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I'm gonna disagree with this. Isn't an Xbox DVD Kit roughly the same price as a PS2 memory card? The only difference is, the DVD Kit for Xbox is optional, yet you're gonna need a memory card sometime, so it evens itself out.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
I had to hear the dissapointment as well when I worked in an electronics dept, but I always brought up that point, to which customers always said "yea, that makes sense, I guess it's no big deal now"
Roufuss, yea, good point... however with the PSP vs. Game Boy Advance, the Game Boy Advance, flat out, you need to buy that shit. You need to buy an Advance Movie if you want multimedia. You gotta buy that fucking Motorola wireless piece if you wanna play wireless. Fin. End of story. With the PSP, that stuff is included in the system no questions asked.
Make no mistake, that will make a difference in people's minds... even if the price of the GBA+Accessories is less than the PSP, the perception of the PSP being newer/cooler/more advanced/whatever will be there because it got that shit and GBA don't... not to mention the PSP graphics will absolutely smoke the GBA.
Honestly now that I think about it it was a rather poor analogy for me to use. A better one would be, actually, the PS2 memory card vs. Xbox HD... I know I saw a lot of people's faces light up, if only for a second, when I told them they didn't need to buy a memory card for Xbox.
i was just about to say the same thing. since well, obviously you could use the same exact point that Roufuss used to help sell the DVD Kit. but yeah, seems like you noticed.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
Well, it's nice to see Nintendo acknoweldging how they'll need 3rd party publishers good to go with stuff when they launch their next system.
Only thing that continues to bother me is this:
Ah, the Big N, still ever so slowly accepting the fact the ages of the console gaming userbase are significantly older than they've been marketing to :\Quote:
EGM: Will making your products look more appealing to the older crowd be a major theme for the next generation of?
George: Well, I don't think it's about appealing to an older crowd, but I think it's certainly trying to figure out what consumer tastes are. And I think one of the things that Mr. Iwata's trying to figure out is how the next system should look like, and how should we go out and research or test that. But I think that we're still kind of far away from that.
Speaking of the whole "integrated side features" topic:
What's up with the rumor concerning the PS3 to read PSP games natively? If it happens, that'll be a major selling point for the PSP software.
I'm sorry, diffusionx, but Nintendo has been behind in terms of technology, and arguably games in the handheld market for the past 15 years. The war in the handheld is not about games, it's about cost and convenience, two things I'm not entirely confident the PSP can deliver.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffusionx
I'd like the PSP to succeed. But I've watched Nintendo crush many a handheld competitor, many of which had the more powerful hardware and the better games. You're naive if you think this will be an easy market for Sony to capture, especially given that the price, convenience and durability may make it prohibitive to the younger set which has been the biggest supporter of that market since the Gameboy came out.
As I say in every Nintendo thread these days: If I could only own one system, it would be the Cube. I can't for the life of me see what they are doing wrong, nor can I see why people aren't buying the damn thing.
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Originally Posted by dog$
That would be brillant marketing if it happens, but can a standard transport read PSP discs? Arent they going to be in a disc caddy of sorts?
Similarly, I can't see why people would actually want to buy one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chibi Nappa
I love Monkey Ball like it was my own baby, but one game is no reason to drop so much cash that could be better spent on better things.
You would sell your child for $130?
That's harsh.