Spin it as you want , but 150 million + $ diffreence is still on the PSPs side , and even if it grows in a year 100 % even than it wont reach the PSPs sales . Like it or not , Nintendo is eating away many 3rd party publishers :?

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no shocker here. when the competition's graphics looks like it's from 1994

Check out the pride and joy of DS's baseball game screenshot

http://www.gamespot.com/ds/sports/majorleaguebaseball2k7/images.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gsimage&tag=images;img;2

*note, I am not responsible for any vomiting after viewing such pictures*

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Most of the games EA makes work well on the PSP - all of the sports stuff, Need for Speed, Burnout, Medal of Honor, and some of the licensed stuff. Most of that stuff plays like crap on the DS. As a multi-gamer I hope they exploit both platforms. I'm playing Burnout Dominator now and couldn't imagine it on the DS.

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This is coming from one of those companies who claimed they would "shift focus to the DS".

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It is true what txa said. There are some EA games that work well on the DS (like SimCity which is more intuitive with touchscreen), but the majority of EA portfolio works better on the PSP.

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I'd like to see an updated ARCHON for the PSP...anyone know of any rumors or a current game that is similar?

(for reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon_%28computer_game%29 )

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...finishes wiping behind with Japanese sales figures.

Wow. That's like a 180 from what Ninty fans say about the PSP.

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>finishes wiping behind with Japanese sales figures.


when has PSP ever been DS in Sales figure? Since day one?

does that stop PSP from having good games? hmmm, no? 21 million units sold already, in a market that was monopolized by Nintendo for decades, heck, if you don't like it, go play with your DS. ;)

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Re "when has PSP ever been DS in Sales figure? Since day one?"

Well, remember that after 1 year (16 months of DS sales) the two were basically even at ~15.5Million sold worldwide, with the DS leading in Japan and the PSP leading in the US. In the last year, however, the DS has outsold the PSP 25:6 worldwide.

But your latter point is more important - does it *matter*? To that I say 'NO'! Because while the PSP is trailing the DS significantly, it is still selling very well. And while the attach rates aren't optimal, games are doing pretty darn well - not all good games sell well (Gurumin), but many solid efforts are being rewarded with excellent sales.

Unfortunately I find that EA games are typically *almost* really good. They are solid, but typically have pretty awful load times and are usually (especially with sports games) watered down ports. Yet they are still pretty good. Like Madden, or the recent MLB '07 The Show, with lousy load times but a solid game underneath. The bottom line is that the action and depth of stuff going on in those games (also the physics of the Burnout games) is simply beyond what the DS can technically do (that is not a 'shot', it is a simple fact), so it really does represent a way that the PSP changes how we handheld gamers can play.

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txa, i was talking about Japanese sale number, which PSP never won over DS, not even one week

and EA has always had, not great, but stable games. they aren't too showy, not too revolutionary, but every next iteration is better than last so people keep buying them every year.

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OK - I see that now.

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A crappy developer profits on a crappy handheld.

Makes sense I guess.

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