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Originally Posted by Kostas
Still, gamer's experience on the huge PSP screen (vs. DS) is incomparable imho.
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Psp screen and graphics win big time. but talking about this. I just found this top 10 list on gamefaqs.
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/top10/1944.html
Graphics don't seem to matter in the hand held market. hell even on TVs Wii outsells ps3 and the 360
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After the partial failure that was Nintendo's GameCube, the Game Boy Advance system nearly single-handedly kept Nintendo alive. Sony, smelling blood, went in for the kill by designing and releasing their own handheld: the PlayStation Portable, PSP for short. Technically superior to the DS in nearly every way, the PSP looked like it would certainly be the final nail in Nintendo's coffin. It had a dual processor and excellent graphics card; internal and expandable permanent storage; an enormous, bright screen; Wi-Fi capabilities; an extremely innovative flat joystick; and, perhaps most notable, doubles as both an music player and movie player. Its movie-playing capabilities were especially praised and were supported by many film companies. Things didn't look good for Nintendo, until the same reverse from the seventh console generation hit the fifth handheld generation. Sony released a technically superior product that would satisfy any hardcore gamer willing to shell out $250 for it -- an audience that was much, much smaller than they anticipated. Going head to head against the Nintendo DS, a console which sold for $100 cheaper, was targeted to the casual gamer, and featured a much more unique cornerstone feature, the PSP comparatively flopped. That's not entirely fair -- the PSP was actually a significant success, outselling the next-best non-Nintendo handheld (Sega's Game Gear) five times over and ranking as the #7 best-selling system of all time with 55 million units sold. However, compared to the Nintendo DS's sales (which doubled those of the PSP), it was not exactly successful. Despite its technical superiority, the PSP was largely undone by the DS's innovation and marketing strategy, the relative clunkiness of its movie and music playing functionality (who wants a 10-ounce music player or a movie player they have to hold up in the air or stare down at on a table?), and its high price tag. All this is a very round-about way to say that although Sony released a handheld console and it sold 55 million copies, Nintendo still owns all ten spots on this list. In fact, the DS owns the top 12 spots, 20 of the top 21, and 27 of the top 30 slots (Lumines, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City and Valkyrie Profile break those three chains, in that order at #13, #22 and #30). But, what exactly those ten DS games are might surprise you...
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