LOL! the psp has 1337 million!

bet u dont have a pre order for ps3

Sure, a lot of PSP games are crap -- but look at the DS, a lot of their games are crap too. I was just at ds.ign.com, and if you look at the reviews, the PSP and DS have about the same number of "good" games.



That said, I've played a few games on the PSP that truly kick ass. Syphon Filter, Daxter, Valkyrie Profile, Breath of Fire, GTA, XMEN, Tales of Eternia, Popolocrois...

Both systems have their good points and just because something is popular doesnt mean its good, FIFA rockets up the charts year after year and its a load of old bollocks.

When was the last time you played Golden Eye 007 on your DS...........NEVER!!!!!!

Worldwide - 13.37 million



Lolz

DUH!! This article is DUMB!. OF COURSE! the DS will sell better than the gorgeus PSP. Because is way cheaper than the PSP and people like cheap because they are poor bastards. And because the handheld basicly dedicated for kids. There are a lot of kids out there and parent would buy the toy for them



Thats my two cents. If you dont agree you can go to hell.

Wow ds roasted psp's ass.

the ds sells better than the psp because is cheaper and because it has been out on the market first, not because of that gameplay graphics bs

i dnt care bout sales i am glad wit the better system psp and it runnn hombrew shows it has mor potential why dont u ds fans wack off to a touch screen

"What does that mean for the game market? People are willing to try on a game handheld that is considerably less in the graphics department but high in gameplay and innovation part. We see a paradigm shift towards gameplay as opposed to high graphics."



Or, just maybe, did you ever think that some people can't afford a PSP? The DS is much cheaper. I have many friends who wish they had a PSP instead f their DS, but they couldn't afford it at the time.



You guys sure put a lot of thought into this one. Morons.

If you go to where the original figures were posted it said the PSP Europe figures were ESTIMATES, but I guess you *****got fanboys wont care, or have the brains to understand.

sales doesnt mean its better, it means it sold more. DS sales are better simply for one reason. Because its cheaper. But keep in mind you get what you pay for. You can either have a mini PC, or a 2 screened N64. You can either get a 30 dollar mp3 player from walmart, or get a iPod from bestbuy. it al depends on how much money youre willing to spend. Be cheap and get cheap sh*t, which is what DS is.

don't really care about the figures, but what started really getting on my tits is the way this site now takes you to an advert page before the page you've clicked to see. Think I'll find myself another site for my PSP info.

Shock Horror, the Toyota Echo/Vitz will outsell the Porsche 911 Turbo. It must be better, right? Right?



Wrong! I buy for me and my decision to purchase doesn't depend on how many retards are buying something. Top 10 chart music is also popular but crap, just like the DS.



Besides, 13+ million is an excellent effort for a first attempt.

Hm. Many of you are completely going insane knowing the PSP isn't doing as well as you'd hoped. Here are some replies that should help clear things up.



#10: Thank you. You made me laugh out loud XD I think you were being sarcastic, but someone already replied if you weren't. DS sold 227,369 in Australia according to that and PSP sold 145,345. Well, that's up to June 4th anyway.

http://ds.qj.net/DS-One-Ups-PSP-Down-Under/pg/49/aid/56058



#17: Actually, it's a proven fact that the DS fanbase (at least in Japan, not researched in USA) contains much more 30+ year olds than the PSP



#21: Actually, the PSP and DS launched at the same time in the country the DS is doing best in - Japan. It's the other countries that PSP launched later in. Also, wouldn't be hypocritical? The GCN and Xbox launched a year after the PS2 but they don't get the same excuse? Prices and launch dates are strategies for better sales. Sony can't make excuses, it doesn't change their situation.



#23: The DS has homebrew too. There has been homebrew since the days of the GBA. I think even the GBC had homebrew.



#24: VGCharts is wrong in this case. I know for a fact that Nintendo DS sold 21 million a while ago. I also know that the PSP has shipped 20 million (but only sold around 13 million as shown above). The numbers come from NPD, Media-Create, ChartTrack. The DS sells more in one week in Japan than the PSP does in one month in the USA (its strongest market). I don't think the PSP will be taking the lead anytime soon. And again, the Christmas thing is not an excuse. It doesn't change the situation Sony is finding themselves in. They're still almost 10 million units behind their biggest competitor. The DS Lite sold 196,000 in Japan last week. PSP sold 40,000. How do they make up for that to get more third party support?



