that are just as good if not better or more fun to play then that petty jokale list you put up, and that same list is growing. Whether DS outsold PSP in November is no ones concern because as much as the person you beleive is wrong because of that, you are also wrong regarding the slowing down sales of PSPs, you obviously dislike it so much you havevn't been paying attention to the sales of it, so you are making false accusations, since the release of PS3, the sales of PSP have been been raising rapidly as non owners buy so that they can connect with thier PS3s. So what if DS outsold it? How is that effecting the success of the PSP? People don't buy a game platform because it is doing well, they buy because of the games they enjoy. And as limited as they are, there is no doubt that people are buying PSPs because there are games they enjoy on it.
What poor logic, because I didn't list more good games, I don't like the PSP? Those are simply the ones that I thought of first, I know there are other good games. Please show me where I said that these are the ONLY good games for the system. I'll wait...
Of course sales have been rising, it's Christmas time! Sales of every system has been rising, DS including. PSP sales as a whole HAVE slowed down over the last year and a half, a global surge in sales because of the Holiday season doesn't change that. It's cute that you accuse me of not paying attention to something, when you have Apparently not payed attention to the numerous times I've stated that I don't dislike the PSP and would even purchase it if the price dropped. And the success of the PSP is of course connected to the success of it's ONLY COMPETITOR! As everything item is, success is determined by how well something competes and sells as opposed to it's competition. And for hell's sake, please don't confuse this with an attack on the PSP, simple business here, man.
So, in the spirit of Christmas, allow me to wrap up my thoughts in a neat little package so you hopefully understand my thoughts on the PSP and what I was saying earlier that you misinterpreted as attacks on the system, and hopefully no longer feel the need to lie and tell me how I feel about it:
The PSP is a fine system, it has good games and, yes, is successful, and I am interested in buying one once the price comes down. That said, the DS has outsold the PSP by a significant margin, especially this year. So, in conclusion, both systems are good, sales be damned. But that doesn't mean one should lie or deny the sales statistics.
Merry Christmas.
To be honest, the sales are complete insignificant, the only thing the dominant sales of the DS proove is that it is a more known and better established brand, not only that, but it has more games to appeal to a wider range of people, the PSP is bound to not have this yet as it is a new product. Sony assumed the PSP would do well not dominate, but do well and still give DS a hard time, I don't know where you got the idea they thought it would dominate from, only silly blind Sony fanboys assumed it would because it was so called "cool". As for the slowing down, in fact they haven't, they have been going at the same steady slow pace they have always been selling at, no faster, no slower. There are still people picking up PSPs, it has dropped at all, DSs up-peak in sales is down to the lastest releases such as Nintendogs, Brainage and Pokemon which are just 3 simple examples of fun games you can pick up on a DS.
I still don't understand how DSs domination has anything to do with the thread, so why you felt to mention it is beyond me. But when you are corrected for producing a blank statement such as that, you get all defensive and feel the need to correct others. And yet still, you have yet to contribute anything to the thread.
Do not feel as though my annoyance is aimed at you specifically, I conversing with you and any other owner of DS that may be considering adding a blank remark without contibuting to the thread in any way. A merry christmas or happy holiday to you as well.
You may not remember, but over a year ago, PSP sales were huge, that thing was really popular for a while, at least here in America, it was a gaming craze. Since then, it's slowed down to it's current pace. Not a bad pace, but much lower than Sony would like, I'm sure.
DS outselling the PSP doesn't have anything to do with this thread, it's not really important at all, just there was a discussion brewing about it, and I thought I'd give my thoughts on the subject of the sales war between the two systems. That's all.
Maybe the first half a year the sales went through a major burst, no suprize there, it was brand new, people wanted to see what it was capable off, over the last couple of years however the sales haven't dropped dramatically but have been simply moving at a slow steady rate, however, I don't think this is what Sony is concerned about, the PSP is still selling well, maybe as not well as the DS, but the fact it is selling better then all other competition on the market at the moment is fantastic, its only 3 mill away from total worldwise xbox's sold, and it is matching PS2 sales point for point as PS2 sales gradually slow down.
The major concern for Sony is the developers not making proper use of the hardware, the PSP has next to endless posiblities, and with all the extensions, there is no excuse for developers to make pathetic ports and stick them on the PSP, if Namco can work hard making a game for PSP so can anyone else. Its because it is so easy to port that developers don't pay much attention to what they put on PSP, a shocking 60% of games on PSP are not even worth glancing at, others are fun but don't get noticed because of the top place takers such as GTA and Tekken.
Killzone was made specifically for PSP and it is a superb game, so was Locoroco, and so will Rachet and clank, there are so many games on it, so what happened to the other 60% of cack games on PSP, god knows, ask the devs, they certainly seem to be proud of the crap they spill up and stick on the PSP, its like the leftovers of a popular brand on PS2 they stick onto a PSP.
50% of my time is spent gaming and the other 50% using my PSP for other things, I have no need for much of anything else, I must admit UMDs were a waste of time, Sony should have simply added a download service so that you could download movies, would have been cheaper for them and more profitable. That service could have been shared with the PS3. The UMDs come in useful for gaming, and I would take UMD over cartridge any day for gaming, but I never buy movies, I might even consider if if UMDDVDs were cheaper then the normal DVD, but they aren't so its not worth buying them unless its playboy, lol, which a mate of mine has.
Music is superb, and I have a whole library of it, memory stick prices don't bother me, I can get them cheap, plus amazon and ebay have lots of cheap ones, you just need to be buying wise. Loading times are slightly annoying in some games, but developers have become more experienced with the hardware, and 2 minute waits for the first few PSP games have become a thing of the past, large games like GTAVC and Tekken with superb gfx take little or no time to load, so games that aren't large or graphical should take milliseconds to load. I am happy with my purchase of a PSP.