Despite its slow start, Nintendo's new 3DS portable console is expected to end the year as the highest-selling console in Japan, according to analysts in that region.
In its annual industry report released this week (as partially translated by Andriasang) major video game media publisher Enterbrain projects that the system will sell 2,868,000 units by year's end, putting it ahead of the year's current leader, Sony's PSP, projected to sell 2,378,000 units.
No i still think the PSP will beat it. The 3ds is a failure.
Do the PSP numbers take into account the possible launch of NGP by year's end?
if not for the fact that it's not games that is keeping 3DS sales low, it's the fact that Nintendo has failed to show that the 3DS is a different version of the DS and not just another revision Nintendo comes out with every year. If they marketed it as a must have portable device, it would have seen explosive sales. Right now, people see it as just anothe DS with 3D.
I think a lot of people will (and should) wait for the NGP release, as whilst the 3DS is great I'm sure, it is not the step up from the DS to 3DS in power that the PSP step up to NGP in sheer graphical horsepower....and people are (and should be) more astute to the technical prowess of these expensive little handheld gaming devices, & look past things like motion control & 3D (I did say possible gimmicks before the fanboys get mad). I wondered how long it would take, even the most casual gamers to realize just how much genuine, true, awesome gaming moments that PS3 & 360 owners were getting from there consoles & the games they offer.....Unfortunately, it took WAAAAAY to long, & only when 360 & PS3 added motion gimmick gaming to there machines, did people actually realize that 360 & PS3 could do the very thing that sold Nintendo's Wii in the first place, & not only could they do it, but with better technology in both versions of the motion controls (meaning greater accuracy & therefore immersion), it could be done much better, & done with 360 & PS3's selling points over Nintendo in superior chipsets & HD capabilities, meaning more realistic graphics, as opposed to highly primitive embarrassing visual turd as displayed in Wii Sports.
Consumers need to take the time & have patience in buying there next handheld, as for me, NGP offers so much more than the 3DS as a gaming machine just in the fact that it has 2 anologue thumbsticks.....then add in that PS3 games can pretty much be ported straight over with little to no, graphical ommissions...Yes, we have to see it to believe it, but if this is true & I can play games on this handheld with Unchartered 2, Killzone 3, MS:Apocalypse, C.O.D:B.O's, etc, etc, level of graphics, with dual analogue sticks, always awesome shoulder buttons, as well as the usual PS face button layout.....I only need to see the proof of graphical prowess, smooth running of games, & feel the thumbsticks & feel of the thing in my hand to make a solid decision (which already swings towards NGP, after owning my PSP for many years now).
Nintendo really needs to step up their game and prove to people that the 3DS isnt just a DS with 3D. The majority of people that i know believe that and its why they didnt buy it.
They always state the same thing " Porque voy a pagar 250 por un DS con 3D?" Translation. Why should i pay 250 euros for a DS with 3D?
At least that the way it is in spain. Your average joe doesnt surf the net reading reviews about the console. They just look at it in the store and just see a DS with a 3D screen and a circle pad.