http://psp.ign.com/articles/770/770569p1.html

"It took over two years, but the Japanese PSP finally proved itself superior to the Dreamcast by reaching a milestone that forever eluded the final Sega platform: a platinum hit. The honor of first million seller for the PSP goes to Monster Hunter Portable 2nd which, according to Capcom, has topped the million mark in shipments."

so it took the psp 2 years to match the dreamcast which lasted also around 2 yrs? wow what an accomplishment, the psp lol the psp fails like the dreamcast.

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considering the stakes at hand for sony, i'm not surprised they focused on ps3. the psp really isnt doing that bad lately, it has a decent fanbase, while not being that large, and sells fairly well. yeah there could of been talks about the psp, but what else does it really need? theres been a flow of games for it and that doesnt look to be stopping. maybe skype or downloadable ps1/other games, which sounds cool, but i dont think its really their priority right now when compared to the bombing ps3.

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This is exactly how I felt. I was hoping for anything at all on the PSP; the camera coming to North America, or some limited interaction with Sony's online store... and got nothing. Barely an acknowledgement that it even exists.

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I'm rapidly losing faith with Sony. Having been a Playstation loyalist since the launch of the PS1, I'm starting to think the company are leaving me behind and further more they don't give a shit. I've gotten older, found myself a wife, a daughter and a mortgage since I first hit that big power button on the original Playstation and whilst gaming is still very central to my lifestyle, my paycheck doesn't spread itself like it did when I was a single twentysomething. So the £425 Sony want me to shell out on the PS3 isn't going to happen. I've got no choice, I just can't justify the expense. And now the PSP, my last extravagant buy, doesn't seem to figure much on Sonys radar. I want to be able to access and download PS1 titles without having a PS3 to do so. So Sony, dare I say it, I think I'm gonna buy a Wii....

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I agree w/moosey

the PSP is doing very well

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why dont they port ragdoll kung fu or this game to the psp?

http://kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/gdc-07-sony-reveals-littlebigplanet-242171.php

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#5 its doing about as well as the dreamcast, just compare it to the ds or gba (the competition). And there really arent any good games coming out for it besides a few during the Summer and Monste rhunter.

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"the psp lol the psp fails like the dreamcast."

Or like the Gamecube, you Nintendo loving troll? Since it took Nintendo nearly 6 years to sell as many of those systems as the PSP did in less than 2?

Asswipe.

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Strangler, the DS is a lowtech-screenscreen-stylus-mess with a horrible library of tired mario this and wario thats. It's not "the competition".

The GBA is a fun system, but it's pretty tired and like the DS it is not "the competition". You'd be better off saying the GBA/GBAsp/GBAmicro are the DSphat/DS competition/Nintendo's portable mess/quagmire.

Reality is, the PSP is second place behind the iPod as a PMP. Point being, if you're looking for its "competition" look beyond your princess peach and kirbyness because it's more than that. A lot more.

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The DS Lite is basically a smash hit as a consumer item - and nothing more. It's not a killer game system. It doesn't have more or better games than the GBA *or* the PSP. It's cheap and has Apple/iPOD appeal, because it basically took its look from the iPOD. It draws heavily from the well-worn Nintendo IP library of highly commercialized and recognized characters and old franchise gameplay.

Similarly, the DS has taken stylus control from systems like the Zodiac and the quirky dual screen from their old Game & Watch systems. The overall package certainly makes for gameplay mechanic possibilities, but Nintendo has made very little use of that potential. The big sellers and high profile titles on the DS are Mario this, Wario that, Tamagotchi-retread puppy sims aimed squarely at the preteen set and other gimmicky crap. Even the much anticipated series entries have disappointed me, such as Advance Wars DS (uglier and less interesting than previous AW titles) or Final Fantasy III. The first Castlevania, Dawn or Sorrow, was ruined with the shoehorned stylus control mandate during boss battles.

Age of Empires looks like crap and is rendered hard to play as you can't tell the difference between your units with that tiny, low resolution display. The greatly vaunted 'DS IS PERFECT FOR RTS!!1!' Shogun Empires SUCKED.

In fact, other than Portrait of Ruin and a handful of others, I've found most of my DS games to be derivative, quick-to-boredom and nothing really all that special. I sure as hell am not interested in the BRAIN AGE crap.