#30: PSP isn't dead, and no one has said that. You are the one who is thinking about that. However, UMD sales are MUCH lower than DS cart sales. The best selling UMD game in the USA last month was NCAA Football at 49,000. Six DS games sold bewteen 50,000 and 300,000. DS software is doing much better than PSP software, believe me. Flash carts aren't too expensive either.



#31: I don't know where the user who submitted those numbers gets his numbers, but the USA and Japan numbers are right. Australia is right up to June 4th. Not sure about Canada. DS sold at LEAST 5 million in Europe so that may be right, not sure.

I dont get it, why do you have to hate the competition just because of your love for one system? you dont have to like it but hateing on it is retarded.



also you sony fanboys realy crack me up. when xbox came out you made fun of it for being big and now defen ps3 for being big. you said graphics dont matter when xbox fanboys raved about their machines power now you do the same with the ps3. then to top it all off you guys are spitting out the obvious, that ds is cheaper so it should sell better but then on the x360 side of things you make fun of it for haveing worse sails that ps2 even thogh the price difference is even greater. bunch of hypocrits.

Drop the f%$ing price of your hardware and software Sony.. I mean, it's too little too late by now, DS won the race.. but the gap wouldn't be so incredibly huge..

PS2 + DS combo FTW! PSP fans are starting to sound like X-Box fans. OMG! PSP AM FOR HARDCORE GAMERZ! DS AM KIDDIE!

Do these numbers include DS-Lites in the DS number or is it just the DS.



I can understand why Nintendo is selling more, they have a previous installed user basewhile the PSP does not on the handheld end. Also without the DS-lite, i think these sales wouldbe a little closer by a few mil(personally)





now a rant that will trail off due to doing tomany things at once.... ignore it



Also go into Walmart and look at the selections... see somthing odd with the psp? All the good games are usualy missing, they have the sports games, ps2 ports, and crap games that are stereotypical of the ps2 crowd on display. While the DS selection has alot variation in its selection. Walmart as usual is lacking in their research and puts out what they think will sell, the stereotypical *****s, and wont take chances. By putting everything in the same crowds for each system, their hurting the psp while helping the ds.



By the way ever try out the ds in any game store or walmart? they dont work right 99% of the time, they have cracks, touch screen doesnt work right, ect. The psps work fine, sure they have old ass demos in them but i see them played more usualy.

A surprisingly high amount of people age 40+ own the system.



By the way, I'm assuming these figures were taken from one of my topics on the GameFAQs boards? ;)

It's better than Gameboy vs. Gamegear, that's for sure.



Nintendo's had been the only one in the handheld biz for a long time, so it's great to be in second place...although second place was always open for the taking.

i dont get it, im no sony fanboy at all, the psp is the first sony console ive ever owned, BUT why wouldnt people get the handheld with the much better graphics etc etc (the PSP), and get the semi-sucky SD??? i dont get it...

Let me say this across five lines:



Software sales do not reflect the hypothesis that people are rebuying their DSes.

Software sales do not reflect the hypothesis that people are rebuying their DSes.

Software sales do not reflect the hypothesis that people are rebuying their DSes.

Software sales do not reflect the hypothesis that people are rebuying their DSes.

Software sales do not reflect the hypothesis that people are rebuying their DSes.

the psp is a lot better to have because you can listen music, games, internet support, and watch your pc videos without have to buy them umds. nds has been craced on the edges. whats up with tooo many re-designs of nintendo. i don't need two screens. psp doesn't have mp3, internet, video quality. overall i don't want nintendo 64 again. the ds games never go down= super mario advance 3 and 4 are still the same price it hasn't gone to atleast 20.00. psp games are only 20.00

- Game-only system -



One of the many misconceptions is that the DS is a gaming only device while the PSP is a full media system, well, ever heard of Flash carts? if not, google for M3, Supercard, EZ Flash IV, DS-X and you'll soon realise that the DS can do all those things as well, emulation, organizer, mp3 playback, eBook reading, movie playback, ScummVM (Day of the Tentacle anyone?), even an FTP server, drawing software, IRC client, and many many more with an active homebrew scene.







