PSP 2: Late Night stab into Ninty's throat

[Classic]

Curious how the "back touch-sensitivity" works.

You're probably the only one.

[Travis]

neither this nor the 3ds are impressing me at all

[Commander Fuckass]

You're probably the only one.

they pretty much demo'd it at the even

[mariofreak]

Looks awesome, but would still rather have a 3DS.

[KonohaShinobi]

http://www.ripten.com/2011/01/28/gamestop-now-taking-sony-ngp-pre-orders-for-299-with-50-deposit/

$299, not $350, not $999, Two Hundred and Ninety-Nine. 

HANDHELD WARS: VICTOR HAS BEEN DECIDED.

[Commander Fuckass]

http://www.ripten.com/2011/01/28/gamestop-now-taking-sony-ngp-pre-orders-for-299-with-50-deposit/

$299, not $350, not $999, Two Hundred and Ninety-Nine. 

HANDHELD WARS: VICTOR HAS BEEN DECIDED.

uh no.

[Nyerp]

what a fucking idiot

[Classic]

HANDHELD WARS: VICTOR HAS BEEN DECIDED.

You're so god damn stupid.

[YPrrrr]

http://www.ripten.com/2011/01/28/gamestop-now-taking-sony-ngp-pre-orders-for-299-with-50-deposit/

$299, not $350, not $999, Two Hundred and Ninety-Nine. 

HANDHELD WARS: VICTOR HAS BEEN DECIDED.

That's pretty awesome, I might actually go for that

[Hiro]

That in no way means it's the official price.
Kono acts like I did when I was 12 on NSider.

[ME##]

They're not even going after the same demographics.  Saying that either is the victor is stupid

[Classic]

That, and he doesn't realize because of the lackluster sales of the original PSP developers are overly cautious about selling games for the platform.

They're not even going after the same demographics.  Saying that either is the victor is stupid

Actually, you're correct.
http://3ds.nintendolife.com/news/2011/01/iwata_3ds_and_ngp_will_appeal_to_different_target_audiences

Nintendo isn't the only company with new portable hardware coming out soon as Sony has recently announced details of its follow-up to the PSP range of models in the form of the Next Generation Portable (NGP). Speaking to Bloomberg, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata spoke about the upcoming Sony handheld device and where it leaves the company and the potential customers.

When asked what he thought about Sony and the NGP, Iwata replied:

    They're trying to appeal to customers from a different direction than us. The customers will decide which is correct.

So it seems Iwata-san feels that the NGP and 3DS are different types of products that will appeal to different demographics. That's what he wants to project, anyways. By putting the onus on consumers to decide which of the two to get, he seems to suggest that customers will opt for one or the other depending on what they are after from a portable device, although there's no reason why gamers won't buy both. Nintendo's often portrayed itself as a company that's not in the slightest bit interested in the business of its console rivals, and when asked how the company will combat the inevitable rivalry between the two portable systems, Iwata said:

    Nintendo is not the kind of company that thinks about how we oppose other company's product...

[Thyme]

They're not even going after the same demographics.  Saying that either is the victor is stupid

I'll show you who the victor is.

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[ME##]

The PSP had problems selling software in every territory except Japan where Monster Hunter Portable 2ndG can still make it into the top twenty.


Both the NGP and 3DS will need good software to backup their unimpressive hardware, though. 

[Classic]

Nintendo (and some exceptional 3rd party companies) won't have a problem giving great games to players with a 3DS. Sony needs to get on the ball with games.