So yeah, it's a great consumer hit. Nintendo has shown that they know their handheld market with their cuddly characters and kiddie oriented fare... And a huge selection of TV cartoon licensed junk that sells units. Then they use unique titles that haven't sold that well like Phoenix Wright, Trauma Center or Electroplankton to tout their originality and innovation.

Sony may be losing their grip on their market and alienating people with sloppy business moves, but Nintendo is selling the crap out of the same old games and characters with some gimmicky controls. Which is worse?

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So because you don't like the games that are selling on the DS, that makes them crap? I love my PSP, and am playing 3 games now while my DS sits, but the reality displacement to deny that the DS has a more significant library of really good *portable* games than the PSP is amazing. Nintendogs is objectively more innovative than *anything* on the PSP, as is Brain Training, as is Hotel Dusk. Turn Based Strategy games are all better (as games, not 'eye candy') on the DS than the PSP. If you like run & gun FPS rather than slower paced console-style, there is one option - Metroid. And that is because the PSP controls are inadequate of the task.

But why does this have to turn into a DS vs. PSP thing? Why not direct the anger where it belongs - Sony. The reality is that they are in such a fit of damage control over the overpriced & underperforming PS3 that they really appear to be looking at the PSP and saying 'selling good enough, leave it alone'.

And while it has sold pretty well, it was trounced ~6:1 in worldwide sales in 2006 after going ~1:1 with the DS in 2005. Even you non-math people cannot deny that as a very significant shift. That is something that would generally be called 'hemorrhaging sales'.

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I agree with Pixilator's wall of text.

Even though I feel Sony should have mentioned something about psp, I can understand why they would want to focus all attention on ps3.

Strangler, you're a douche bag. Go on IGN's releases dates list, and you'll see the great games psp owners can look foward to this year. Then you can go play some Mario or catch a pokemon.

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"Or like the Gamecube, you Nintendo loving troll? Since it took Nintendo nearly 6 years to sell as many of those systems as the PSP did in less than 2?

Asswipe.
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its not about systems but software sold. Thats what matters to developers.

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Until the DS has features like say a locationfree player for example, I see very little point in comparing it to the PSP. Sure both have hundreds of games and millions of users, but they are completely different products. It's like comparing a kids trike with a motorbike, it's silly.

Non sequitur: McDonalds has sold something like trillions of hamburgers.

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"its not about systems but software sold. Thats what matters to developers."

It's about quality to me, and that's all that should matter to gamers. Higher popular games aren't always of higher quality.

Go to a site like gamespot and you'll notice how there are MORE psp games with higher scores than ds.

Stupid asswipe lol

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after reading the above statements,i guess you can say the playstation2 was nothing compared to the gamecube or xbox since both of those systems outpowered it?
and the xbox had everything out of the box while the ps2 needed you to add online support,a hdd and such.

playstation2 is no different from the gameboy/ds line.
obviously if you release enough games for a system you'll get a hit and you'll have enough system owners that anything will sell well.

Ps3 won't take off til the big guns everyone has been waiting for hit the market like MGS4.
i mean i have a 360 and a wii and i'll be more than happy getting a ps3 next year.But the psp did rub me the wrong way,but so did the ps1 and sony's polices back then about "3d only" and "no rpgs in america" we all see how long that lasted didn't we?

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w00dm4n, you sound both lost and confused.

The PS2, gamecube, and xbox are all videogame consoles (some capable of playing DVDs).

The PS2 is very different from the "gameboy/ds line". One is a console (requires an external display and is plugged into the wall) whereas the others are not.

The PS3 is very different from the wii as is the xbox360. The wii has more in common with the gamecube than it does either the PS3 or xbox360.

By the way, I'm curious, why after being rubbed wrongly by a PSP are you here?

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I don't think it's a matter of Sony not caring about the PSP... I think right now they know and we know that The Playstation 3 needs some work... The psp is doing fine, it just needed games... and so far more games, better sales... ask Monster Hunter 2

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hi all, I don't think Sony has forgotten PSP, and I think they made a Virtual PSP on Playstation Home for some reason... Who knows, maybe in the near future, they are going to use the REAL PSP to do all the control on Home...

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This article is almost retarded. A mere observation does not "prove" anything. The author even states the word BELIEVES, which is obviously opinionated and contradictory to the article title. Articles like these only add to the idea of the PSP dying; however, I do wonder how long the PSP will last with all its loss in software sales.

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