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GDC 2007: very few PSP owners have a DS

Posted Mar 9, 2007 at 12:28PM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: News Tags: GDC, John Koller, Sony

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Sony's John Koller, Senior Marketing Manager, revealed during the blogging panel held at the Game Developers Conference 2007 that according to research only eleven to fourteen percent of PSP owners have a DS. This despite the fact that "the DS prints money."

This basically underscores the sentiment that despite game-centric opinion, Sony's handheld device is definitely targeting a different market from Nintendo. Koller says: "We're not just competing against Nintendo." Okay, so just what exactly does the PSP have to compete with then? Well, there's the Zune, there's the iPod, and the iPhone (that will supposedly have games from EA), and a whole assortment of other multimedia devices.

So given this statistic, what's Sony's plan to help the PSP along? Koller hints that the XMB will be a bit more robust in the coming months. PlayStation Home integration perhaps?

Via PSPfanboy

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The figures dont lie, boys.

38 million DS's sold world wide as of today,

...20 million PSPs....

I had a psp and a DS, i sold the psp, but then sold the DS to get a DS lite when it came out...

Love the DS lite way more, plus you have to count the uncountable number of games out or coming out for this thing!

# I have both — Guest 2007-03-09 16:54

I got a psp first then a ds with a m3 simply, I played the ds alot in the beginning but, I don't know...It's been 6 months since I last touched my ds. as for my psp I can't stop playing it.

# wow — Guest 2007-03-09 17:01

all the people who exchanged their psp for a ds apparently havent heard of custom firmwares....wat losers!

# Meh — Guest 2007-03-09 17:03

I got my PSP Jan. '06 and got my DS Lite this past Christmas. They're both good, but I like my DS better. I just have more fun with my DS. Even though I have like all kinds of emulators on my PSP. =S

But you guys are right, they are comparing apples to oranges.

# DS — Guest 2007-03-09 17:13

I have a PSP and a DS. I got my PSP first because I wanted to wait for a remodeled DS. The DS has Advance Wars, Feel the Magic, Rub Rabbits! and New Super Mario Bros while the PSP has Lumines, Metal Gear AC!D, Metal Gear Solid, and Me & My Katamari.

I do however play my PSP more mainly because of homebrew. But I cant wait until another series of Feel the Magic and Rub Rabbits. There better be another. Also another New Super Mario Bros would be great.

# . — neok182 2007-03-09 17:19

I have both but i use my PSP 90% of the time since there are more games i personally like for the PSP than the DS. but once pokemon comes out my PSP will feel very lonely lol

# ... — Guest 2007-03-09 17:37

DS > Unhacked PSP

Hacked PSP >>> DS

# me too — Guest 2007-03-09 17:49

me too, i had a ds first, then got a PSP. I have both still. Both great systems. Cant we all just get along?

# me! — Guest 2007-03-09 17:50

i'm in that pitiful 12%.

i have both.

i run homebrew on both.

i love both.

we dual-consolers know we rule.

tell you the truth, my psp sees more action, but that's mainly because for really good games i need to pay $35 for the DS, (none for psp :P).

let me put it this way. if we are talking about both consoles w/o homebrew, the DS pwns.

if both w/ homebrew, PSP pwns. it's really that simple.

# iv got both — Guest 2007-03-09 18:20

im more of a sony fanboy but the ds does have some good games, so i have both, but the psp does own in graphics, customization, and features.

# :P — Guest 2007-03-09 18:28

So DO I! i have a GBA,PSP,NDS and a beautiful Xbox 360!

Cheers!

Ric

# loser — Guest 2007-03-09 18:30

thats because yuo are not using a SuperCard for your DS.. thats why you are paying! If you have a Supercard you can download your games of the internet just like the PSP!

# Hmm — Guest 2007-03-09 18:45

I own both. Got the DS used for $50, couldn't pass it up!

# Both mine are white — Illegal Machine 2007-03-09 19:20

and I love them both for different reasons.

# i got both — Guest 2007-03-09 19:34

haha i only got both because my friend gave one to me, he had 3. a black one, the one he gave me and a FF tactics one. only only use it to play rockman ZX and gonna get the pokemon game, and my alarm. i reserved one in 2004 but returned it for the PSP.

# both here — death69 2007-03-09 20:31

but as others have siad they are arnt in same catagory to me apple and oranges

and of corse both are modded flashed what ever you want to call it

# Me Too — Guest 2007-03-09 20:41

The only thing I do with my psp is hack it and use it for homebrew. I never buy games for it. I only buy games for my ds because it has more games worth buying.

# Few?! — Guest 2007-03-09 21:32

I have both a PSP and a DS... so does my brother, my girlfriend, my cousin and even my mother...

