Nintendo Profits Up 72%, Sony's Down 94%

[mr_nick666]

How is the ps2 "far inferior" to gamecube? I know console sells dont necessarily mean a better system but far inferior? If your talking about graphics and processor then yes its inferior. BUT the Wii will have less graphics and processor than both xbox 360 and ps3 and that doesnt make it inferior. Its all about the games yall. Oh and sony's ps2 is at a sensible price right now with great games.

I didnt mean in hardware specifications really just what game producers get out of each machine.. The same game on the Gamecube as on the PS2 generally looks and plays better! (in my experience ).. It all what you get out of the console that matters!

[MaxSMoke]

All I hear on this forum is alot of sour grapes about the PSP, mostly because of Sony's continued assaults on Homebrew. I think people here really support Sony, they just like to bitch because Sony has hurt their feelings.

If the PSP and the DS were girls, the PSP would be the hot/bitchy one that's always insulting our clothing. The DS is the nice, but kinda fugly girl you're mom likes. You all might like to complain about the PSP, and talk really nice about the DS, but I know which system you're all taking home at nights. Otherwise, you wouldn't even BE on this website, trolling this forum.

No matter what you think of the company, the PSP is still the best handheld ever made. Period.

[F9zDark]

If the PSP and the DS were girls, the PSP would be the hot/bitchy one that's always insulting our clothing. The DS is the nice, but kinda fugly girl you're mom likes. You all might like to complain about the PSP, and talk really nice about the DS, but I know which system you're all taking home at nights. Otherwise, you wouldn't even BE on this website, trolling this forum.

No matter what you think of the company, the PSP is still the best handheld ever made. Period.

LMAO thats hilarious man.

Yet so true.

[TacticalBread]

Sony's going to regret suing Lik-Sang, and getting there biggest importer shut down, because of their own arrogance and stupididty.

[jpolz]

No matter what you think of the company, the PSP is still the best handheld ever made. Period.

Hold there Sparky.....


As somebody who's old enough to remember ALL of the previous handhelds, I think claiming it to be the best handheld ever is silly.

Most powerful? Sure....but as we all know, specs don't make a system, games do and the PSP has so far failed to produce ONE "killer app". I spend more time playing emulated games on it them actual UMDs.

There are many portables that I would rank higher than the PSP as far as games go:

-TurboExpress (Played same HuCards as the home console)
-Tapwave Zodiac (Perfect gaming/PDA hybrid)
-Gameboy Advance (SNES to go. Nuff said)

[the_eternal_dark]

And Nintendo not wishing to make their consoles play DVDs and CDs is due to the fact that they want their games on a proprietary medium. And looking at the figures Judas Coach provided, it almost makes perfect sense:

1)Nintendo has a substantially less market prowess as Microsoft and Sony
2)Nintendo only makes games and consoles unlike Microsoft and Sony

What does this mean? If Nintendo ever released a system that utilized a common medium for games (DVD, CD, etc) they would surely go bankrupt because of piracy.

And they'd have nothing to fall back on. They learned from the Dreamcast demise. Sure it sucks for developers but its something that is needed for them to survive.

If gamecube used CDs or DVDs, I gurantee there would be no Nintendo to release the Wii...

Nintendo did use mini DVD's and with the PSO exploit, one could rip a game, then burn it to a mini dvd-r and play it with little to no trouble, which nearly cost them the console for that generation (not like it was a huge chunk of the market at the time any way).

I do agree, the PS3 will be a beast, but Nintendo will be taking a bit more of the market this time around. I'll have both, either immediately or eventually just for the fact the games are all going to be great (MGS4 - PS3, SSBB - Wii). I'm a console fanboy, not just for one company, but I think Sony has their foot in their mouth for right now with their marketing and their prices, among other things.

[Paradok]

Anyways I your gonna hate a system make sures its because of the games not because of the company because all companies are corrupt.

"Hate" is a strong word, but any animosity that I do bear towards Sony is because of their hostile practices toward their customers, not their game selection. They present customers with deceptively good deals on hardware, and then use lawsuits and scare tactics to bully vendors and independent developers into restricting content that would otherwise compete with Sony's approved, revenue-generating media selection. I'm sure everyone on this forum has first-hand experience with Sony's firmware "security updates," and unwillingness to allow customers to restore their PSPs to the original conditions under which they were purchased. And it's outside of the realm of gaming, but Sony was also the company that came up with those "copy-protected" music CDs that installed security holes in a person's computer without their knowledge or consent.

Nintendo and Microsoft have their ways of controlling things too, but they either victimize other companies, or whatever they do is presented up front, and covered under the sticker price (like with proprietary formats, for example). Other companies may be corrupt, but Sony, more than any other console manufacturer that I know of, has a history of victimizing their customers. And as a customer, or potential customer, that puts them on my bad side. :P

[Veskgar]

The DS is the nice, but kinda fugly girl you're mom likes. You all might like to complain about the PSP, and talk really nice about the DS, but I know which system you're all taking home at nights.

I don't know, the Black DS Lite I just bought is pretty sharp looking if you ask me. And the LCD can go brighter than the PSP plus it has simulated surround sound. But my DS Lite is more manly looking I think, LOL.

So maybe my PSP and DS Lite have some sort of forbidden Romeo & Juliet type relationship secretly.

[the_eternal_dark]

If the PSP and the DS were girls, the PSP would be the hot/bitchy one that's always insulting our clothing. The DS is the nice, but kinda fugly girl you're mom likes. You all might like to complain about the PSP, and talk really nice about the DS, but I know which system you're all taking home at nights. Otherwise, you wouldn't even BE on this website, trolling this forum.

No matter what you think of the company, the PSP is still the best handheld ever made. Period.

The DS Lite looks loads better than the fat older DS. DS lite is the hotter slightly younger sister of the homely DS girl you were talking about. The PSP is one that everyone wants to get their hands, even chicks are attracted to her.