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"DS - Abandon ship!"

Latest figures from Japan show the DS sales slowing to a crawl, while PSP keeps on pushing ahead. Infact, although DS was launched in Japan before PSP, the hard fact is that now PSP has overtaken the Nintendo DS.

Units sold
249,000 DS
267,000 PSP

Nintendo need to do some thing fast if they want to stay in the game. In Japan, Nintendo should be able to crush Sony, but it appears they can't, even remembering DS was launched before PSP there.

If the trend is repeated world wide, and Sony PSP continue's to increase it's lead, where will that leave DS? Being pushed into 2nd place world wide is a real possibility now, which would in turn have an effect on developers who want to design for the most used system. Add to that the low number of Nintendo GameCube's, an we have to ask, what is the future for Nintendo?

"IS DAT A GAME OR IS DAT A FRISBEE?"

Of course they will you leper. Tons of people buy games without knowing what they are, when I was really oung I used to get games for my Atari ST solely based on the pictures on the box.

Nobody will buy the product if they dont know what it is. Plain and simple.

Yeh, I must admit there were loads of ads for the launch of the Gamecube but then it was almost like "right OK, we've spent some cash. No more advertising for the Cube. It'll sell, we dont need to do anymore".

I remember when the GC came out, there was plenty of adverts, and for Minish Cap, Metroid prime 2, and lots of games i know of but don't play.

B.A.S.I.C wrote:
> What, I've seen loads of Nintendo adverts.
> When the 'Cube first came out there was quite a lot and the Metroid
> Prime 2 advert I saw about 30 times.

I never saw a Prime 2 advert. In fact the only adverts I've ever seen on telly were the ones when the Cube launched and a few EA adverts specifically showing Cube games.

What, I've seen loads of Nintendo adverts.
When the 'Cube first came out there was quite a lot and the Metroid Prime 2 advert I saw about 30 times.

Has Nintendo's attitude changed enough though.

The DS lauch line-up is very weak and this is not making use of the first out of the gate advantage the DS has over the PSP in Europe.

I must have seen 2 nintendo adverts in my whole life on TV one for zelda wind waker and one for the offical magasine. Both of them after 9, talk about target market????

dont think it needs a dvd player but some of that is true :D

N64 Fan wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> And the assumption that Nintendo learnt nothing from that is
> shocking.

The other thing Nintendo didn't learn is that in this day and age advertising is the key to sales. Thats why Sony are so successful with the Playstation. The bl**dy name is everywhere. Football matches, constant TV advertising, magazines, promotions, prizes etc etc etc boring boring!