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- Diggtatorship, on 11/30/2007, -19/+120How about some reasons that the PSP couldn't dream of even catching up, let alone beating, the DS:
56 million DSs sold VS 26 million PSPs: http://vgchartz.com/hwlaunch.php?cons1=DS®1=All ...
35 'million sellers' on DS (120 Million total sales) vs 12 'million sellers' on PSP (20 million total sales)
http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=&console= ...
http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=&console= ...
Since when did outselling somebody by 10,000 units for two weeks in a row suddenly make up for 30 million in hardware sales and 100+ million software sales?
C'mon Gizmodo, stop insulting your readers...
(I realize that vgchartz aren't necessarily official numbers, but we're talking about a difference of 10's of millions of sales between the two consoles) - racketboy, on 11/30/2007, -8/+71Those are all valid arguments, but it really comes down to what kind of game you are interested in.
The DS is still best for casual games and old-school games (both of which I love)
If you like the more modern 3D action & racing games, the PSP is your thing.
But look it this way: My wife, my mom, my mother-in-law, and my middle-aged female boss all love their DSs. I don't think you could get them to touch a PSP.
The touch screen is much more accessible to non-gamer types and it give people a different "type" of game to play than I can play on my consoles.
I also love the whole flip-top thing so I can just close it up like a book when I want a break (automatically pauses and sleeps).
But, like any other console/handheld war, it's all about the games. - kent1146, on 11/30/2007, -10/+60Are you ***** kidding me?
The DS sells 600,000 units in a SINGLE MONTH, EVERY MONTH. It is the most successfully selling game console, EVER.
The PSP selling a lot in a short burst does NOT equal the ability to overtake the DS. Get your head out of your ass and stop using sensationalist titles. Dugg down. - mywhitenoise, on 11/30/2007, -10/+46It wont.
I have both (bought a Slim after being bored with my DS for about 6 months). I think the PSP is an amazing device for homebrew, and PS3 connectivity, but I dont use it for video, pictures, or audio. The DS has some solid titles, but after playing on a PSP for awhile, you notice the DS's faults more. It's really a coin toss for which is better, but there's no way the PSP can make a comeback and beat the DS. It's safe to say the DS has won the competition. - scabbers, on 11/30/2007, -5/+33There needs to be a "bury as trollbait" option.
- themacx, on 11/30/2007, -12/+39well it has TV-Out... SOLD! :-P
- internetcoward, on 11/30/2007, -10/+36So wait shipped one million means sold one million now???
- twishart, on 11/30/2007, -10/+35NINTENDO FANBOYS, ROLL CALL
- Shrubber, on 11/30/2007, -3/+27The PSP is a pretty good handheld. The DS is a pretty good handheld. DS games can feature great use of touch screen functionality, while PSP games can run 3D games much, much better than the DS. But there is no way the PSP can overtake the DS without either a huge screw up on Nintendo's part, or a series of fantastic marketing decisions by Sony and multiple third-party AAA software hits on the PSP. Keeping a lead over the DS would probably require both of those things, actually.
- djSyndrome, on 11/30/2007, -2/+24Because Games are rendered in progressive scan, and the PSP can't interlace the signal for output over S-Video or Composite.
- mrfreeziexp, on 11/30/2007, -3/+20As a hardcore gamer, I feel I must mention that the DS is not JUST for casuals. I love my DS and it's wide selection of games.
- AwesomeMonster, on 11/30/2007, -3/+18Yeah, I get most of the fun out of my psp out of tooling around with it and emulators. The machine is alot of fun if you use it in ways you shouldn't.
- joehobbes, on 11/30/2007, -3/+17But the DS has more fresh old-school content (new Castlevanias) and more coming like the new Bangai-O.
The PSP stuff is compelling to a point, but not enough to get terribly excited about, IMO.
The PS1-on-PSP thing has potential and I think Nintendo is missing the boat by not having Virtual Console stuff playable on the DS. - spawnfree, on 11/30/2007, -3/+16nothing wrong with clicking the wrong link, its the typing and pressing 'submit' we have a problem with.
- riggs32, on 11/30/2007, -0/+12if i wanted to color id do it on a sheet of paper.
- Tivor, on 11/30/2007, -9/+21clicked on the wrong reply link..... feel free to digg down, fellas.
- inactive, on 08/11/2008, -1/+12Do people still care about this?
- Blah_Blah_Blah, on 11/30/2007, -4/+14you cant use emulators as an argument when the DS can do it too -__-
- inertic, on 11/30/2007, -1/+10I love the DS but remember, competition is good for the consumer so stop being fanboys. PSP has it's advantages as does the DS.
- ShadySpace, on 11/30/2007, -2/+11Solely on a numeric level, there is no way the PSP could even halve the DS's sales let alone overtake it at this point.
- cozamonkey, on 11/30/2007, -9/+18I can't see it happening, but who knows?
- syl1985, on 11/30/2007, -1/+10The thing is - the PSP ISN'T outselling the DS, despite that fact.
- therumster, on 11/30/2007, -0/+9Look, nothing is going to be "overtaken" here. The DS has such an insurmountable lead in sales that the fact that PSP has beat it in the last month with it's new model really means nothing, because the DS is consistently the best selling system in Japan every week. It's so popular right now that you STILL can't just go pick one up, they sell out so quickly.
The DS is here to stay - and a shinier PSP won't make a single difference. It's clear that gameplay triumphs "Multimedia Functionality" - which the majority of PSP users hardly ever use anyway. Whens the last time you saw someone listening to music on their PSP? Never? Thought so. - syl1985, on 11/30/2007, -5/+14PSP is best video player on the market?!?
Buy a clue.