wrong. The DS is a gaming only device. People call the psp a media device instead because when it ships, it has the ability to play songs, videos, pics, and games. with updates it can web browse to. The DS can't do this and even updated it still can't. you have to buy external devices to do it. I can get my ti-83 to play music, but that doesnt make it an mp3 player(really cool though)

yes, but moneys not so much of an issue. and most ppl outside of the homebrew community(which these sales numbers include) don't know about the flashing solutions. and with so many to choose from the average user doesnt generaly know which one to use.

he is correct on every way.ppls that have an original DS mostlikely bought a new DSlite!simple as that. For instance, when GBA was out and after GBA-SP came out, that also sold like hot cakes!so its not like DS is better, its just that the new redesinged DSlite attracted the owners of the old DS!!

#67 is very true! Sorry, but almost everyone I know who owns a dslite owned a ds before it.



PSP is the best hand held system made to me, and I don't care what others think.

Everybody knows the PSP is better, I mean, why would I want to have fun on a game system? that's insane, I want to be able to look at cool graphics and nice colors, 3D is cool, yeah! everything with depth and stuff... and my big screen! woohoo... so I can see more awesome graphics while not having fun at all, oh and by the way, I also like to wait a whole lot of time while the game loads, this is the core of handheld games in my opinion, the more you wait for the game, the more un-fun you can have and when the game actually loads, you get to watch so cool graphics, dude!



Oh... and I hate innovation! a touch screen? for a gaming device? no! I want to do the exact same thing, I don't want to start exploring new ways of interacting with my games, that's silly, I might end up having fun... and that would detract from watching the awesome graphics...

i just sold my PSP as i was bored with it i bought a DS lite I much prefer the DS with my psp i played GTA got bored and then played SNES games on it so the best thing about a PSP is the emulators it would not be half as popular without the homebrew capabilities it has

such as console emulators and iso loaders

Is everyone one here blind??? The DS is a new system compared to the PSP, THEREFORE unless it is a complete POS it will outsell the PSP. BUSINESS 101. That's doesn't mean the PSP is "losing", why don't you make some goddamn charts of TOTAL SALES OVERALL and see how many of each are out there.

Too many fanboys. I'll respond to a few.



Figboy: Sorry. Your DS Lite is selling because it's new argument doesn't fly. Software sales that increased DRAMATICALLY after the DS Lite launch shows that people were waiting for the Lite to come out before making their purchase. If they had a DS, they'd have already bought games like New Super Mario Bros. and Brain Age before the Lite launched. A PSP redesign wont' do that well because the PSP looks great (visually appealing) as it is. The old DS was ugly as sin.



maverick990: You're misinterpreting the numbers. DS numbers reported by Nintendo are SOLD, as in SOLD to consumers. PSP numbers reported by Sony are SHIPPED, as in SHIPPED to retailers/warehouses. PSP has sold 13mil/20mil shipped. DS has sold 21mil/XXmil shipped.

Aren't you guys tired of this 1337 thingy, I mean, ok, we got it, how many people are going to repeat it?

"We see a paradigm shift towards gameplay as opposed to high graphics."



What a load of bull*****. So you mean by this that in PSP games there's no gameplay whatsoever? Gameplay opposed to graphics? So you can't have both in any game? This is just that old tired Nintendo fanboy rhetoric...



How about some unbiased blogs for a change?

Everyone who says the ds is a 'kids toy', have you seen the ds lite? And if you're gonna b1tch against the ds do it in the psp site.

well, DS homebrew can currently allow you to do a lot of things, that includes emulating NES, SMS, and other systems from that era, as well as GENESIS (MEGA DRIVE) and SNES emulation is getting there, add to that native GBA support which the PSP is not powerful enough to fully emulate, it can play adventure games via the ScummVM DS port, which the PSP also has, but I think you'll agree with me that the stylus is much closer to the original input method for these games (mouse) as opposed to the gamepad, you can also play your mp3s and watch video, although granted video playback on the smaller screen of the DS is not recommended, but when you think about it, the PSP has a larger screen but still too small to really enjoy movies, you can use DSorganize to turn your DS into a PDA (which for me was a selling point as I was in the market for a PDA and a game device, and the DS combined both at a more attractive price), you can read eBooks, you can play homebrew games obviously, and there are a lot more applications such as IRC, FTP, an application to control WinAmp from the DS, and many many more...



