sony's new handheld - PSP

[MrCaine01]

okay let me elborate. I did not say that Sony didn't have an uphill battle or that they're definitely gonna come out on top. What I said is that it will be more powerful than the GBA. As for proven yes Nintendo is the market leader now but if the psp is easy to program for why wouldn't developers develop games for it? Sony has a HUGE ammount of support from developers on almost anything they do. As for specs, you're right it's meaningless, but it seems that everybody is forgetting why we all think the Ps2 is a great system, the software.

Sony is giving developers a lot of power to make some really good and versitile games. Sony is the market leader in the console market and kids will want the new sony handheld epecially when it'll connect to your ps2 and your pc. It's a versitile unit and Sony knows how to market things. Also it seems like a lot of people didn';t read one of my other posts carefully as in I said that it wasn't like Nintendo wasn't gonna come up with a good competing system.

So, in conclusion Sony does have a fight but with a very strong instilled console I don't think it's as uphill as some people believe and I didn't say that Sony was gonna completely take over the market. And as for developers go they go with what's making money and if the PSP is a hit they'll be definitely onboard as proven with the PS2

[Spike7]

As a developer, I dont think they will be stupid enough to make games only for one console. The point u made about "if you were a developer, what would you do? trust in something still being developed, or go with the proven one? i know where i'd be"
First it wont be game boy anymore. It is psp vs N DS. So psp and Nintendo ds will be at the same lvl of development. You cant compare a psp to GBA. Gba is kids, hence no real graphics. Psp games are targeted towards 18-31 and Nintendo DS as usual targets under 18. Not either one is going down but there is a variation of systems that is going to be sold. Second as for developers, i dont see why they will not make games for a new console unless the console is proven to be dead. For example, when FFVII came out, square announced that it will make games exclusively for PSX but at the end they made games for gba also. Developers not interested in what is proven or not, they interested in their market. SquareEnix see that GBA has a lack of rpg games so they decided to make FF chronicles on there to get a demandin share of rpg games of the gba market. Hope you will understand

[JoyBoy]

Spike, kudos for bringing this thread up. See folks, actual discussions do take place on FileForums

Anyways, at the time the discussion in this thread took place, Nintendo had yet to announce the DS System. That was only about 18 months ago. Now Nintendo is ready to launch in the US and Japan this November/December (from what I think I have read, the US gets the system first?). Web Advertising has started, and I'm sure in the US and Japan, TV Advertising is currently in full swing. Again, Europe is being treated badly as we wont see the DS until March 2005. But thats another discussion right there

The reason I point this out is that I feel Nintendo might have done a rush job on this System, just to answer the perceived threat that the PSP might be. The PSP was announced first (was that at E32003?), Nintendo, at the time, basically gave SONY the finger, and now Nintendo have a new System and ready to launch before the PSP? Thats messed up.

From what I have been reading as well, the developers for the DS are finding it tricky to come up with a Gimmick in order to use the Dual Screen feature. Heck, the Mario Kart DS one sounds lame to me; the second, lower, screen is basically a map of the track you are racing. Again, Nintendo insists on milking its mascot, Mario, for all he's worth.

The PSP on the other hand, is basically getting ports of familier Playstation franchises like Gran Turismo and Metal Gear. Thats the ****ing problem with the current generation of Consoles, the Publishers focus on milking brands instead of trying to be inventive and making new ones.

Personally, I dont think either System will sell even half of what the GBA has sold. The developers love making games for that little beast (Best selling console of all time ). They wont abandon that machine overnight, and I think its wrong to say that its marketed soley at kids. I see more teenie boppers with it, heck I have one and I'm 23 . I think the older generation enjoy the fact they can visit yesteryear through the GB/GBA and enjoy such classics like Mario Kart all over again (still the only game I own for it)

In terms of exterior looks, both systems look ugly too....