Try googling 'archos' sometime, perhaps throw 605 or 704 in there... y'know... for fun. (learning IS fun!) - Tivor, on 11/30/2007, -2/+10>> There is NO portable device I'd rather watch content on.
And I think that's the problem. When I buy a portable gaming device, I want a device that I want to play games on, not watch content on. - GCarden, on 11/30/2007, -3/+11Hmm, see, I know about this one console, and it's called the Wii, and for some reason, despite the fact that its max resolution is 480p, far lower than the PS3 or 360, is tromping the competition.
And there's this other device, called the iPod? It doesn't have an FM radio, can't play WMA files, and only just recently got wireless capabilities on some of its models. But somehow it too is also rather soundly tromping the competition.
Moral of the story: more gadget goodies on a device does not equal more sales. Whoever wrote this article should know that by looking at some of today's popular devices. - syl1985, on 11/30/2007, -0/+8Well you're an idiot.
- PixelD, on 11/30/2007, -3/+11It is outselling the DS right now because everybody on earth already owns a DS.
- BlueSkyfish, on 11/30/2007, -2/+8Contra 4 kicks my ass :(
- kirashira, on 11/30/2007, -0/+6I think Sony has a chance at overtaking Nintendo when the next-gen portable gaming devices of Sony and Nintendo hit the market. The PSP was a learning curve and hopefully Sony gained some valuable experience for the PSP2.
- twishart, on 11/30/2007, -1/+7So why are you getting dugg, and I'm getting buried? Such is the enigma of Digg...
- inactive, on 11/30/2007, -1/+7No it doesn't.
- inactive, on 11/30/2007, -0/+6Armored Core for PSP comes with a drawing tool better than anything I've seen on the DS.
- Diggtatorship, on 11/30/2007, -1/+7Two weeks is not a trend it's a spike.
As someone pointed out in a dup of this story: If the DS were to completely stop selling, if they didn't sell ONE SINGLE DS ever again, then even at the current sales rates (which are a high for the PSP so far; and an exception to the trend) it would still take the PSP 2-3 years to catch up in sales to the DS.
It's hard to take someone seriously when they're accusing vgchartz of being inaccurately, while at the same time defending these baseless "predictions" - Psythik, on 11/30/2007, -0/+5Buried for no mention of the massive homebrew & emulation community behind the PSP.
- JayD16, on 11/30/2007, -0/+5I don't need a DS to draw penises at strangers...
- JayD16, on 11/30/2007, -1/+6How can you mistake a flip of the switch with 2+ seconds of holding?
- synce, on 11/30/2007, -8/+13Ever since I bought the PSP Slim my DS has collected nothing but dust. It's a much better device, whether we're talking gaming or multimedia, and that's even you DON'T hack it.
- luperry, on 11/30/2007, -0/+5200+ comments on digg and calling pulling out a DS/PSP on the street nerdy? I call that pretentious.
- nphp20, on 11/30/2007, -0/+5"...am a healthy people with a healthy social life. If I ever needs..."
Stay in school kids. - AwesomeMonster, on 11/30/2007, -2/+7yes, but i also have to buy peripherals in order to do so. No thank you.
- tabledesk, on 11/30/2007, -2/+6You don't even need a flashcart to pirate PSP games. Imagine that, Mr. 0 diggs!
- amoo3, on 11/30/2007, -4/+8I had a PSP for 2 years before it broke. Once it did I got a DS. I personally liked the PSP much better because of the homebrew, emulators, etc. I did buy an R4 for the DS, but it was nothing compared to the PSP community. I'll take a Wii over a PS3, but I'd have to say the PSP is the better of the handhelds, even more so after the price cut.
I ended up selling my DS and Sansa in favor of an iPod Touch (Jailbroken, of course) - ussoldier, on 11/30/2007, -1/+5PSP is infininatly hackable. Try watching youtube videos over wifi on a DS. You can't. Do it with PSPtube. A million emulators, all sorts of proggies... hell I even have a wireless keyboard for mine so I can do multi IM messaging and wordprocessing on mine. And with LightMP3 you can reduce the cpu speed to 55mghz and turn off the screen, for a longggg mp3 play time... with built in speakers.. none of that headphone crap to get tangled up in like ipods.
Nobody pays for games... hell.. run the CSOs, your dorks - ussoldier, on 11/30/2007, -0/+4I've got 20gb of compressed ISOs.... whoever says the PSP only has blah blah x many good games is full of *****. You don't know how to hack a console. Thats $2000 worth of commercial games running at PS2 3D quality, in the palm of your hand, all off the memory stick. One of these days someones going to take the 4gb microdrive piggyback sold commercially, and swap in an 60gb microdrive into the same unit, and the show will be all over for the DS. You'd have 60gb of music, commercially ripped games, videos, all with that big gorgeous PSP screen. We couldn't do it before because the firmware only supported up to 4gb, but that barrier has long since been past many firmwares ago now. Someone just hasn't thought of it yet (besides me), everybody's too buys modding and pimping their units with sound responsive LEDs http://psphacking101.com
- betterth, on 11/30/2007, -0/+4Shut up, he has a good point. Why is the PSP selling 1 million in two months when not only did the DS sell >600,000 thanksgiving week, but it's been doing >1,000,000 every two months.
That 1 million number doesn't even beat the DS. - mattsw84, on 11/30/2007, -2/+6You see the craziest things on Digg.
- s34g4r, on 11/30/2007, -0/+4yeah, this article is totally ridiculous. the release of the new dragon quest game alone guarantees that the PSP will be put back in it's place by the DS. most north americans have no idea how HUGE that series is in japan
- Durthalion, on 11/30/2007, -0/+4Durth here lol
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