So, what are you looking for that the DS can't offer you in that department?

Obviously Christmas matters and anyone who doesn't think so is an idiot. What I'm saying is that the fact that the PSP wasn't ready for Christmas shouldn't be used as an excuse. Nothing should be used as an excuse. Launching before Christmas and at a lower price point was a strategy by Nintendo. Using the Christmas/Price excuse isn't going to help Sony. The PSP has still sold almost 10 million less than the Nintendo DS and they aren't catching up.



*I was merely saying that GCN and Xbox fanboys could use the same excuse but it would mean absolutely nothing.



*Since the software drought for the DS ended (Nintendogs started the end of the drought), DS has been consistently outselling the PSP in many parts of the world. Brain Age and Nintendogs started the DS sales in Japan. Now games like Animal Crossing and New Super Mario Bros. are showing that there's more room for "real games" as people call them. And like I pointed out before, although people re-bought the DS Lite, a vast majority of DS Lite owners never owned a DS. NSMB sales tripled with the DS Lite launch. That alone should show you that people buying the DS Lite aren't necessarily the same ones who bought the DS. I have a DS and have no intention of buying a DS Lite.



*That's what lots of people say and it's damage control - plain and simple. The same goes for Wii/PS3/360. They're all competing for gamers and they know it. Seeing all the GBA owners who split into PSP and DS, they're obviously going for some of the same market. The gaming market.



*Homebrew on the DS is existent and it's alright, but obviously no where close to the PSP. I'd say the DS scene is comparable to the Xbox scene



*The DS software sales are still better than the PSP sales. Especially in Japan where the PSP has as software tie-in ratio of 1.xx.



I don't think the PSP is dead. I'd say it'll go through this handheld generation just fine. However, is has completely failed to live up to the expectations of all the gaming publications that expected it to trounce the DS.

How on earth is this a paradigm shift? The first gameboy trounced a boatload of competitors that were more technically advanced. Hell even on the console side the ps2 dominated the Xbox's sales in the last generation. The average consumer does not buy the hardware based on power alone. There is no paradigm shift here.

nocomment

The DS homebrew is whimpy compared to PSP. DS can't even emulate CPS 1&2 or any of the Neo Geo systems.



LOL, do some research before you troll.

Troll? I was merely stating what the DS homebrew can do

anyone who has a ds has a small penis, especially my freinds who traded in his psp for a ds.

I agree. PSP hasn't failed exactly. The DS has succeded. I just mean that it hasn't lived up to the press' expectations. I remember everyone thinking PSP would do to the DS what the PS2 was doing to the GCN and Xbox.



Game Gear was kinda like the PSP, but it failed pretty quickly. I'm not sure exactly how it worked. I remember having a GG and a GB when I was younger. Sonic

I had a GB and my friend, which smelt kinda funny, had a GG, and I remember being very impressed by it's colorful display, I wonder how it failed so



I hope this won't happen to the PSP as I think it's a good system, Nintendo seem to be crushing every competitor, I feel sorry for SEGA, I love their games

DS = Dragon Simple



PSP = Pillow Scientist Pile

DS = Damn Sucks!



PSP = Powerful Sexy Prestigous

Yeah I seem to recall battery draining was a major issue with the GG, I remember my friend, which smelt kinda funny, always *****ing about it as he would pour his wrath upon it until it was covered in blood and urine

that guy over there used my name, i didn't post that, the DS is ok but I would never call it divine, PSP FTW!!! 1337!!!

People SHUT THE F_CK UP ABOUT THE PSP VS DS WAR!





PSP has greater technical function.

FACT.



DS has greater variable input via touchsreen.

FACT.



DS is outselling PSP worldwide.

UNDENIABLE FACT.





