Sony: iPad Will Make People Buy PSPs
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In using this analogy, I think it would be more accurate to say that, in buying a car and taking it for a test-drive, you will end up longing for something a lot bigger and chunkier to roll around town in, and will go and buy a bus instead.WanderFreak said:
My PSP-1000 is still collecting dust on the shelf, pulled down only to play a quick round of Lumines before returning it to it's designated space. Maybe one day I'll go out and buy a -3000 and a few more games, but until then, I'll stick to my PS3.
He isn't saying that people will buy a PSP to spite Apple. He's saying they'll buy a PSP because they'll get hooked on gaming by playing on the iPad and then start looking for something more in-depth.HardRockSamurai said:
I'm not sure why everyone always knocks the PSP saying 'The DS is crushing it" which isn't true. This is the FIRST HANDHELD to actually stand next to a Nintendo handheld and actually do very very well for itself. Nintendo has crushed all the others easily, but the PSP actually is doing well and it's a great handheld, as is the DS.
I'm never going to understand the competition that everyone puts systems in (well they are in one but people always escalate it) I've got both and I like them each for different reasons. I say one's better than the other IN CERTAIN ASPECTS but they're very even for what they are. Do I like one better than the other? No. I like games and they both have great ones.
I'm never going to understand the competition that everyone puts systems in (well they are in one but people always escalate it) I've got both and I like them each for different reasons. I say one's better than the other IN CERTAIN ASPECTS but they're very even for what they are. Do I like one better than the other? No. I like games and they both have great ones.
HA, sony fail. Just goes to show how shallow and gimmicky the iphone is that when people want a deeper console they get a DS.Logan Westbrook said:
Is it just me that thinks this generations portable consoles all suck. I miss the Gameboy!! WAAA!
Sounds like the arrogance of a huge corporation that's so successful in general it can't admit where it's failed (portable games, mp3 players, etc).
I don't think anyone here actually understands what is being said here.
As I follow it, what is being said here is that the iPad will be popular, and it will allow a larger number of people to play mobile games. People will start getting interested in mobile games. At a certain point, the iPad will be limited in what it can offer a consumer in terms of mobile gaming. Then, those people, looking for mobile gaming fix, will move up to the PSP. It's the same sort of theory that people who grow up playing Mario are more likely to play WoW later, or that the Pokemon fan of today will be the Evangelion fan of tommorrow. It's somewhat reasonable, in theory, but it is also wishful thinking. Mainly because the iPhone would be the thing to do that.
As I follow it, what is being said here is that the iPad will be popular, and it will allow a larger number of people to play mobile games. People will start getting interested in mobile games. At a certain point, the iPad will be limited in what it can offer a consumer in terms of mobile gaming. Then, those people, looking for mobile gaming fix, will move up to the PSP. It's the same sort of theory that people who grow up playing Mario are more likely to play WoW later, or that the Pokemon fan of today will be the Evangelion fan of tommorrow. It's somewhat reasonable, in theory, but it is also wishful thinking. Mainly because the iPhone would be the thing to do that.
Well, considering 150 million people own a DS or PSP, I dont think the Ipad will make anyone sweat anytime soon.