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My argument that handheld games just aren't cool is being put to the test here.
Sony reinvented the gaming industry, the Granddaddy of video games, Nintendo, are faltering as Sony have changed the way games will be played for ever.
Fortunatly for Nintendo their handheld department has crushed any opposition it has come against, SEGA, Atari, Nokia and soon Microsoft as well.
Now Sony want in. If the PSP does outsell the DS and the GBA SP as well as the next generation of GBA (due in a couple of years i'd imagine) it could spell the end for Nintendo.
Yet I don't think Sony will, and here's why. Handheld games just aren't cool, hardcore Sony fans (many of you lot) may pick it up but will the billions of casual PS2 gamers get one? I've not met one casual gamer (all of them PS2 owners might I add) who intends to get it. In fact they've dismissed it almost immediatly.
Truth be told none of them want a Nintendo DS either but then the Nintendo DS corners a different market. Hardcore gamers and Kids buy handhelds... I know only young people and hardcore gamers who own them. Nintendo's DS with its "revolutionary" ways of playing games looks set to appeal to those two fanbasses. Whilst Sony seem to be gunning for the Ipod generation.
I digress slightly. But my point stands, will the PSP be popular with the joe gamer? Could you imagine hundreds of punters up and down the country playing a PSP down the pub?
No, neither can I.
So, although you are more of a hardcore fanbase, hands up if you want a PSP?
Sony reinvented the gaming industry, the Granddaddy of video games, Nintendo, are faltering as Sony have changed the way games will be played for ever.
Fortunatly for Nintendo their handheld department has crushed any opposition it has come against, SEGA, Atari, Nokia and soon Microsoft as well.
Now Sony want in. If the PSP does outsell the DS and the GBA SP as well as the next generation of GBA (due in a couple of years i'd imagine) it could spell the end for Nintendo.
Yet I don't think Sony will, and here's why. Handheld games just aren't cool, hardcore Sony fans (many of you lot) may pick it up but will the billions of casual PS2 gamers get one? I've not met one casual gamer (all of them PS2 owners might I add) who intends to get it. In fact they've dismissed it almost immediatly.
Truth be told none of them want a Nintendo DS either but then the Nintendo DS corners a different market. Hardcore gamers and Kids buy handhelds... I know only young people and hardcore gamers who own them. Nintendo's DS with its "revolutionary" ways of playing games looks set to appeal to those two fanbasses. Whilst Sony seem to be gunning for the Ipod generation.
I digress slightly. But my point stands, will the PSP be popular with the joe gamer? Could you imagine hundreds of punters up and down the country playing a PSP down the pub?
No, neither can I.
So, although you are more of a hardcore fanbase, hands up if you want a PSP?
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I dont think many gamers will want one really. Maybe no more than 20% which is pretty poor. I think people will buy it for its special features like MP3. I know I wont be getting one.
And then some....
I think the sales of the PSP will be a lot higher than you anticipate. It has the PlayStation badge for a start - that's a guaranteed seller.
Playstation sells because of quality and demand. The PS badge means little if the PSP is a big pile of shat
No, it'll still sell a fair amount on name alone no matter what the quality is.
I'm going to get one just beacuse I can.
Blank wrote:
> No, it'll still sell a fair amount on name alone no matter what the
> quality is.
I dunno, just talking to my brother and he didn't even know there was a PSP!
> No, it'll still sell a fair amount on name alone no matter what the
> quality is.
I dunno, just talking to my brother and he didn't even know there was a PSP!
Yeah hand up.
By the way I think if you want to see how cool something is, posting here to find out is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off the mark.
By the way I think if you want to see how cool something is, posting here to find out is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off the mark.
It's not because handheld games aren't "cool", it's because they're not serious.
Who's going to pull out a PSP on a train and start perfecting their skills on Gran Turismo 4? They can have that level of seriousness and of graphics at home, in front of the television with their console.
People are far more likely to want a go on Tetris or any other kind of light-hearted, fun game when passing time. At home, playing a handheld feels like a waste of time, but when you're travelling or out and about, and have to pass time, people would rather appreciate simpler, less serious pleasures that would seem like a waste-of-time elsewhere.
Given that the PSP is quite clearly being marketed as an entertainment tool; something serious, and the DS is being promoted as a bit of fun, it's therefore far more likely that your average consumer will want a DS.
Who's going to pull out a PSP on a train and start perfecting their skills on Gran Turismo 4? They can have that level of seriousness and of graphics at home, in front of the television with their console.
People are far more likely to want a go on Tetris or any other kind of light-hearted, fun game when passing time. At home, playing a handheld feels like a waste of time, but when you're travelling or out and about, and have to pass time, people would rather appreciate simpler, less serious pleasures that would seem like a waste-of-time elsewhere.
Given that the PSP is quite clearly being marketed as an entertainment tool; something serious, and the DS is being promoted as a bit of fun, it's therefore far more likely that your average consumer will want a DS.
RIRAN wrote:
> Playstation sells because of quality and demand. The PS badge means
> little if the PSP is a big pile of shat
Playstation sells because Sony tapped into an unclaimed market.
It has nothing to do with its (lack of) quality.
> Playstation sells because of quality and demand. The PS badge means
> little if the PSP is a big pile of shat
Playstation sells because Sony tapped into an unclaimed market.
It has nothing to do with its (lack of) quality.
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