Everything else is opinion, and quite frankly I DON'T GIVE A DAMM IF YOUR PENIS IS SMALL OR YOU THINK THE DS IS FOR 5 YEAR OLDS OR THAT THE PSP SUXXORZ.



Leave that for recess.





Thank you all who have remained rational.

Wow.. I REALLY feel stupid for ever wanting the Sony PS3 or ANY Sony related product. After seeing how the little retarded Sony fanboys are acting on this thing, ***** that *****. I don't want to be apart of anything you dumbasses are. You guys give incorrect things that you call *proof*.



The DS is awesome, the PSP is too. CLEARLY, the DS is better at games, because DS is ment for games. PSP is also for games, but many other features, so it's better in features. It's not our fault Nintendo is dedicated and doesn't want all these other features like Sony.



Uh, does 13.37 = 1337? Nope. You guys are saying Nintendo is for kids? Look at almost everyones grammar and ***** above who is dissing the DS and saying its for kids. YOU guys look like little *****s nothing better to do than to go on this and comment about stupid *****. Also, your Math is directly horrible as *****.



A decimal in 13.37, is different than 1337. That's the lesson for today Sony fantards.





So before any of you Sony fans bash the DS, (I'm not saying DS fans are totally innocent, but here it looks like Sony fans are just little *****in nerds wanting to get sales up, while their discouraging people like me not to ever buy a Sony product), think about how you guys act.



DS is kiddy? No way. Sony PSP is kiddy? Probably, look how the people who BUY the SONY PSP are acting.





Kids..

1st post oh yeah

That's that I just said ^^^^



Sony fantards are the kids.

Uh, this sales comparison is very innaccurate. I know that the DS is beating the PSP, but this is pathetic.



The PSP has SOLD more in the US, and Europe than the DS, but this sales comparison says otherwise. NPD says so. So I don't get why whoever did this even bothered.



If your going to make sales comparison, at least get it right!



And yes, I'll trust IGN, who gets their figures from NPD. Both consoles have SHIPPED 20+ million units. Thus, how could the DS have sold more than the amount shipped. This kinda proves this comparison is bull. PSP will sell loads more when games like Killzone, Metal Gear, LocoRoco, GTA, and 50-Cent (yes, it will be in with the crowd)...

We canucks like everything equally. That's why we're a better country, hawhaw

Uh, I have no idea what the Australian dude is talking about... DS has sold a bit over 200,000 in Australia and PSP has sold a bit under 150,000



Logic, NPD data shows that DS is ahead of the PSP. Search "Monthly US Sales" on the search bar and include the quotations. You'll find the data there. DS has outsold PSP in every part of the world so far so I don't know where you're getting your NPD data from.

136 dumb posts on a dumb thread. do you people have shares in sony or nintendo? i don't so who friggin cares what the sales figures are. both systems are doing well and they are both different beasts. i only care about 1 psp...MINE and pretty soon i'll get a ds coz...they are totally different so stop comparing and stfu!

rushan you need to post where these mystery #'s come from or stfu. every other place that has #'s tells a different story, including gaf a nintendo haven for fux sake have the psp with almost a million lead in na, and those are official npd numbers.

busted

interview from gamespot today with kaz.



GS: Right. Now you mentioned the PSP hardware. Now obviously there have been rumors about a PSP hardware redesign. Will Sony have any news on that front anytime soon?



KH: No, right now we're comfortable with what we have. I mean, you probably have seen some of the numbers that were included in the Q1 earnings report from Sony Corporation and as far as the platforms go. Between PlayStation, PS2 and PSP, the PSP happens to be the fastest-growing product we've ever launched. I think we cleared 20 million units worldwide within the first what, about 18 months or so. And in the US, we've already cleared 5.2 million.



http://www.gamespot.com/news/6156046.html?tag=latestnews;title;0



if you think there are 7 million psps sitting around in warehouses collecting dust you are stupido supreme.

This is fact.



