Speaking in an DS Lite Retail Guide that recently came bundled with trade weekly MCV, Nintendo handheld product manager James Honeywell spoke about how DS sales compare with PSP.
"Up until the end of last year sale between the two formats were fairly evenly matched, with DS slightly outselling PSP," he said. "Since the beginning of the year, with our stellar line-up of releases, we have pushed our sales through the roof. Then with the fantastic launch of DS Lite in June we have begun to pull further and further away.
"Right now, with the combination of DS and DS Lite we are outselling the competition by a ratio of 3:1. This increase in hardware sales has also driven an increase in DS software sales, moving ahead of PSP in the total number of units and also, more interestingly, we have now seen that the same third party titles are selling more on the DS than on other formats.
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I used to be anti-union, it kills productivity, investment and turns product mediocre. Their games suck anyways though so what was lost? Might as well get their people paid until they are dissolved.
Unions are necessary regardless of how you feel. You know how fked the working class would be without them. As if we're not already.
No they aren’t, regardless of how you feel. Unions make zero sense for skill based labor. They are for people who press a button every 10 seconds on an assembly line. “working class” is a made up term. I don’t care about corporations or developers, I just want good games lol. Killing your incentives to appease the lowest common denominator doesn’t lead to great games imo
I wasn’t trying to be offensive if I came off that way. The Union is an old mentality and I can see their usefulness but also the danger. We’re in the age of AI and robots and skill based labor. Unions can be dangerous these days. You could replace your entire workforce in one move. Checkmate. Look to the kiosk replacing workers in the 20 dollar minimum wage era.
Well run businesses don’t need unions. If you need a Union that business won’t survive anyway. Unless it’s propped up by the government with corporate welfare (which is the real issue). If you’re not going to spend some on your workers (Amazon, Google) then your welfare is cut off. No tax breaks. All you put together don’t match their wealth and resources, the union is a traditional memory at this point and counterproductive with this new enemy we face. They need a flying elbow from the top ropes. And by “working class is a made up term” I just mean we’re not a class system and even CEO Bobby Kotick puts in a days work lol. Or did.. It’s just a vague term that doesn’t mean anything no offense lol. People say “middle class” but that can change quick right? Up or down. That’s not a “class system”.
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The Xenosaga trilogy, the Wild Arms games, Xenogears, Parasite Eve, Dino Crisis, Suikoden. The Warriors game I know nothing about but it looks interesting. Anybody can do a list of games they want to see get modernized I would lose my shit if Namco brought the Xenosaga trilogy to modern consoles.
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this is old news. we all know that the DS is murdering the PSP in sales hardware/software. this news is like beating a down an already dead person. this article was posted in direct retaliation against the Sony fanboys anti-MS pointless article the other day. very uncharacteristic of you OutLaw...
what does "pwnes" mean anyway?
one of the main reasons why i bought a DS was the fact that the psp got delayed in the uk so i bought a ds just out of interest to see what dev's did with the touch screen never did buy a psp(wise decision) and still play my DS as much as my 360.
I bet the sales figures are more than 3 to 1 in japan I bet alot of the people who have bought DS's are looking at the wii as an upgraded DS watch it fly off the shelf's over the next year with it's cheep price and greater dev belief thanks to the stong ds sales
It's "pwns", not "pwnes", you idiot.
pwns was part ownage and part pawnage. Cuz pawns in chess are always taken out first and ownage well you know. So the combining force would be pwn. Anyways love the pick!
This is not a starting of a flame war this is an interview talking about the sale of DS not omg ds is killing psp suckorzzz! Not in the least. If that's what you though of after reading the artical it's more of what you personally feel. Anyways I do enjoy some of the psp titles, the ones that you can pick up and play for a bit then put down if need be. DS, just like #3 said I play as much as my 360 as well ^^ So things are looking bright for it's future