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Twisted Guy wrote:

Ender Wiggins wrote:

sosumi wrote:

I imagine they'll tweak the product once they start feeling the heat from the PSP.

The DS is Nintendo's attempt at combating the PSP. The Micro is just an extension of the GBA family.

And it's a combat they're winning, since the worldwide sales ratio is 2:1 in favor of the DS.

What you mean 2 screens to psp's 1? I make suck lame jokes

Yeah I know what you mean, note the inclusion of

Jon the crap head wrote:

[i]I make such lame jokes

I may eventually end up with both, but will most likely get the PSP first.  I've played the DS demo in some stores and the use of the second screen (especially using it for controlling a character) seems to be poorly thought out in most games.

Nintendogs IS a big thing. The DS debuted maybe a month before the PSP in Japan. Since Nintendogs came out there, the DS has been outselling the PSP 3:1.

Bat wrote:

Tomagotchi strikes again! (Have you fed yours today?)

Halo 2 strikes again!  (Have you played your mediocre FPS today?)

Chris FOM wrote:

Nintendogs IS a big thing. The DS debuted maybe a month before the PSP in Japan. Since Nintendogs came out there, the DS has been outselling the PSP 3:1.

There's no accounting for weird Japanese interests.

sosumi wrote:

Nintendo did release before Christmas though.  Give it a little time, I imagine they'll be even before long, especially if they're lauding something like Nintendogs as a great thing.

The difference was about two weeks, though, and a two week difference simply cannot account for the current 2:1 ratio in total sales, or the more recent 3:1 ratio that we're seeing as more software comes out for the DS.

The thing with something like Nintendogs is that it reaches out to non-gamers in a fairly big way.  It's accessible, and enjoyable by anyone of any demographic.  Looking at the future lineup for the DS, the demographics the DS reaches out to are much broader than those of the PSP.  The PSP has an edge when it comes to hardware, and an edge when it comes to "cool" factor, but at this point, despite a somewhat shaky lineup of launch titles, the DS has put the PSP to shame on the software front, and it is software that moves the hardware.  I'm doubtful that the PSP will catch up in unit sales unless a true "killer app," that sets its software lineup apart from what everyone has seen before on the PS2, comes out for it.

There's still room for good ideas on it, though, but the design of the system doesn't facilitate that.

I anticipate a shift when GTA hits it, though.