(taken from my original GameFAQs topic on PSP General)

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs9/genmessage.php?board=984&topic=29975006

From: Typhoid Larry | Posted: 8/16/2006 10:53:57 AM | Message Detail

DS

Japan - 10.3 million

US - 5.8 million

Europe - 6.2 million

Australia - .2 million

Canada - .4 million

Worldwide - 22.9 million (shipments: 23.7 million)



PSP

Japan - 3.9 million

US - 5.1 million

Europe - ~4 million

Australia - .15 million

Canada - .4 million

Worldwide - 13.37 million (shipments: 20 million)



DS+PSP Japan: http://vgcharts.org/japweekly.php?date=38928 (DSL 165,000 last week)

DS+PSP US: http://vgcharts.org/usamonthly.php

DS Europe: http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/news/article.do?elementId=xZZe1-VBn8vtPg1xXaOuW1cBrYLfZllB

DS Lite Europe: http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/news/article.do?elementId=JvFzofS6ffU8V0PrOkzRJXbrMdkR24AG

DS+PSP Australia: http://www.aussie-nintendo.com/?v=news&p=3594 (as of May)



Last confirmed PSP European number (2.44 million) in December: http://palgn.com.au/article.php?title=DS+and+PSP+sales+in+Europe&id=3897&sid=1afff0d1d2ab837c8133bb4cc64a1b87



Sales have slowed significantly since then - PSP software has gone from >10 games in the top 40 in the UK on average to just 2, for example. 4 million is a reasonable estimate.



Canadian numbers are based on their statistical tie & the Canadian market being a tenth the size of the US market.

to be honest, the only sales figures that matter are the japanese. the rest, the margins are made up by the cost of the PSP.



6mil vs. 4mil in europe, well the psp is more than 1.5x the price of DS so that's fine..



also yeah there is the matter of the ds lite to consider..



US is pretty much equivalent. 5.1m vs 5.8m.. not much diff.



sony are just losing out in japan...

edit:



DS = Dumb-ass System



PSP = THE BEST IN THE WORLD.

#143.



so thats fact? those numbers are all from vgcharts which rushan implicitly says are wrong in post #39.



post #39

VGCharts is wrong in this case

Rushan S. (QJ. NET Staff)



rushan make up your mind dumbazz. you post numbers and say they real, then turn around and say they bs.



oh, and rushan, your post in #81 is pure bs.



You're misinterpreting the numbers. DS numbers reported by Nintendo are SOLD, as in SOLD to consumers. PSP numbers reported by Sony are SHIPPED, as in SHIPPED to retailers/warehouses. PSP has sold 13mil/20mil shipped. DS has sold 21mil/XXmil shipped.



nintendo numbers are NOT sold to consumers. they are sold to retailers. nintendo has been using the sold moniker for ages trying to make people think they are to consumers when they are not. look at nintendo financial reports and you will see the discrepency between ninty sold bs #'s and npd numbers. again if you think there are 7 million psps sitting around you are stupido supremo.

My numbers? They are from NPD (USA) and Media-Create (Japan). You might want to go back to GAF and ask them who's ahead in the USA. Or just check last month's NPD topic. They have a chart that shows the results. The DS is ahead of the PSP. Since the DS' launch, the GBA has sold as much as the PSP has in the USA.



Your second post is irrelevant as I've already stated before that PSP has shipped 20 million units worldwide. We're talking about sales here, not shipments.



I only referenced to VGCharts.org once. Not twice. Not everyone who disagrees with you is me. Anyway, the one I called false was because it was used improperly. The chart linked to before was on SHIPMENTS. It's also out of date seeing as PSP and DS have both shipped more than that.



No. You're mistaking Nintendo for Sony. Sony exchanges sold for shipped all the time. That's where your confusion arose earlier. Nintendo usually states when they're using shipped and sold. Why? Because when we compare Sony's PSP "sales" to numbers by official sales tracking companies (NPD and Media-Create for example), they do not add up. However, when we compare Nintendo's sales to official sales tracking companies, they DO add up.



If you can't understand that people ordered too many PSPs thinking the demand was going to be higher, then you've gone nuts. Nintendo had to freeze GCN production for a bit because of the same situation a few years ago.