Heck, I even have all the other consoles as well.

# :) — Guest 2007-03-09 21:33

I'm one of them, I have 2 psp's and original DS and Lite DS..

# .. — Guest 2007-03-09 21:36

buy yourself a SuperCard for the DS

# Same here... — Guest 2007-03-09 23:04

I don't get how people can claim with a straight face that the DS has better games. It must be some running gag

# matter of money — Guest 2007-03-10 00:02

well i bet if DS was as easy to play ISOs on it would sell more

# Me — Guest 2007-03-10 00:06

http://xs313.xs.to/xs313/07106/100_4211.jpg

# - — Guest 2007-03-10 00:47

i have both but i'm selling my ds with supercard to buy a modchip for my psp.

# re — Guest 2007-03-10 00:54

I only got psp, played some time on someone elses ds but I just dont like those crapy games. Same games as internetgames (free).

# ... — Guest 2007-03-10 01:08

Because you can't count the same things for the PSP?

The reason most PSP owners don't have a DS is because they got it right the first time.

Unless of course they bought a DS and fold it for a PSP, then the second time.

# Heh — Guest 2007-03-10 01:26

[Ted Turner] CAPTAIN PLANET!!! [/Ted Turner]

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

# ... — Guest 2007-03-10 02:00

I currently have both and I have to say the DS has better quality games, but the PSP has Homebrew. I currently only have bought 1 PSP game and 3 DS games so far. The PSP needs a lot more better quality titles in my opinon. The PSP sees more play currently as I have on 2 PS1 games, a SNES, NES and Sega Genesis Emulator on it.

# has anyone seen my ds? — Guest 2007-03-10 02:35

i am the proud owner of a PSP as well as a ds. While my PSP sees almost daily use, i havent even seen my ds in months. must have gotten lost along with the damn gizmondo and razr. psp owns simply because it can play all the awesome games i grew up with. being able to emulate the best system ever (snes) is enough reason to agree that yes,

PSP>DS

# PSP first — Guest 2007-03-10 02:37

i had a psp first, which is probably why i regretted getting a ds. to me, it was crap compared to what i already had.

# maybe — Guest 2007-03-10 02:40

i dont know. unhacked psp might still be better.

# Actually.... — Guest 2007-03-10 02:48

I have owned 3 Nintendo DS's and only 1 PSP. I still have two of my DS's and my original PSP. And I love them both the same!

# Gross! — Guest 2007-03-10 03:45

The GameGear!? Oh man!

# A bullcrap lie — Guest 2007-03-10 03:46

I own both a PSP and a DS, and I know many people that own both. But strangely, my PSP got bricked for being on the AC adapter too long. I was too busy playing with my DS. XD

But bear with me, I absolutely love both.

# LOL — Guest 2007-03-10 05:03

I LIKE EM BOTH BUT I THINK THE PSPS JST TOO FRAGILE FR ME, IVE BOUGHT THREE ALREADY I KNO STUPID ME BUT THE THING IS IT ALWAYS SLIPS OFF MY JACKET POCKET R SMTHIN LIKE THT, BUT THEIR BOTH VERY COOL CONSOLE N I REALY DNT COMPARE GAMES CUZ I LOVE EM ALL SO....

# I have both of them — Guest 2007-03-10 07:35

I have both of them, and both can play homebrew and bootlegged games, so im not tripping and i play my DS more than the psp cause the games are way more fun!!

# psp much > than ds. — Guest 2007-03-10 07:46

i used to have a ds then i got psp. then i sold my ds and gba to buy ps3 (lol)

# .. — Dodo 2007-03-10 08:20

I only own PSP and I love it. I've played the DS in game stores and hated it. The quality is so pathetic. So what DS sold more than PSP? Quantity does not equal to quality.

PSP offers variety. There's a game for every one, every mood. Not 20 year old franchises being rehashed and shoved down your throat over and over.

PSP > DS

# 2 — Guest 2007-03-10 08:35

that make us 2...

# Yey — Guest 2007-03-10 08:36

I have both.. And i make em have sex with each other. = If only someone could emulate 64 on DS

# My opinion: — Guest 2007-03-10 08:40

Unhacked DS > Unhacked PSP

Hacked DS + Hacked PSP

# www.freewebs.com/pspfreefiles — Guest 2007-03-10 08:41

PSP all the way

# daimos — Guest 2007-03-10 08:41

I have both. The psp, without any homebrew use whatsoever, is worse than the DS. The loading time and lacklustre games selection causes this. However, homebrew skyrocket's the PSP's potential into a godlike system that makes the DS look horrible. There were Yu-Gi-OH titles for both psp and DS. The psp version was a 10/10 on gamefaqs, while the DS versions rarely ranked higher than 7/10. This is a good indicator of the comparable power of the 2 systems.

