It's concept was a multimedia machine, current gen video entertainment (blu-ray), games etc. Xbox360 not so much. And yes of course, Sony would had to sold it even for more as 700 in the beginning for making a profit. The important thing now that with the ARM chip in the PSP2 and the GPU chip Sony is not that extraordinary different to current available tec (Rumored iPhone 5 also dual core ARM). So of course the price will not be in such a high difference than it was with PS3 and Xbox360. The only important thing, which I said is the willingness of Sony to price their things aggresively.
As much as I love iOS gaming, I'll probably pick up the PSP2 eventually. But I just have a certain preference for iOS gaming that keep me coming back to it over other consoles and handhelds, I think it's cause there's always guaranteed to be something new and worth checking out at anytime, whereas with the psp you might have to wait 5 or 6 months for the next worthwhile game to be released. iPhone has a phone, but the PSP2 has dual sticks...
There are billions of people on earth, how trivial, if You see what devices they use there are then bubbles which contains millions of device of one kind. Overlap means people own more than one but thats not so important. Currently iPhone bubble coexist between DS, PSP, Android etc. iPhone/iPad will never ever be a billion like bubble. iPhones and Android and handheld gaming will coexist in the next decade for sure. PSP2 will grow to a stable million like bubble due to it's PS loyal customers and attraction to new customers. Could we at least aggree on that?
In fact, you did say that there are over 3.5 billion people have portable gaming devices, since you said most people have portable gaming devices, not smartphones, and "most" implies a majority. Factor that in to the roughly 7 billion population of the world, and "most" people means that you say that 3.5 billion people have them.
I would like to disagree on the fact that iPhone/iPad/iPod touch will never be a billion bubble. There's already 160 million out there in 3.5 years. Sales of the devices are exponentially increasing. A billion devices may come sooner than you think.
But they might not all be in use, would have to get out the information if the trash rate of iOS devices (switching to nextgen) is higher than the let it rot rate of DS PSP owners.
I meant and the words represent/mean I used, the handheld gaming bubble (DS,PSP,etc) is bigger than the smartphone bubble.
A Lot of people that upgrade still use those older devices. For instance, letting their kids use the older iPhone on wifi for games and video. Giving or selling the older device to someone they know or eBay. Or using it as a backup. As long as they still work. I know a lot of people that do that when they upgrade. So these older gen devices still get used and still have apps and videos being bought even though the primary user upgraded.
I am a gamer through and through. If money permits, which i always find a way to somehow, I will be gettting all of them. Sure it may mean my iPod touch get's less play with all the new titles coming out for 3DS and hopfully the PSP2, I will be a very busy man.
If you look at a picture forum with thousands of threads, the first pages have a small difference in the time stamp of the last post, the more behind you get in the page overview, the bigger it gets (for example first 10 pages of thread overview cover 1 day difference and are in the present, last 10 pages are years behind and cover Months if not years of difference). And that is the reality, browse a random massive forum. So the curve of that over the whole pages if you would click through, is in the beginning quite stable, minor linear decline, and in the end massive jump down. Also means threads created in the last weeks/days are way further in the page overview in generall than thread created months before. Do you get that analogy? What do you think, about the last usage of the iPhone classic, 3G or iTouch 1st gen as in that analogy, don't you think most of them on the last pages and only very minor ones are bumped on the front? Is there a marketing study existing for that?
How a player can steer the gameplay, add data into the game (GPS, Augmented Reality), of course advantadges in that way did the iPhone loose, or better say will loose it when the PSP2 is in store. The iPhone 5 unlike will have a slide out gaming buttons/sticks part or on the side, I doubt that I meant only the technical connections developers can make between the player and the game itself, that is no bullshit.
As a portable gaming device, the NGP looks much better than the 3DS in my opinion. Although I don't want to carry around an extra device when my iPhone is perfectly competent at gaming as well as being able to do so much more.
I see your point. I am just mentioning that there are still a lot of their older devices still in use, though maybe not so much the 1st gen as the second. At least enough that developers often feel compelled to bring compatibility as far back as 2nd gen for financial gain. So in that regard there are definitely still a huge number of iOS devices in use compared to older/retired gaming handhelds and probably moreso. Definitely not near that 160 million or whatever number of iOS devices were sold, I will admit. But still a large number. In the gaming market, I would predict Apple, Sony, and Nintendo to all succeed with varying degrees. Microsoft and the Windows Phone I am not so sure about yet, but I hope so since I have one.
Too tired too argue too, but my $0.02: It's gonna be a powerful gaming device. I've always loved portables (owned gamegear, every gameboy, etc.) so I'll likely have a lot of fun with this device. But as has been said before, it's not a direct competitor to iOS devices, rather the 3DS. The apps on my iPhone aren't just games. OmniFocus, for example. I use it to get stuff done and when I have downtime on the train or something I'll play some games. Unless cargo pants come back into style, I will not have my NGP on me at all times. Even though I love my Tumi man-purses. Ah, and regarding the touch sensitive back. Anyone else recall that Apple patent application several months ago or so? Just sayin'.
HairyPotter and anyone arguing with him: you guys have traveled so far from the point that no one joining the topic can work out what the crap you speak even means anymore. iPhone gaming won't die, because there millions of people in the world who don't want a games console, but would quite like a phone that can play games.
People won't admit that the PSP or whatever is better thante iDevice bcause it's their opinion. Why can't people understand it's all opinion based?