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God! And you guys complain about Nintendo fanboys! Sony fans are so immature, and they're blind too! The DS is selling better, so just HOW DOES THAT PROVE THAT THE PSP IS BETTER?!? You guys are so stupid, and posting your wimpy 1337 doesn't prove *****! Try reading next time. This is why I hate Sony! You bastards won't STFU for one minute to think logically! Yes, the DS has bad games too, but GTA got old at Vice City and do you see a Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest title for the PSP? NO! STFU, you Pathetically Stupid Pussies! And we can afford PSPs just like the next guy. I have my own, but most of us just don't buy the system because it has NOTHING to offer except for a failing disc format and *****ty ports of games that we can play on a larger screen!



I agree that the touch screen kind of sucks, but anyone I know would rather play Metroid Prime Hunters with a touch screen than some crappy PSP FPS that requires you to manuver with a plastic nipple-thingy or the least comfortable D-Pad ever created!



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Nintendogs is awesome. Metroid is awesome...and highly doubt people would be like that when using the touch screen for aiming(which I have no problem with). Aiming for Metroid with me is really easy. I can jump to the side and shoot and I'd still hit the mark it's not hard at all.

and as for the kids helping the DS sales. it is entirely true. my neighbor got a DS for christmas and it is sitting on a shelf collecting dust XD. oh the gullibility of kids.

in terms of games, yes the PSP doesnt have many enjoyable titles, but the DS had an early start. the upcoming games for PSP have really caught my attention (mainly TEKKEN:Dark Resurrection as i hear it kicks so much ass) like Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops, GTA Vice City Stories, Monster Hunter Freedom2 (and let me note that the first one rox), FF7: CRISIS CORE, etc. these are sure to give the PSP a rise in sales. i cant wait to see the psp2 btw. lets see it compete with DS Lite (which ALSO has a headstart).

I never understood how this happens everytime. Everytime I come on this site and the DS always outsells the PSP, I've never seen anyone with a DS, not even small children. I've only seen the DS in stores, never in anyone's hands, but it still does better, How is that?

#157 is a fREAKING idiot, metriod owns. the wifi owns. GTA is beaten within hours, and then u just shoot people, who actaully DO LOOK THE SAME, U THEN just go on a rampage that ends in 2 seconds. Then u probably turn the system off, turn it on again, and BOOP! battery life is dead. O and u guys need MEMORY SITCKS!! money for save space! OUT STANDING! freakin idiot...DS OWNS

Wow.. that's all i got to say about #168..



Pathetic.. Sony.. Fan.. Kids..

SONY FANBOYS IN DENILE, always making up excuses.



Can you guys shut the ***** up, no one cares for Christmas, birthdays, price, teh DS is pwning the PSP. SHUT THE ***** UP NOW. GO CRY YOUR SORRY ASSES AWAY and STFU.



No more excuses thx. Glad i sold my psp, which = Piece of ***** Portable.



Sorry DS is winning, go cry to ur mommies now. U guys care so much about sale rates that u guys have to make up pathetic excuses and *****, it's *****ing sad. shut the ***** up thanks.

Okay first of all get your simple stupid minds out the box and see the potential of Nintendo! It's not a kiddy system and a drop dead company either. You people just degust me about your theory on how the whole company is kiddy. First off, name the kiddy games, don't the other systems have kiddy titles too, YEA! oh course. So stop hating on Nintendo, Also! you know you people at home play nintendo stuff such as mario, zelda etc.. Nintendo always seems to beat out their competitors at the end, aint that true? SHANNARO!!! bastards

Recently, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata had an interview with BBC News Online. You can see the article here

. His ridiculous stupidity is the cause for this editorial. In the words of Popeye, the sailor man, "that’s all I can stands, I can’t stands no more."



For starters, who does the president of Nintendo think he is to make comments regarding the current market or what is going to happen to it? This isn’t one of the leading companies in the console market. This is one of the distant, distant companies in the current console war, with absolutely no hope of catching up. This is the company who used to own the #1 spot with an iron fist, strike fear into other companies. Let’s be honest here, Nintendo is a shadow of its former self. For their president to comment on the industry like he is Miss Cleo, is like Vince McMahon commenting on what it takes to be successful in the professional football business. It’s like getting marriage advice from Tom Arnold. You are to take everything with a grain of salt. But wow, these comments are just beyond inane. Former president Yamauchi Hiroshi said some stupid things in his time but Iwata’s comments just take the cake and prove Nintendo is just too far behind the times. Let us discuss some of Iwatas stupidity.