A VERY LARGE issue with the NDS is it's online play. IT IS SLOW AND LAGGY. NDS uses that horrible godawful bluetooth connection. While Sony uses a 802.etc... professional connection that's much faster. It's just a shame you can't use wifi connections with psp emulated games :(.

Do not buy a DS unless you want it for nostalgia. It's not really a system worth owning.

# DS > PSP — Guest 2007-03-10 09:13

Playing games on DS is actually easier then messing around with PSP. I own both and let's be real, PSP games suck. DS games > PSP.

# Weird... — Guest 2007-03-10 09:27

I've had a PSP since launch and I bought a DS right before this was written

# both — Guest 2007-03-10 09:43

I got both

# ... — Guest 2007-03-10 10:27

Racist.

# Or... — Guest 2007-03-10 10:52

With the PSP, you don't count the number of fun games one one hand.

You either play one of the great titles out there with unbelievable graphics for a handheld, or a PS1 game, or pretty much any game ever made for any system ever made from the N64 and earlier.

# sfe — Guest 2007-03-10 11:15

im 1 of them people who own a psp and a ds

# d — Guest 2007-03-10 12:19

Man I have this loser at my school... he is SUCH a Nintendo fanboy... I can't stand him either... I mean I can understand if he prefers the DS over the PSP, but the thing is the douche is always talking about video games and can't stop critisizing the PSP. It's funny though, he disses the PSP and I just come right back with a reason why PSP pwns DS, then he says more *****... this goes on until I can't stand his biased fanboyism anymore and just quit talking to the guy... I prefer the PSP over the DS, but at least I can admit the DS is pretty cool, which is more than that guy at my school can say about the PSP. Anyways, let me get to my point... in my opinion, the PSP pwns the DS and once Daedalus gets fullspeed, it won't even be close, I can't wait till that happens and I get to rub that fanboy's face in it... You can do it StrmnmnNrmnn (or whatever your name is)!

# Wii — Guest 2007-03-10 13:09

The psp kills because of all the isos i got from torrents. I am thinking of getting a ds though even though it looks like it sucks. (grafx+kids games) I am going to get the ds because i only have a wii.

# ? — Guest 2007-03-10 14:25

whats the point of buying a PSP if your just going to buy nintendo games on it? Most games tat people like on the PSP is shooting and racing agmes.

# f — PSPZorZ 2007-03-10 16:24

Well technically I'm not "buying" any nintendo games for it... they are easy to go and find and download... besides, most (if not all) of the games I download and emulate on the PSP, I already own, but would rather be able to play them on the PSP, where i can listen to music/watch movies/etc... Don't get me wrong, the shooting/racing games on it are great, so I think why wouldn't you want to have the best of both worlds?

# you dissapoint me — Guest 2007-03-10 17:22

All the people saying the PSP is great because you can just download the games... don't you realize that you're KILLING the system you claim to love? no one's gonna support it if you refuse to buy the damn games!

# I prefer the PSP games — Guest 2007-03-10 17:28

I prefer the games on the PSP at the moment, though I would have loved a DS for the touch screen chat. However, if a PSP keyboard were to come out, I suppose I'd forget all about the DS.

# I agree with Extinction — Guest 2007-03-10 20:44

I have absolutely no idea how people can say that the DS has better games than the PSP. All the good games I see on the DS are the Castlevania's and that's it. My DS has been gathering dust since I beat Portrait of Ruin back in december. My PSP gets used everyday. I regret the day I bought a DS.

# Sony fanboys — Guest 2007-03-10 22:22

It's interesting how all the positive DS comments in this thread are all modded down. It seems just saying you like the DS is good enough to upset PSP fanboys. And people claim all DS owners are children...

# Ugh? — Guest 2007-03-10 22:28

WTF are you talking about? The DS doesn't use Bluetooth for online play it uses WiFi just like the PSP. Stop being such a blinkered fanboy. As for "slow and laggy" what a *****ing joke, none of the DS games are slow or laggy online.

# PSP and DS — god0fgod 2007-03-11 06:14

it's worth having both. The ds is very cheap you might as well buy it. The ds is very different from the psp.

# I have both — Gadwin 2007-03-11 07:12

But the Sound and L Button on my DS don't work. Rarely does the sound. Stupid DS Phat

# and2340@pspupdates.qj.net — Guest 2007-03-16 16:32

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# entirely5990@ps pupdates.qj.net — Guest 2007-03-17 00:02

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