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Japan Weekly Sales Chart (May 23 - May 29)
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Die Squirrel Die
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Jonnyram said:
I find it sad that people are more concerned with framing this in context of the DS/GBA vs PSP wars than a Sega game not bombing. People suck.
Virgin Wii
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DenisDuckFat said:
Yay, you're back. And sporting your old avatar, I see.
As much as I agree with you on the whole WW vs. OoT debate, I gotta say I'm completely against your stance on Metroid Prime.
Sony had a 30% handheld share to Nintendo's 70% this week. This is also the 4th straight week psp sales have gone down. I could actually see it actually battling it out with the GBA at around 15K within the next couple of weeks, even before the arrival of Mushiking. When that does arrive, it'll be very interesting. Also, if it already has 400,000 orders, that could put it at a challenger for 2nd biggest handheld game behind Pokemon and competing with Megaman EXE.
The only problem is, if the psp gets owned hard by the DS just going along as it is, and the old GBA pushed by an unheard of kids game, it's going to make the Pokemon DS + Gameboy Micro megaton ownage a huge anti-climax.
The only problem is, if the psp gets owned hard by the DS just going along as it is, and the old GBA pushed by an unheard of kids game, it's going to make the Pokemon DS + Gameboy Micro megaton ownage a huge anti-climax.
TheTurtleTitan
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Okay, now THAT's funny. :lolEl Papa said:
TheDrowningMan
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Sony *really* need to reduce the price of the PSP in Japan by around 25% and introduce a new range of colours immediately to have any hope. As it stands, the PSP looks to have little chance of competing with the DS long-term in Japan. Its software line-up just isn't as compelling and with sales going as they are, developers have increasingly little reason to focus on Sony's system above the cheaper, easier DS.
Smiles and Cries
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:lol :lol
Sony to increase Japanese PSP sales on the short term should sell new models with different colors/covers as those seen at E3 2004.
In the long term they must revitalize their lineup,they need a lot of killer applications appealing to Japanese gamers.Where are Gran Turismo,Winning Eleven,Final Fantasy,Tekken,Onimusha etc?
In the long term they must revitalize their lineup,they need a lot of killer applications appealing to Japanese gamers.Where are Gran Turismo,Winning Eleven,Final Fantasy,Tekken,Onimusha etc?
Woah I thought Namco X Capcom would sell 500k easily. What happened to the Namco and Capcom fans? :\
Granted it's not a good strategy game, way too easy, one of the Chapters I had 12 characters Vs. one boss character, and just any 1 of my 12 characters can singlehandedly beat the boss already. :lol But as a game for hardcore Namco and Capcom fans, it's great to have. Just surprised.
Granted it's not a good strategy game, way too easy, one of the Chapters I had 12 characters Vs. one boss character, and just any 1 of my 12 characters can singlehandedly beat the boss already. :lol But as a game for hardcore Namco and Capcom fans, it's great to have. Just surprised.
Smiles and Cries
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AniHawk said:
Watch TGS become PS3 only and the PSP gets the shaft again
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Is the blue haired hero Ryu fron Breath of Fire playable in Namco X Capcom?
It always pisses me off Capcom ignores that character and that franchies.
It always pisses me off Capcom ignores that character and that franchies.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
GDGF said:
Isn't it really early to be that drunk?
or, uh... I guess that depends.... what time zone your in... haha
Smiles and Cries
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mj1108 said:
Oh nos :lol :lol
Mama Smurf
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It's crazy that Nintendo still have big hitters like Zelda, Pokemon, Mario Kart and Smash Bros (though that's far from guaranteed) to come.
Jibber Hack
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The same place they were near PS2 launch - being developed. You can't expect developers to release copious amounts of quality PSP software. Now that people know what the system is capable of, anything less than PS2 quality is going to disappoint. And writing that level of software takes a lot more effort than transitioning a bunch of already in development GBA games to the DS, or even writing a DS game from scratch.Elios83 said:
puck1337 said:
This is not the same situation as the ps2. With the ps2 developers were learning how to transition from the psone to the new hardware that required much higher budgets and was far harder to develop for. With the psp devs can directly transfer their skills across.
The problem is that portable software has different requirements to home console games. With that being the case, what 3rd parties are good at often doesn't work on handhelds. There's a reason why Kojima has rejected the traditional Metal Gear Solid formula in favour of a card game for the system. In much the same way, stuff like survival horror for example simply won't work on a portable. Actually getting games onto the psp is pretty easy for devs, but really, it's just much more fruitful to put their games onto consoles or dev for the cheaper DS.
Smiles and Cries
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I would have never known looking at the charts... so the PSP does have software WTF?!!