He said unless things changed people "would get tired of games".



Yea, because we all know Nintendo is about complete change. I mean, one look at the "newest" Pokemon or Mario Party 542 can tell you that. Apparently it is ok for Nintendo to re-use the same franchises for 20 years but everyone else must innovate or die. Gaming has grown through each generation. Was there a significant difference in gaming besides graphics in the 8 to 16 bit leap? 16 to 32? 32 to 64? 64 to present? No. Oh wait... YES, there was. Sony used a CD medium in the PSone and Nintendo refused to adapt. The PSone could also be used to play CD’s, the Nintendo 64 could only play games. PSone games were $40-50 new, Nintendo 64 games were $60-70 new. Sony won. In the leap from 64 to the present, online gaming has become a big part of the industry. Which two companies utilize this feature? Sony and Microsoft. Which two companies are currently leading the US market? I’ll give you a hint: one of them isn’t Nintendo. Just like they did with the cartidge format, Nintendo dropped the ball with the GCN. Only this time they made two crucial errors. The first was neglecting online play completely. Oh no my bad, they didn’t neglect it completely. I mean, after all, they did make broadband and 56k modems for the GCN. Too bad they’ve yet to include a use for them in a single one of their games. The other area where Nintendo failed was multimedia. While Sony and Microsoft were expanding to components of the home console including the DVD players and hard drives and what not, Nintendo opted for simplicity. Great move!



"Some of the people in the industry still believe we can simply beef up the current technology in order to provide a constant supply of games to people. We don’t agree with that."



Apparently he hasn’t been involved in gaming since... oh... the *****ing day it was created. What is even funnier about this is that he goes on to hype up the DS based on what? Two technical features, touch screen and voice recognition. Neither of which are really innovative anyway. Hell, Seaman on the Dreamcast revolved around voice recognition. But this is Nintendo we are talking about. Wind Waker had innovative graphics, even though it was only the hundreth game of this generation to use cel-shaded graphics. Animal Crossing was innovative, because apparently no one had ever seen or played Harvest Moon before. Metroid Prime was the worlds first FPA, because apparently games like Half-Life and Deus-Ex do not exist. The point? When Nintendo does something, they sell it as new and innovative and they have enough of a blind army that it is eaten up and believed. What else could explain the fact that Nintendo fanboys constantly ***** about PS2 having too many sequels, and then they go back to playing Mario, Metr

Get a life. Nintendo sucks and you know it.

DS IS THE POWNAGE!!! IT IS OWNZORS



PSP IS THE POWNAGE!!! IT IS 1337ZORS



now that thats done. I think all that this "DS site orented" poll was trying to prove was that



ds sales are higher then expected. this probably means that people enjoy the new and uniqe controls that the ds offers.



psp sales are high, but not as high as nintendos



therfore people probably enjoy the innovativness and gameplay the DS offers. in spite of the Amasingly beautiful graphics the psp has.



I like both systems, and i think that the DS is refreashing and i like the gameplay oreanted style they have chosen



But, i think if PSP gets there act together this could be a very very close run at the end



Both are great systems, PSP gets my vote for hardware, and DS gets my vote for software



Chow!

You know Wii will kick Playstation 3's A$$. and to 177 and 178 you spend to much time haten and not enough playin. if it wasn't for the great sucess of nintendo we might not have anything but our computer!

The DS is totally dominating the PSP in the face. Almost 2:1.

ok First of all you guys that keep saying that psp is better because of sales are just stupid like Alray. Lets get back to basic math first of all 13 is less than 22 iam sorry if you can prove that 13.37 copies is more than 22.9 than i will consider you a god. First of all ***** the power and graphics because its the games that make the better system and because of that the Nintendo ds is a better system. and its sad how people still play nes and snes and of corse the n64 and ps1 because lets face it some of the best games and of corse the only good games always have the best gameplay and never the good graphics. And with the ps3 having a shortage in shipments and being 600 dollars just for power and there best games all being 3rd party that will not come out on launch I really think this is the end of sony.

ds is *****ing dumb