Media Create Co. this week said the Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 ranked third in hardware sales in the latest Japan retail data amid an outage of the Playstation Network division
I know this is upsetting to the blind fanboys, but having the 3DS pummelled is a good thing, folks. Maybe it'll actually force Nintendo to get off their handheld tails and make some good stuff for their new console.
Having an effective monopoly never seems to do anything good for the consumers.. competition is good.
Interesting way to look at it, but it seems like this can't do that. It's not like they didn't know their ideas are a little screwy. I hope for the best for their new console too.
The competition will start when NGP arrives (I guess). I think the recent coverage of the 3D headaches may have stopped some from buying it (I'm waiting for a newer model).
Headaches, systems crashing, limited sight range for 3D picture, and high pricepoint all contribute to less than steller sales. The word of mouth isn't good and Ocarina can't fix that.
The facts are the 3ds is actually not getting beaten as bad by the psp right now as the ds was getting beaten by the psp and gba when it first launched.
Considering the 3ds is actually outpacing the ds in terms of sales right now . I doubt nintendo cares about this sensationalized shit.
Considering the 3ds is pummeling the psp in US and Europe (which is what kept the ds in the game until the software came in which japan was quickly lost)
all is basically going the same way
Listen to EEDAR's Jesse on g4 podcast if you want to hear the exact same thing
The main difference is that the PSP is a last gen handheld, that's been on the market for 6 years now. Kinda different from the DS vs PSP back in 2005.
Actually its exactly the same. The only difference is this time the 3ds is only loosing to 1 cheaper system in the beginning.
The ds was losing to the gba and psp by alot bigger margins than now. In fact the gba was outselling the psp and ds when they first came out. You know why? because its cheaper
the 3ds is outpacing the ds at the beginning. Thats the only thing that matters. Whats outselling what at this stage of the game is irrelevant.
i sort of agree....I think the whole 3D thing is a waste of time because super HD will be out soon. Japan seems so sure 3D is the future but its nothing amazing, I know from friends who have tried the 3Ds they say "its pretty good, but I dont see the point"
3d is in its death throws. Was at theater this weekend to see Thor... 2d Thor allocated to a single theater was sold out show after show. 3d Thor had two theaters, plenty of seats.
Finally the theaters will be getting the message and start to phase out 3d...
agree its times like this that make a games console much better because nintendo will work harder to make the 3ds games even better know but i really cant see any competition when the 3ds has
NFS the run/ Super mario Star fox 64/ Mario kart Ocrina of time/ Mercenaries Revelations/ Mega man 3 MGS 3DS/ Crysis 3DS DOA Dimentions/ Time crysis PES 12/ Driver renegade Fifa 12/
these are a few games in which are coming well before the release of psp2 and this is before E3 expect tons of games at E3 4 3DS also games that work across STREAM HD/3DS
It's good to see the PSP doing so well. It truly is a testament to its awesome software catalogue to see it outselling a BRAND NEW handheld, and a Nintendo one at that! I can't wait for the PSP2 to come out myself. Can't wait to play cross platform games between PS3 and PSP2! Bring it to us Kojima!
Also, I hope to see PSN up sometime this week. And I hope to see those hackers in handcuffs. It's pitiful that's all they can do is sit around and hack consoles. I want hackers in jail so they can't hack into PSN or XBL. Stay away from our online gaming, douchebags!
I didn't say the 3DS wasn't selling well. I just stated that it's good to see the PSP doing so well too, seeing as it's like 6 year old. How many 6 year old handhelds do you see selling like that? The PSP has alot of good games that have come out in the last year and some that have yet to come out for this year. The Third Birthday FF Agito 13 FF Duodecim etc. etc.
Again, the 3DS will sell well, no doubt about it, but you can't deny that it's quite a feat for the supposedly "crappy" PSP to be doing so well. The PSP sells well because of good GAMES. That's why the PS3 is selling well. Good GAMES! That's what consoles are for. GAMES!
With all the GAMES the PS3 is packing in 2011 and into 2012, expect to see THAT console do exceptionally well too.
"Nintendo Co.’s Nintendo 3DS handheld struck back at Sony Corp.’s PSP to take top hardware sales in the latest Japan tally"
LOL Some fanboys just cant accept the truth. Funny though how sales matter now when its a Sony product beating a Nintendo product. When it was Wii beating PS3 sales didnt matter at all. Now that they have made up numbers showing their prefered company winning sales matter again.
Glad to see Sony is manning up and taking responsibility for leaving their psn servers unprotected during the anonymous attacks. It's a good move to offer identity theft protection that way. They are finally moving in the right direction after weeks of either not saying or admitting anything and scapegoating.
I know this is upsetting to the blind fanboys, but having the 3DS pummelled is a good thing, folks. Maybe it'll actually force Nintendo to get off their handheld tails and make some good stuff for their new console.
Having an effective monopoly never seems to do anything good for the consumers.. competition is good.
It's good to see the PSP doing so well. It truly is a testament to its awesome software catalogue to see it outselling a BRAND NEW handheld, and a Nintendo one at that! I can't wait for the PSP2 to come out myself. Can't wait to play cross platform games between PS3 and PSP2! Bring it to us Kojima!
Also, I hope to see PSN up sometime this week. And I hope to see those hackers in handcuffs. It's pitiful that's all they can do is sit around and hack consoles. I want hackers in jail so they can't hack into PSN or XBL. Stay away from our online gaming, douchebags!
Oh i do like this spin on things, still doesn't change the fact it was first out of all consoles last week World wide
"Nintendo Co.’s Nintendo 3DS handheld struck back at Sony Corp.’s PSP to take top hardware sales in the latest Japan tally"
LOL Some fanboys just cant accept the truth. Funny though how sales matter now when its a Sony product beating a Nintendo product. When it was Wii beating PS3 sales didnt matter at all. Now that they have made up numbers showing their prefered company winning sales matter again.
yawns.