Media Create Sales 12/26-01/01 It's Real Bitches
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Good for Nintendo, I suppose, and good for the industry.
It's just a shame that the successful content is stuff I don't enjoy and it is being created for crusty old hardware. Playing a good game is most important to me, but a good game with good visuals is better (for me) than a good game that looks poor.
Animal Forest? Brain Training? Nintendogs?
Not for me.
If that stuff can co-exist with the content I enjoy, I have no problem, but I don't want to see this kind of gaming become the focus of more developers.
It's just a shame that the successful content is stuff I don't enjoy and it is being created for crusty old hardware. Playing a good game is most important to me, but a good game with good visuals is better (for me) than a good game that looks poor.
Animal Forest? Brain Training? Nintendogs?
Not for me.
If that stuff can co-exist with the content I enjoy, I have no problem, but I don't want to see this kind of gaming become the focus of more developers.
Well in that case you can always bring up the point that PSP graphics are old as well. It's a stupid discussion and the tech simply doesn't matter as the success shows.AniHawk said:
Point is you can just as well say that good games with touch screen support are better than good games like you can say that good games with better graphics are better than just good games. Some think the touchscreen is gimmicky while others think PS2 games on the go is just a novelty.
AniHawk said:
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I think tbe PSP is a solid gaming device and has the potential to become an incredible gaming device, but honestly it's horrid at being a portable. It's bloody expensive, and so are the games. I don't want loading times when I'm on the go. The battery life is an issue on trips, but it's fine for portable gaming throughout the day. The biggest issue, however, is the console-style games. I don't want a heavy, time-consuming, action-filled experience on a portable. I want more strategic games that I can play in short bursts as I have opportunity throughout the day.
The DS is an offender here too, mainly because of its design. It's big, bulky, and hard to carry around. The games are, for the most part, designed to be portable, but there are exceptions. Trauma Center on the go? Yeah, right. Mario64?
I can't even play that at home...
dark10x said:
Despite my love of the DS I know what you mean. Of course, I already went through it already... the saturation of FPSes over the past decade have been really disappointing, when I know some of these devs would be able to make great games in genres I enjoy.
Ah well, thems the breaks. At least I don't have to be overly concerned about keeping up with the PC gaming scene anymore :/
Just been going over some old threads and I stumbled across some sales predictions for Christmas 2005. Check these out as there are some really over the top predictions from current and not so current GAF members. There is also some of the infamous ban challenges here as well. 
Interesting reading. Not meant to embarrass anybody but just goes to show how unpredictable and how far off things can turn out.
Link:
http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=31068
Interesting reading. Not meant to embarrass anybody but just goes to show how unpredictable and how far off things can turn out.
Link:
http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=31068
Lindsay said:I request Amirox update this chart of his: http://mars.walagata.com/w/amir0x/CHARTOFSUCCESS2.jpg
Also those old threads are great. 56 & 96k were "amazing!" back then haha those people probably woulda never expected/accepted what December would bring!
mr tibbs said:
:lol The funny thing is the selfownage continues right up to the last page, with posts dated November, where Broshnat's predictions of 9m PSPs and 13.5 DSs by the end of 2005 were considered 'way off' because neither handheld could ever hope to sell enough units in December.
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The totals are so f'ing close, he is great at predicting! And he was tagged "If the PSP sells more than 10 million by December 2005 you can ban me for a month" ^^. I think there's no reason for banning here but for a new tag insteadBroshnat said:
: He knew about easter! At the beginning of the year!:lol This thread is a comedy goldmine. I never realized that Sony fans were more delusional than Nintendo fans. Good quotes:Farmboy said::lol The funny thing is the selfownage continues right up to the last page, with posts dated November, where Broshnat's predictions of 9m PSPs and 13.5 DSs by the end of 2005 were considered 'way off' because neither handheld could ever hope to sell enough units in December.
I'm glad you bookmarked this.Defensor said:Bookmarked for future referenceUltimateMarioMan said:
Good thing that's totally irrelevant now.
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Broshnat said:
Wow, pretty good guess for back in January.
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Just got off the phone with my gf. She said the DS fever is madness. Everywhere she goes (Chiba and Tokyo area) she sees people playing DS. Men with their children. High School kids on the train. And the thing is sold out in every store she checks. Her mom wants one so she might just leave hers over there since the redesign is due at some point. But she kept talking about how she wanted Brain Training 2 and how it looks so much better than the first.
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If this has any bearing on the consoles, Nintendo will win Japan in a rout
Firest0rm said:
Hahaha, I forgot about this chart. Also, it's almost time to exchange "PS2 level success" and "PSOne level success."
Also DS wouldn't be GBA level success yet, the chart is done by units. It still has like 4 years to go for that. Hee, funny being all technical about my joke.
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Zerodoppler said:
fixed
/me buys Nintendo stock
elostyle said:
wait if that's true then my prediction wasn't bad
I was mainly talking about supply problems around each of the various territory launches, but that didn't even turn out to be true except in Japan.
I think maybe 8,000,000 at best though, 9mil seems high...
Edit: 8.5 mil? What is total for each territory?
Japan is at 2.7 millionAmir0x said:wait if that's true then my prediction wasn't bad
I was mainly talking about supply problems around each of the various territory launches, but that didn't even turn out to be true except in Japan.
I think maybe 8,000,000 at best though, 9mil seems high...
Edit: 8.5 mil? What is total for each territory?
US is at 2.5 million without December (add another 1 million or so for December)
EU we don't know but if the DS is at 3.5 million I think 2-2.5 million is a good conservative guess.
That would bring the PSP to 8.2-8.7 million without the smaller territories.
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cvxfreak said:
So... how do we call this:
Spain:
Most games are 49.95 (~60$)
With some exceptions like:
SW: Battlefront 2: 59.95 (~72$)
http://www.game.es/PSP/default.asp
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I'd say some sort of tipping point has occurred, looking at that graph. Was it Animal Crossing that put the system sales into overdrive? Hmmm....
PSP was no slouch in its sales either. Still, not even close though :lol
I'd say some sort of tipping point has occurred, looking at that graph. Was it Animal Crossing that put the system sales into overdrive? Hmmm....
PSP was no slouch in its sales either. Still, not even close though :lol
